With the New Year comes the pressure to jumpstart those goals you have been meaning to do and get to work.
While goals are great, and I have them too, I invite you to take a different perspective for these next couple months as we dive into the depths of the winter season.
The last week of December my house got hit with the flu, and I kind of was expecting it-I have been keeping myself too busy and was on the go with no frequent breaks, and it caught up to me. We had to cancel plans to spend Christmas Eve in the city. My body was telling me, “time to slow down kid. “
So week of Christmas was spent nursing my family and me back to health with deep rest and endless holiday movies to keep us entertained.
I have to add that I have never been SO grateful to get my appetite back after getting better, because I was so sick I wasn’t even able to make a holiday meal or bake Christmas cookies with my daughter. It made me appreciate having a peaceful relationship with food even more.
After I had recovered and we went into New Year’s Day- I wanted to keep the momentum going. I have been interested in dealing with life according to the seasons to the best of my ability. Winter is often known as the quiet season with more rest, pause, and reflecting. Sure, we will still have obligations that we can’t avoid, but we can try to minimize the amount of expectations we have of ourselves this time of year.
Nature around us does it,but society wants us to operate as if it was in the middle of summertime. The two just don’t align.
The Swedish are known very well for resting in the winter also known as “Hygge”, and I can’t blame them.
Here are some ideas that I am planning on doing or already doing to embrace these winter months. Feel free to borrow them:
-Baking
-Painting
-Watching Movies
-Reading
-Drink more teas
-Naps
– Visiting local coffee shops
-Enjoy the snow when possible: sledding, building a snowman
-Making Soups
-Moving my body: virtual barre classes and strengthening exercises 1-3 times a week total
Which ones will you try? What would you add to this list? Hit reply and let me know, I would love to hear about it!
Stay warm,
Deanna
P.S-I am getting ready to start up season 2 of the Intuitive Wellness Cafe Podcast! If you have any questions regarding intuitive eating, diet culture, intuitive movement, body concerns or anything related to non-diet wellness feel free to reply here with your question for your chance for it to be featured on my podcast. The questions discussed will be always anonymous and may benefit others who listen in.
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