A lovely new friend of mine was pondering the pile-up of stress that comes with the traditional New Year on the 1st January. She realised that in the West, the year started too soon.  New Year’s resolutions kick in before the 12-day Christmas feast is over. And the dark, Yin time of the year gets hijacked by the Yang energy of doing and productivity. Yin-uary becomes Yang-uary.  The traditional seasonal rhythm of dying back and patiently waiting for life to stir is disrupted. People get ‘dug...

I just wanted to run through some of these do's and don'ts. So these are things I've collated over the years in my work as a therapist,

You're not going to look like these guys, but you might be able to feel like them! This is an old post from 2 years ago but I always like...