A movement to reclaim identity, purpose, and connection. Return to Human Being — Not Human Doing.
The Year of the Who. Stop Striving. Start Living.
This New Year, Skip the Resolutions, the Hustle, and the Pressure.
WHO OVER WHAT. The Year of the Who 2026 is a year-long identity journey that invites you to finally step out of striving, performance, and burnout and into peace, clarity, purpose, and genuine alignment.
This is not self-help. This is not another productivity plan. This is not about goals, achievements, or doing more.
This is the year you return to the foundation of everything: Who you are, Who you are becoming, and Whose you are.
“The world doesn’t need more of what you do. It needs more of who you are.”
The Problem: We've Been Living From The WHAT
The world has conditioned us to live from our What—what we do, what we accomplish, what roles we fill.
The WHAT whispers a dangerous lie: “Your worth must be earned.”
It promises success, control, and belonging, but delivers:
- Anxiety & Burnout: The constant pressure to perform.
- Confusion & Comparison: Losing your way while watching others’ highlights.
- Exhaustion: Emotional and spiritual dryness.
- The Fear of Not Being Enough: The deep, unshakeable insecurity.
You can’t find purpose, peace, or true identity in the What. You were never created to live from the What.
“When you forget who you are, no amount of doing will make you feel whole.”
THE SOLUTION
The Liberating Truth of the WHO
Your WHO is your identity, your purpose, your values, and your God-given design. It’s the core of your being.
Your WHO speaks a different truth: You are already loved. Already known. Already purposed. Already enough.
The WHO offers a life of freedom:
- Peace instead of pressure
- Clarity instead of confusion
- Purpose instead of performing
- Meaning instead of striving
- Freedom instead of fear
When you live from the WHO, everything changes. Your relationships deepen, your decisions sharpen, and your life aligns with your true calling.
Worth isn’t earned by output. When identity leads, performance serves rather than defines.
No level of accomplishment compares to what character can create.
Only authenticity can turn achievement into something that matters.
In the world of the What, equality is impossible.
Because the What will always compare, compete, and categorize.
In the world of the What, someone will always have more, do more, or seem better.
But in the world of the Who — equality already exists.
Because in the Who, we’re not measured — we’re known. We’re not ranked — we’re valued.
The Who is where God placed our worth — equal, intrinsic, and unchangeable.
The world of the What divides us.
The world of the Who unites us.
It reminds us that before we ever did anything, we were already someone.
“You can’t become who you’re meant to be until you stop performing for who you think you should be.”
The Movement: The Year of The Who 2026
This is the Year to Reclaim Your Who
2026 isn’t about doing more. It’s about becoming more.
Most people spend their entire lives chasing goals, perfecting performance, and trying to fix themselves—without ever understanding who they actually are.
The Year of the Who is a transformational campaign designed to help you rediscover, understand, and realign with your authentic self. Through storytelling, reflection, and connection, we’re shifting from performance-based existing to identity-based living.
This is the year you stop chasing the life you think you “should” be living — and finally uncover the life you were designed to live.
💫Lead, serve, and create from identity—not insecurity.
When your Who leads, fear no longer drives what you do. You stop performing for approval and start creating from purpose. Leadership becomes service, and what you build carries peace instead of pressure.
🤝Build connections rooted in authenticity and vulnerability.
Real connection doesn’t happen through titles or accomplishments—it’s built through openness and vulnerability. When you lead with your Who, people see your heart before your résumé, and that’s where trust begins.
🌿Live with peace, clarity, and purpose instead of burnout and confusion.
Burnout fades when your worth isn’t tied to performance. Living from the Who brings rhythm instead of rush—where purpose replaces pressure, and peace becomes your natural pace.
🏗️Rebuild community through understanding, trust, and shared humanity.
Division breaks when we start listening to stories instead of judging outcomes. The Who restores what the What divides, creating spaces where empathy, respect, and unity can thrive again.
💎Stop striving for worth and start living from wholeness.
You don’t have to earn what God already gave. Your worth isn’t in what you produce—it’s in who you are. Living from the Who is freedom: the freedom to rest, create, and love without needing to prove.
“The greatest uprising is the one that happens within.”
This is Where the Shift Begins. Step Into the Conversation. Step Into the Movement.
The Who Over What with Ann Bernard YouTube Channel is where the Year of the Who begins.
It’s where you’ll learn the difference between living from identity and living from performance — and why your peace, clarity, purpose, and spiritual maturity depend on that shift.
The series and videos are designed to help you explore, question, assess, and process the deeper truths about who you are, what shaped you, and how God is calling you to live now.
It’s a space to reflect, grow, realign, and begin your journey back to your WHO.
This is the starting point because transformation begins with awareness — and awareness begins with understanding.
Make the Commitment. Begin the Year of the Who.
Living from the Who doesn’t begin when you understand every concept. It begins the moment you choose to stop living from performance and start living from identity. This is your line-in-the-sand moment—your decision to live differently.
2026 can be the year everything changes—not because you do more, but because you become who you’re meant to be.
Follow-Up Steps
Step 1 — Make the Commitment
Say it out loud, write it down, or whisper it in your heart:
“This year, I will choose WHO over WHAT.” Declare your intention to live from identity, not performance.
Step 2 — Start with the YouTube Channel
Begin learning the principles, stories, and spiritual insights that will help you understand your identity and your design.
Step 3 — Enter the World of Personal Storytelling
When you’re ready to go deeper, the School and Community will help you discover, understand, heal, and communicate who you truly are.
Step 4 — Walk in Community
Transformation accelerates when you’re not walking alone.
“Awareness is the first act of transformation.”
How to Go Deeper: The World of Personal Storytelling School and Community
The Year of the Who begins with awareness.
But true transformation begins when you step into the work—the reflecting, the sharing, the deep listening, and the intentional practice of becoming your authentic self.
Living from the Who isn’t easy. It requires courage, introspection, and emotional honesty. We have to face our fears, confront our vulnerabilities, and overcome the habits, defenses, and narratives that have kept us anchored in the What.
That’s why The World of Personal Storytelling School & Community exists. It gives you the framework, the process, and the support to practice living from your Who—to move from reflection to revelation, from insight to application, and from isolation to authentic connection.
Inside the School, you’ll:
- Dive deeper into the Phases of the Year of the Who
- Learn the framework for discovering, understanding, and communicating who you are
- Practice introspection, reflection, and personal storytelling in guided exercises
- Receive support, accountability, and personal coaching
- Grow alongside others who are also committed to the Who
- Transform insights into lived change—not just ideas
If YouTube is where you learn what the Who is, the School is where you learn how to live it.
This is hands-on, heart-deep, life-changing work.
And it’s where you’ll become the person your story is calling you to be.
Join the School & Community. Step fully into your Year of the Who.
JOIN OUR SCHOOL & COMMUNITY
