It's exactly mid-Jan as I write to you. Are your goals all set? In case they're not, or you're not clear about what's next or are feeling stuck or maybe even lost, I wanted to offer another perspective. And I want you to know that you're not alone.

Monday morning was rough. I've been nursing an emotional hangover after 12 days of vacationing with the kiddos in Northern California. We visited old friends in Oakland, ate burritos in the Mission, and explored tide pools in Carmel. It was beautiful, nourishing, and draining all at once.

As we head into the holiday season, I wanted to offer you a way to turbo charge your gratitude practice. This exercise has broken my heart wide open (in a good way).

I was recently untangling some Halloween decor (eyeball lights actually) when I stumbled upon a lovely analogy for how to get unstuck.

How do you approach a difficult topic when it feels impossible to raise? How do you even begin to have compassion for someone who thinks so differently from you? What's the first step towards transforming a confrontation into a conversation?