Newsletter December 2025 Volume 186
Hello there,
I hope you have made it to the new year in one piece!
I feel like I am ready for a long winter nap. 2025 has been a very challenging year for many reasons. But like any year, it has had many moments of beauty, bravery and wonder.
After the hectic rush of the holiday season it is good to take some time to look back at the year and think of what you want to bring forth and create in the this new year.
It’s helpful to journal, take a walk or give yourself a little retreat day with nothing on the agenda but contemplation of the year we are leaving behind and what is possible in the coming year.
Or if you can’t get a whole day, even a few hours. I know it is challenging to get that deep time to really look at our life. But it is worth it.
It can be painful and frustrating but it is also so satisfying and clarifying.
It is the same process we do monthly at the Full Moon Circles – letting go to make room.
The bright light of the full moon allows us clear seeing that giving us an impetus to shift our behavior and let go of what we no longer need and then use that space and energy to create something new.
The new year gives us time for this sacred process as well.
You can journal or walk with these questions in your awareness.
What were some triumphs and successes in 2026?
What am I proud of?
What are some things I want to shift or change in the coming year?
What do I want to leave behind? Let go of?
What are some things I want to create in this new year?
Be gentle and curious with yourself and remember all the amazing things you did this year. (Surviving can be a real accomplishment!)
And give yourself enough space you can imagine a new year filled with love and magic – even in little amounts – joy can really shift big rocks. What do you want more glimmers of in your life?
Let me know what you come up with and I can cheer you on!
I have been choosing poems for the moon circle. It is so fun to collect them throughout the month, but this month I have too many poems! So here is an overflow jewel from Ted Kooser.
AFTER YEARS
by Ted Kooser
Today, from a distance, I saw you
walking away, and without a sound
the glittering face of a glacier
slid into the sea. An ancient oak
fell in the Cumberlands, holding only
a handful of leaves, and an old woman
scattering corn to her chickens looked up
for an instant. At the other side
of the galaxy, a star thirty-five times
the size of our own sun exploded
and vanished, leaving a small green spot
on the astronomer’s retina
as he stood on the great open dome
of my heart with no one to tell.
Much love to you all and here is to a healthy, happy new year with justice and joy spreading like wildfire.
Katherine
