Thank you for the use of the word compass. I am seeing in my mind an enchanted piece of fabric that folds and catches the wind and is decorated with all the things that will guide this season. Candles, warm beverages, smell of fir trees, special people, music, laughter and so much more. Thank you.
I’m approaching the holiday season with dread. It’s been a year since my father had a stroke and almost four months since he died. I’ve been traveling almost every other week to stay with my 92-year old mother, to provide company and help around the house. I have been away from my own home this year than I’ve been a there. I feel unmoored and very cranky.
I want to feel my sparkle and sense of humor return. I want to resume some kind of creative practice (even writing has become difficult). I want to feel like my like has returned to whatever normal was. I want to feel compassion and love again. I want to feel ease.
Teri, thank you for sharing. I know that this is a very difficult time of year for so many people, exacerbated by the expectations for it to be a certain way. I hope that you can find your way back to a bit of creative practice, whenever that is, and that along the way you find the things that help to help moor you. Sending lots of light your way.
Teri, this unfortunately resonates with me. It has been 15 years since I lost my mother and almost 10 for my father. That feeling of being unmoored is all to familiar. Sending love, light, prayers and a glimmer of creativity and hope to you. You will find that sparkle and normal again. It will be seasoned with so much depth.
I am sending you a lot of love and hopes for the ease you crave this season. Caregiver burnout is so tough to manage, especially during the holidays and even more when it compounds with recent loss. I hope you are able to experience the peace and light you deserve. ♥️
I'm not usually an audio person. At first I read but found myself kinda skimming. But I pressed play after, and I found that listening allowed my system to settle, to yield into being led into a stiller place inside of me.
This season I would like to feel the quiet satisfaction that comes with savoring what is already there. The gilding effect of the low sun on the milkweed seed pods. Powdered sugar puppy chow hands. Coming through the backdoor into a heated house. My kids all home together in this childhood season of their lives. Attending to what is already here, and allowing the satisfaction to arrive.
Such good questions. After a busy and tired few months, I am hoping to take a slower approach to this season. One of the reasons I love winter is because of the contrast of dark and cold with warm and bright, and I love the idea that making my own warmth and light is an integral part of this season.
I am away from family this season for the first time in all of my 68 years. Happily, I am separated because I am with a new love so this is a first with him! I have had an advent calendar each year since childhood. This is a new way to continue a lifelong tradition. Also, I love that you are reading the days aloud. Thank you 🔥
I am in Aotearoa/New Zealand and it is spring and I long for the northern winter...I live on a small farm surrounded by grass paddocks which gives me Bad hayfever. Not serious But debilitating ...and I need a spring hibernation not a winter one!! So I am exploring how to live with your winter offerings in early summer! Thank you, this is special
I was just thinking today about how these might land for people in the southern hemisphere, and how one could incorporate more seasonal/cyclical elements depending on where one is in the world. I spent a Christmas in Australia once and I found it so jarring to hear "white Christmas" at the grocery store when it was so hot out.
I am a British kiwi having moved here in my 50s...and yes Christmas is really 'summer holidays '..easier if I don't try to compare!! However lovely to be involved in this creative positive way,,
Anna - Such a nice way to start my morning full of notes, clients, cooking, dog walking, yogaing, shabbassing. That music, both Baptiste and the Soto. All up in my business and it's only 7:30am. Thanks.
Hearing your voice slows me down and allows your words to sink in, and for me to listen more than once! My daughters are grown and far away in opposite directions, so it’s a rarity to have them both home at the same time, and especially at this time of year. However, I have successfully passed on the tradition of baking the lussekatter for Dec. 13th, and we text each other photos of how ours turn out. And we each have a copy of your Fika.
Thank you for such a great start to this calendar. I love the idea of the compass, it is similar to the north star prompt one of my planners uses throughout the year. When I started thinking & journaling about how I wanted this season to feel, two distinct things came to mind: to feel like a deep, relaxing exhale and to feel like pulling on your favorite old sweatshirt. ♥️
I really enjoyed the audio, thanks for that. Doodled my own little compass tonight and did some journaling. Looking forward to these gentle prompts thru the season 💛
How lovely! I'm so looking forward to this Advent season with you. For many years I was a church music director, and this was always a wonderful (though stressful and challenging) time of year. We also lost my dad this time of year, and my mother and grandmother had December birthdays, so the season is filled with so many memories and emotions, some of which are in tension with one another.
What a blessing to be able to mark the season in such a special way without having to prepare and be in charge of everything for a change! Thank you for this gift, Anna! I so appreciate it.
Thank you for the use of the word compass. I am seeing in my mind an enchanted piece of fabric that folds and catches the wind and is decorated with all the things that will guide this season. Candles, warm beverages, smell of fir trees, special people, music, laughter and so much more. Thank you.
I love that visual Angela!
Beautiful. Thank you.
I’m approaching the holiday season with dread. It’s been a year since my father had a stroke and almost four months since he died. I’ve been traveling almost every other week to stay with my 92-year old mother, to provide company and help around the house. I have been away from my own home this year than I’ve been a there. I feel unmoored and very cranky.
I want to feel my sparkle and sense of humor return. I want to resume some kind of creative practice (even writing has become difficult). I want to feel like my like has returned to whatever normal was. I want to feel compassion and love again. I want to feel ease.
Teri, thank you for sharing. I know that this is a very difficult time of year for so many people, exacerbated by the expectations for it to be a certain way. I hope that you can find your way back to a bit of creative practice, whenever that is, and that along the way you find the things that help to help moor you. Sending lots of light your way.
Wishing you rest and a period of hibernation during this hard time. ✨
Teri, this unfortunately resonates with me. It has been 15 years since I lost my mother and almost 10 for my father. That feeling of being unmoored is all to familiar. Sending love, light, prayers and a glimmer of creativity and hope to you. You will find that sparkle and normal again. It will be seasoned with so much depth.
I am sending you a lot of love and hopes for the ease you crave this season. Caregiver burnout is so tough to manage, especially during the holidays and even more when it compounds with recent loss. I hope you are able to experience the peace and light you deserve. ♥️
Wishing you rest and ease ✨✨
I'm not usually an audio person. At first I read but found myself kinda skimming. But I pressed play after, and I found that listening allowed my system to settle, to yield into being led into a stiller place inside of me.
This season I would like to feel the quiet satisfaction that comes with savoring what is already there. The gilding effect of the low sun on the milkweed seed pods. Powdered sugar puppy chow hands. Coming through the backdoor into a heated house. My kids all home together in this childhood season of their lives. Attending to what is already here, and allowing the satisfaction to arrive.
Thank you Michelle! That's so nice to hear, and a lovely reason for me to keep doing the audio :)
Thank you so very much for the word “attendant “ Michelle. I have adopted in to the lede of my compass reflection .
Allowing the satisfaction to arrive ✨ love that
Such good questions. After a busy and tired few months, I am hoping to take a slower approach to this season. One of the reasons I love winter is because of the contrast of dark and cold with warm and bright, and I love the idea that making my own warmth and light is an integral part of this season.
I am away from family this season for the first time in all of my 68 years. Happily, I am separated because I am with a new love so this is a first with him! I have had an advent calendar each year since childhood. This is a new way to continue a lifelong tradition. Also, I love that you are reading the days aloud. Thank you 🔥
I am in Aotearoa/New Zealand and it is spring and I long for the northern winter...I live on a small farm surrounded by grass paddocks which gives me Bad hayfever. Not serious But debilitating ...and I need a spring hibernation not a winter one!! So I am exploring how to live with your winter offerings in early summer! Thank you, this is special
I was just thinking today about how these might land for people in the southern hemisphere, and how one could incorporate more seasonal/cyclical elements depending on where one is in the world. I spent a Christmas in Australia once and I found it so jarring to hear "white Christmas" at the grocery store when it was so hot out.
I am a British kiwi having moved here in my 50s...and yes Christmas is really 'summer holidays '..easier if I don't try to compare!! However lovely to be involved in this creative positive way,,
I love this as a beginning, thank you!
Anna - Such a nice way to start my morning full of notes, clients, cooking, dog walking, yogaing, shabbassing. That music, both Baptiste and the Soto. All up in my business and it's only 7:30am. Thanks.
Loved the voice over, Anna! And the Japanese concept of mini seasons. Thank you! 😎
Love this, Anna. I’m so excited to be subscribed for this ✨
Hearing your voice slows me down and allows your words to sink in, and for me to listen more than once! My daughters are grown and far away in opposite directions, so it’s a rarity to have them both home at the same time, and especially at this time of year. However, I have successfully passed on the tradition of baking the lussekatter for Dec. 13th, and we text each other photos of how ours turn out. And we each have a copy of your Fika.
Thank you for such a great start to this calendar. I love the idea of the compass, it is similar to the north star prompt one of my planners uses throughout the year. When I started thinking & journaling about how I wanted this season to feel, two distinct things came to mind: to feel like a deep, relaxing exhale and to feel like pulling on your favorite old sweatshirt. ♥️
I really enjoyed the audio, thanks for that. Doodled my own little compass tonight and did some journaling. Looking forward to these gentle prompts thru the season 💛
I love the concept of a compass to guide us through this season. It feels natural, relaxed, peaceful. Not forced. Thank you, Anna.
Granular gratitude - that is what I hope for this Advent season, this winter and in the coming New Year.
How lovely! I'm so looking forward to this Advent season with you. For many years I was a church music director, and this was always a wonderful (though stressful and challenging) time of year. We also lost my dad this time of year, and my mother and grandmother had December birthdays, so the season is filled with so many memories and emotions, some of which are in tension with one another.
What a blessing to be able to mark the season in such a special way without having to prepare and be in charge of everything for a change! Thank you for this gift, Anna! I so appreciate it.