#22 - 2025, Unfolded
2025 didn’t come quietly.
This year was not about softness.
Here’s how my 2025 unfolded, month by month ⬇️
AUGUST 2024
My Ecotherapy business - Sarah Frustié Therapy (SFT) - was born.
I did nothing with it.
MID-NOVEMBER 2024 → MARCH 2025
I quit my stable full-time job as a disability support worker, compliance officer, office coordinator.
No safety net. No government support.
I dedicated 100% of my time to opening my ecotherapy practice.
Paperwork. Doubts. Long days. Short nights.
DECEMBER 2024
I graduated from the advanced course in applied ecopsychology & ecotherapy.
I created my professional Instagram page.
I discovered Kuitpo Forest for the first time … and a snake skin: a sign I didn’t yet have words for.
JANUARY 2025
I started a 3-month online business course in French, from Australia.
I met committed, brilliant, like-minded souls.
I learned about personal branding, marketing, and showing up.
FEBRUARY 2025
I kept building SFT’s foundations:
Website. Pricing. Services. Values. Insurance. Registration.
I explored places to offer outdoor counselling in the Adelaide Hills.
MARCH 2025
I quit smoking.
I co-hosted my first group events, blending yoga and ecotherapy.
APRIL 2025
I bought a van.
I was interviewed on 5EBI radio in Adelaide.
I ran my first 10km race at the Ballarat Marathon for WWF.
I started posting daily on Instagram.
I started writing a book.
MAY 2025
I welcomed my first 1:1 counselling clients.
I continued hosting monthly forest bathing sessions in Kuitpo Forest.
After a decade of travelling, I said goodbye to a passport and received my third.
I got 4 new tattoos.
I celebrated my 32nd birthday.
JUNE 2025
I ran my first trail race: 11km in Kuitpo Forest.
The place where I work.
A magical place.
JULY 2025
Winter was heavy.
I injured my toes, hips, and knees.
I paused my online presence.
I slowed down.
I reflected. Reassessed. Refocused.
I registered with IICT.
I was invited to contribute to “The Green Bloods book.”
AUGUST 2025
I returned to posting, more intentionally.
I learned that quality > quantity.
I continued monthly supervision.
SEPTEMBER 2025
I spent 3 weeks in France.
I co-hosted my first ecotherapy & applied ecopsychology retreat.
With Aurélie, eco-psychologist, we honoured the work of Joanna Macy.
OCTOBER 2025
I returned to Australia.
I celebrated my 7th year anniversary in Oz.
I continued hosting monthly forest bathing workshops.
New 1:1 clients found their way to me.
I was invited to apply for permanent residency.
I am almost finished with my book - deep in editing and rewriting.
NOVEMBER 2025
I applied for permanent residency.
DECEMBER 2025
I got 3 new tattoos.
I collaborated with Carla, blending essential oils and forest bathing.
I hosted my final two forest bathing experiences of the year.
I feel full of love, purpose, and deep gratitude,
for the forest and every soul who crossed my path.
2025 was the year I created Sarah Frustié Therapy.
The hardest year so far.
I chose alignment over comfort.
I built it all from scratch.
I stayed committed.
It was wild.
Very chaotic.
Yet deeply real.
For 2026, I’m calling in:
• Sacredness
• Softness
• Slowness
Small.
Strong.
Steady.
Steps.
Mantra for 2026: Less is much more.
If you walked beside me this year, thank YOU.
Here’s to a calm and joyful 2026, full of human-nature reconnection!
With deep gratitude,
Sarah
Written 23/12/2025-6/01/2026
