[BONUS] Ep. 52: Ben Getting Ready for 2026 (ft. Eleven)

This week on a special Bonus Episode of It’s Ben A Week, Ben couldn’t bring himself to leave a single Tuesday empty — so he returns with friend, spiritual guide, and fan favorite Eleven for a short but powerful New Year energy reading and manifestation session.

Together, Ben and Eleven reflect on the end of 2025, the emotional weight of the year, and why most New Year’s resolutions set people up to fail. Instead, they offer a softer, more realistic approach to change — one rooted in awareness, compassion, and patience.

Eleven breaks down:

• Why 2025 was the Year of the Wood Snake and how it forced us to shed old identities
• What “peeling back the underbelly” means for relationships, careers, friendships & self-worth
• How 2026 — the Year of the Fire Horse — will bring speed, clarity, creativity, and illumination
• Why creators, entrepreneurs & rebels will thrive
• Why illusions will dissolve quickly next year
• How to prepare spiritually, emotionally, and practically

Ben shares his take on resolutions:

• Why extreme goals fail
• Why small adjustments work
• Why you’re allowed to “mess up” in January — because the true energetic new year begins in February

Then Eleven pulls cards for the collective (shaman, hunter, apocalypse), unfolding themes of intuition, clarity, sovereignty, transformation, and new beginnings.

This mini-episode is grounding, mystical, funny, honest, and the perfect companion as you step into 2026 with intention — and compassion.

🔗 A NOTE FROM ELEVEN

As you step across the threshold into a new year, this reading may have stirred something familiar—a truth rising from the last of the Snake’s shedding, or the first spark of the Fire Horse calling you forward. For those who feel that pull, Eleven extends an invitation to deepen the journey.

She is opening space for 1:1 sessions designed to support anyone ready to explore their personal path, clarify what they’re carrying into 2026, and anchor the intentions that want to take form in the year ahead.

Listeners can book a session here: https://www.bringsoul.life/portal/Hom

A new year offers a new map. Eleven is here to help you read it.

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