What My Most Popular Posts of 2025 Reveal and Where We Are Heading In 2026
By Rani Sheilagh - Cyberpsychologist | Wellness & Lifestyle Futurist
This year many of you connected with ideas that were simple, human and rooted in everyday life. Food. Festivals. Leadership. Culture. Tech use. Modern workplaces. These themes may seem light at first, but together they point to something deeper about what people are craving right now.
We are living in a fast, digital and demanding world, yet the topics you engaged with most were the ones that brought you back to yourself. As a cyberpsychologist and wellness and lifestyle futurist, I pay attention to patterns in how we live, work and connect. The articles that were most popular and received the highest engagement have given me a clear picture of where we are and where we are heading as we move into 2026.
The articles you read, engaged with and shared the most
1. Why Workplace Wellbeing Needs to Start with Lunch
This was one of my strongest performing posts. It struck a chord because it offered a simple and human idea. If we want people to feel well, start with how they pause. How they eat. How they spend the middle of the day.
People are hungry for wellbeing practices that feel natural and not like extra tasks. Lunch is already there. It is familiar and grounding. It brings people together. It reminds us that we are human before we are productive.
The strong response confirmed something I already believe. The future of workplace wellbeing and a thriving culture is not more pressure. It is more presence and more communal moments that help people breathe again and connect authentically.
2. Rethinking Wellness. From Ibiza to the Office
This piece connected because it blended two worlds that many people keep separate. The energy of travel, joy and freedom, and the structure of working life. Many of you were drawn to the reminder that wellness is not a location or a retreat. It is a way of living that can exist anywhere.
The feeling we chase on holiday can be part of a Monday morning if we design our days with intention. People want to blur the lines between personal joy and professional identity. This desire will only grow stronger in 2026.
3. What Festivals Teach Us About Leadership, Presence and Joy
This article resonated because festivals are one of the few modern spaces where people feel alive, connected and present. There are no titles. No hierarchy. People show up as themselves. Readers loved seeing leadership reframed in this way. Leadership does not need to be distant. It needs to be human.
Festivals remind us that joy builds trust and belonging. Joy is not frivolous. It is powerful. These ideas are becoming essential in conversations about modern leadership and they will be even more central in 2026.
4. Digital Food Culture. Why What We Eat Online Matters
This piece touched on something many people feel without naming it. Food spaces online are shaping identity, emotion and culture. What we scroll influences how we eat. How we eat influences how we feel. And how we feel influences how we connect with others.
The strong reaction showed me that many of you want to understand the digital layers of your everyday behaviours. Food is not just nutrition. Eating is not just fuel. It is heritage, memories, connection and comfort. Digital food culture is becoming one of the most powerful mirrors and expressions of who we are today. This connects directly to my work on joy, digital wellbeing, leaning into pleasure, my upcoming book Live Life Yummie and the Yummietarian mindset.
5. My Announcement Post and the Soft Launch
Your response to my soft launch announcement was personal and meaningful. Thank you! Many of you shared how excited you felt for what is coming next. It showed me that people are curious about this movement. You want to understand the direction. You want to be part of a more human way of living in a digital world. The engagement made it clear that the space I am stepping into is needed and that people want guidance that is warm, real, authentic, accessible and future facing.
What my top LinkedIn topics reveal about the world right now
My strongest performing articles were about:
• lunch as wellbeing
• lifestyle and work
• festivals as teachers for leadership
• digital food culture
• the future of wellness and wellbeing
These may seem like separate topics, but there are links between them, and together they reveal a clear pattern.
Many of you are drawn to human-first thinking in a digital world.
Across all of these posts the thread is the same. You want more human connection through food, culture, lifestyle, communal experiences, digital behaviour and leadership presence. You want ideas that feel relatable and real. You are tired of the old narratives and want ways to make sense of modern life without pressure or perfection.
This tells me that people are looking for fresh leadership, modern wellbeing and a more grounded way to live inside a fast-moving world.
The patterns underneath all of this
Your engagement shows that many of you want a life with:
• less overwhelm
• more ease
• more community
• more sensory moments
• more rituals you can feel in your body
• a healthier relationship with digital life
• more joy and pleasure woven into ordinary days
From a cyberpsychology perspective this is natural. We are all adapting to rapid digital change. AI is becoming normal. Our attention is stretched. Our nervous systems are tired. People want richer and more meaningful experiences. Food, art, creativity, presence and community are becoming anchors in a world where real life includes both online and offline experiences and has become an integral part of how we live and who we are today.
Where this leads as we move into 2026
The themes you engaged with point towards a clear direction for the year ahead.
In 2026 we will see more interest in joyful living, workplace culture that feels human, digital wisdom, modern leadership, leaning into pleasure and the role of food as a connector. Many of you are already seeking new ways to feel present, well and connected in your daily lives. Organisations are beginning to ask for culture-building ideas and approaches that feel warm and accessible and that are grounded in action that has real impact. I want the work to feel fun and a little playful too, because even the deepest ideas land better when people are smiling and genuinely enjoying the experience, and if we are exploring joy and presence, we may as well enjoy ourselves while we do it.
The Yummietarian mindset and movement will continue to grow as a simple and accessible way to explore joy, pleasure, presence and whole life nourishment. My book Live Life Yummie, my Yummietarian podcast, my workshops and activities will all support this.
This is only the beginning, but the gentle revolution starts now.
We are entering a time where being human matters more than ever. Kindness, connection, joy, culture and rituals will shape wellbeing far more than hustle or optimisation ever could.
A gentle close
Thank you for reading, sharing and supporting these ideas. Your responses this year have shown that many of us want a life that feels present, connected, meaningful and full of joy and moments of fun. I am looking forward to exploring these themes with you in 2026. My hope is that we all keep choosing small daily moments of joy, nourishment, kindness and connection and keep leaning into the things that bring us pleasure. Because they make everything feel more alive and a little more delicious.
