Happy New Year!

In the grand scheme of things, January 1st is just a day like any other — the trees and flowers and birds and bees and my cat don’t care that it’s a new year, after all. But we humans mark the passage of time.

To us, it’s a big deal.

And because we mark this moment every year, it’s like a sign post — a natural marker for us to use as we reflect back on the year that’s just passed, and look forward toward the one before us.

What went well? What went not so well? What do we want to create going forward? What do we want to change?

I’m big on self-awareness (remember: self-awareness + self-compassion = the key to everything good!), and there’s no shortage of  [Read more…]