Let November be November
Announcing a new journaling series, *Happy* Holidays!
I am not a Christmas on November 1 girlie.
Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE the glittering promise of Christmas — peppermint hot chocolates, gingerbread houses (the only house I can afford in this economy 😂), twinkle lights, and the scent of balsam fir.
But if September packs that hopeful back-to-school energy and October greets us with falling leaves, pumpkin-dotted porches, and the childhood excitement of trick-or-treating, November allows us a brief pause.
A deceleration before the sprint that is December.
I’ll be honest, October went by for me in a blur. Or maybe it was a fog.
Instead of days spent baking my favorite pumpkin bread (THIS one), reading Coco Mellors’ Cleopatra & Frankenstein (it came off the Libby waitlist just in time!), watching When Harry Met Sally (still haven’t seen it!), hosting college football tailgates (a balm when your team is losing more than winning this year), and celebrating loved ones (my mom, sister, and niece all have October birthdays!), I trudged through my favorite month feeling less Cozy Girl Fall and more zombie apocalypse 🧟♀️
The story I was telling myself was that everything needed to be the most (as seen on Instagram).
I needed to be having the most fall fall, my business needed to be popping off (sales funnels! SEO! launches!), and everything on the Graph of Life needed to be pointing up and to the right.
As a result, I shut down.
(And got COVID 🦠)
Instead of seizing the day, I was seized by overwhelm in a pressure cooker of my own making.
Morgan Harper Nichols has a beautiful poem that makes the rounds every summer:
Let July be July,
and let August be August.
And let yourself
just be
even in
the uncertainty.
You don't have to fix everything.
You don't have to solve everything.
And you can still find peace
and grow
in the wild
of changing things.
- Morgan Harper Nichols
After emerging from October’s deep (nervous system) freeze, I’d like to add:
Let November be November.
So no, you won’t find me putting up my Christmas tree, blaring “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” or swapping out my Anthropologie pumpkin glass for my snowman one just yet.
Instead, I’m going to allow this month — and myself — to just be.
Less buzzing mind (and phone!) more immersing myself in the moment, in my senses, in my life.
Finding peace and growing in the wild of changing holiday things.
✨NEW ✨ Holiday journaling series!
“I want the holidays to feel chaotic!”
Said no one ever.
The holidays are jam packed, there’s no way around it. Between the chaos of ugly sweater parties, making sure you got everyone the right size of matching pajamas, and absolutely sleigh-ing your secret Santa gift, it’s no wonder you wake up on January 1 feeling a little Grinch-y that the holidays flew by — again.
This year, choose presence before presents.
Happy Holidays is a 3-week mindful writing experience designed to calm the holiday chaos and amplify the joy.
Through thoughtfully curated journaling prompts you’ll:
Slow down and approach the holiday season with intention, prioritizing the people and experiences that really matter to you
Navigate holiday stressors so you can show up to holiday gatherings mentally clear and emotionally strong
Cultivate gratitude and strengthen the relationships you have with yourself and loved ones
Experience the powerfully meditative and restorative act of writing. on. paper.
What’s included:
Three live 1-hour interactive sessions led by me, featuring custom prompts and writing-based exercises to do in real time (and you know I’ll curate a selection of poetry and literature to serve as inspiring touchpoints throughout!)
Engaging group dialogue — totally optional! You can participate as much or as little as you like
Community, empathy, and connection with a group of like-minded humans who want to proactively enjoy the holidays (rather than simply survive them)
The dates:
Thursday, November 21
Thursday, December 5
Thursday, December 12
4:30PM PDT | 7:30PM EDT | Sessions will be recorded
Investment: $360