Bonus: The New Year Doesn’t Always Begin in January
What if January isn’t meant for rushing forward, but instead it is for listening?
In this episode, Heather gently unravels the cultural story that says the new year must begin with immediate change, productivity, and reinvention. Through history, nature, and embodied wisdom, we explore why the pressure to start fresh on January 1st is a modern construct and why your body may be resisting it for good reason.
We look at how January and February weren’t even part of the original calendar, how many cultures welcome the new year later in the season, and how animals instinctively begin their year only when conditions support growth.
This conversation also holds a deeper tension many of us are feeling: The message that “you’re doing the best you can” has been necessary and yet, rest doesn’t mean abandoning our dreams. Winter isn’t a time of giving up on becoming; it’s a time of rooting into what wants to grow next.
This episode is an invitation to honor rest without shrinking your vision, to move gently without giving up your longing, and to trust that growth doesn’t require urgency, only alignment.
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