I don’t come into a New Year “strong.”

A few years ago, I discovered Katherine May’s book, Wintering. As soon as I started reading, it felt like putting on a favorite cozy sweater and wrapping my hands around a hot mug of tea. Everything clicked.

For years, I followed the herd. I did the January resolutions. I focused on “finishing strong” and “planning, planning, planning.” And every single year, I ended up completely exhausted by January 1st and ready to weep by the time spring arrived.

I’ve been an entrepreneur for over 25 years. I love my work. I’ve built a business that is me and honors me. But even after two decades of leadership, I still had to learn how to end the year softly.

Resting Until the “Inkling” Returns

This past December, I did something different. I took December 19th through January 7th completely off.

I rest a lot on a regular basis (following my Projector need to rest in order to be successful), but taking two and a half weeks to simply exist is a different kind of medicine. I waited. I steeped in the rest. I practiced the Align phase of the E.A.S.E. Pathway by listening to my nervous system instead of my calendar.

It wasn’t until the very end of that break that I had even an inkling of a desire to think about work again.

Because I gave myself permission to fully retreat, the work I’m doing now feels called, not forced. It feels aligned and awakening. I’m not exactly sure where 2026 is going yet, and I’m perfectly okay with that. I’m allowing it to unfold with ease.

Wintering as Your Intuition’s Greenhouse

When you stop the frantic “doing,” you finally create enough internal quiet to hear yourself. Wintering is the conservation of energy so your intuition can actually speak up.

If you’re currently feeling behind because you haven’t “hit the ground running,” I want you to take a breath and look at the season. You aren’t behind. You’re right where you’re meant to be.

This is one of the things I work with clients on during MindShift Mastery and our Subconscious Shift Sessions. Imagine that you stop trying to “fix” your lack of motivation and start looking at why you’re afraid to rest. The belief that you have to be exhausted to be successful is really shitty (and super common) programming. And you don’t have to keep it!

How to Lean Into Your Own “Wintering”

If you feel the collective pressure to sprint but your soul is asking for a slow walk, here is how you can honor that:

• Audit your “shoulds”: Look at your January calendar. Which meetings or tasks were put there because of a “new year” deadline that doesn’t actually exist? Move one thing to February.
• Follow the “Inkling”: Practice doing nothing until you feel a genuine spark of desire to do something. Even if it’s just for twenty minutes on a Sunday.
• Lower the lights: Literally and figuratively. Dim the screens, light a candle, and let your environment reflect the quiet of the season.

An Invitation to Ease

Success with ease means honoring the seasons of your soul as much as the seasons of your business.

• Give yourself a permission slip: If you need a moment to recalibrate, I invite you to join my Ask Me Anything Office Hours on Tuesdays at 12pm CT. It’s a free, no-pressure space to talk about where you’re feeling stuck.
• Support your subconscious: If your brain won’t stop “planning” even when your body is tired, my Subliminal Audios can help shift those internal stories of urgency while you rest.
• Explore the E.A.S.E. Pathway: See how moving from pressure to pleasure can change the way you lead in 2026.

Reflection: “If I weren’t afraid of being ‘behind,’ what would I give myself permission to set down right now?”

A Somatic Embodiment Drop: 

Close your eyes for a moment. Imagine your body is like the earth in mid-winter. There is no pressure to grow, no pressure to green, no pressure to produce.

Exhale fully and feel the weight of your hips in your chair or your feet on the ground. Let your shoulders drop away from your ears. As you inhale, imagine drawing warmth into your center. On the exhale, let your muscles soften into the support beneath you. You’re allowed to be dormant. You’re allowed to be quiet. It’s safe to rest.

After two and a half decades of building, leading, and evolving, the greatest lesson I’ve learned is that the world will not stop spinning just because you decide to be still. In fact, it’s often in that stillness—the deep, quiet wintering—where the most profound growth happens. When you stop fighting the season you’re in, you stop fighting yourself. You aren’t a machine designed for constant output; you are a human being designed for rhythm. Trust that your “inkling” will return. Trust that your business can hold space for your humanity. And most of all, trust that you are worthy of the rest you are currently craving.

Take a beat. Sip your tea. See what resonates. Meanwhile, check this video below:

Honoring Seasons of Becoming

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Want More Support? Here Are a Few Ways to Go Deeper

If this way of approaching goals and commitments resonates, there are several beautiful pathways to get personal support:

• A Subconscious Shift Session with me if you’re ready to clear the mental noise and create commitments that feel good in your body.
• Private Coaching if you want a partner in your growth, someone to help you build a life and leadership style rooted in alignment, joy, and self-trust.
• The MindShift Mastery program if you want deep subconscious reprogramming paired with Human Design and grounded action steps that actually stick.

All of these are designed to support you in creating change from the inside out—without hustle, without force, and without abandoning yourself in the process.