Happy New Year and welcome to Talking Smack 415’s 2026 Energetic Forecast: Maia’s Take.

We love that 2026 arrives with a very low tolerance for BS, and Jamie the Great, Maia, and I are already feeling it.

This year is all about shedding, cleansing, and letting go—of people, patterns, places, and habits that drain you instead of replenish you. Think of it as an energetic detox for your life.

Important timing note:
January 2026 acts as an extended transition month—a continuation of 2025. You’re being given a final window to release what no longer serves you. The true energetic new year doesn’t fully kick in until February 2026, and when it does? It’s clean. It’s fresh. It’s different.

Spirit Animal of the Year: The Frog
Frog energy represents cleansing, renewal, and rebirth. Water is medicine this year—whether that’s swimming, cold plunging, baths, or simply being near water. Anything that helps you wash it off matters.

Tarot Energy: The Fool
The first card up signals new beginnings, fresh starts, and bold leaps of faith. The Fool asks you to trust the jump—even before you can see the landing.

Color of the Year: Green
Green shows up everywhere—frog energy, spring energy, heart-chakra energy. And yes, even being green with envy holds wisdom this year. Envy can act as a compass, pointing you toward what your heart truly wants. Let it guide you—not consume you or bring you down.

Numerology Check-In
We’ve just completed a 9-year cycle. 2026 is a 1 year—the energy of initiation, leadership, and starting over. This year is going to feel totally different, which is kind of the point. We’re beginning again.

If you’re ready to release what’s not aligned, trust your heart as a GPS, and step into what’s next with clarity and courage—this forecast is your roadmap.

Tune in, scrub it off, and let 2026 be the year you meet the real you.

PS: Ten years ago, in 2016, I created an art installation called The Shedding. Apparently, the universe loves a long callback.

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In this episode of Talking Smack 415, Jamie the Great and I sit down with someone very special: Jamie’s nephew… but also kind of her son… brother… all rolled into one — Shai Gilmore.

Shai’s story blends resilience, humor, and the fierce love that only family can provide.

He takes us back to when he was about 4 years old in Florida, where his Pop-Pop stepped in when life got complicated. Shai opens up about:

• Growing up with a mother in recovery
• Losing his father to a car accident
• Realizing, at just 4 years old, that “something wasn’t right”
• Becoming everyone’s favorite Green (sorry, Jamie)
• Navigating identity with a different last name
• High school chaos, college radio, and pranks
• What it felt like when he supported Jamie while she battled cancer

It’s sweet. It’s funny. It’s a little messy.
And above all — it’s a reminder that family is family is family.

We’re launching this episode for the holidays because Shai’s name literally means “gift.” So here it is: the gift of Shai — his laughter, love, and light — for your holiday season.

Whether you’re in the Bay Area, Florida, New Jersey, or navigating your own family story, this episode is for you.

Grab your earbuds or hop in the car and press play.

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December is here and when Jamie the Great and I sit down with Maia in Talking Smack’s 415 Energetic forecast Maia’s take, we learn it’s giving “horse sprinting at full speed” energy… but the actual message?

Slow. Down.

The year flew by, the holidays are chaos, and it’s tempting to keep galloping so you don’t have to feel your feelings — but nope. December wants you to pause and actually process the good, the hard, and the “WTF was that?” moments.

Maia says this quote is MLK but it may actually be Pittak Elk says:

“It’s the bumps that help you climb.”
Every bumpy moment this year was you leveling up.

New level, new devil — but also new power.

Tarot Card: The Sun… AGAIN

The Sun card popped up again this month, which means the universe is like:
“Did you get the message or do I need to say it again?”

Themes:

• creativity
• joy
• clarity
• wishes coming true
• stepping into your actual magic

If you shrugged it off last month… December is doubling down.

Rumi Moment
Rumi’s The Guest House is the vibe:
Let all the emotions in.
Even the uninvited ones.
They’re messengers, not punishments.

Flower of the Month: White Lily

Purity. Grace. Rebirth.
A soft reset for your whole system.

TL;DR December Energy

• Slow down enough to actually feel things
• Reflect without judging yourself
• Honor the bumps — they built your strength
• Creativity + joy = front and center
• Rebirth energy is loading

You’re ending 2025 wiser, louder, and way more you

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