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now is not the time

January 5, 2026 in Blog

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

Rest

February 1, 2025 in Blog

I’d been pushing it. For too long, and I knew it. Burning the candle at both ends, biting off more than I could chew—whatever the phrase, I was overdoing it with no rest…you get the picture. Despite hearing about Covid, RSV, the flu, and the lingering mystery virus with an unending cough, I kept pushing. I never get sick, right? Until I do. And then it’s so sick. Beat up, can’t sleep, hacking all night, everything hurts, cannot function, clear-your-calendar sick. Yeah, that. Nice work, Jill.

This morning, when I asked a dear friend what I could possibly write about—given that I barely had two brain cells to rub together—he said, “rest.”… Read the rest

hibernation

January 30, 2023 in Blog

When I originally posted the January Hibernation retreat, it was early fall. At the time, I was in an extremely overwhelming work vortex and hibernation sounded like a fabulous idea. I didn’t put a whole lot of thought into it—  the theme welled up from wherever ideas arise, it resonated, and that was that. Come January, when we actually gathered, I felt good in the knowing that yes, hibernation was necessary. Why? Resources for thriving had become scarce. A refuge from challenging conditions was needed. It was time to conserve energy, and figure out how to rebuild from within what we’d allowed to be depleted from without.… Read the rest