If you’ve jumped into 2026 with both feet—word of the year chosen, resolutions set, new gym membership activated, and a sparkling lease on life in hand—good for you. Truly. I aspire to that.
And if that’s not you, take heart. Perhaps for you, like me, now is not the time.
Whether you cherish and adore the end of year festivities, or it’s more of a grin-and-bear-it situation, the holidays can be a lot—on every level. Many of us spend weeks, sometimes months, under enormous internal and external pressure. Add outsized expectations, busyness, loneliness, traffic, family dynamics, too much of too much and not enough of what actually nourishes us, and you’ve got an extended season of physical, mental, and emotional swirl.… Read the rest