Welcome to SEASON 3 of The Honest Mom Podcast! Today we talk about the difficult season of winter and getting a new outlook on this important and much needed season of our year. Our lives. I've done research and soul-searching to get out of my SAD that I've had every year because it affected me SO much. With being in the midwest, the winter season can feel like an eternity so I had to get my life back. On top of it, Brooklyn was born during a massive snowstorm in February 2013 and then we were trapped in our home and boring lives for the winter season. So I had to come to terms with the bad memories I had during that winter season. How I associated winter with that time when I was so depressed.

This episode was also inspired by a yoga workshop I'm hosting at the studio I teach at. We'll be having a wonderful discussion about the purpose of winter and how to SLOW THE F DOWN to honor what this time is all about. To make it OK to find some stillness and not be GO-GO-GO all the damn time. We will be having a toasty and cozy Restorative Yoga practice in the salt room of the studio full of blankets, warm tea, and the permission to CHILL OUT. If you're local to Geneva, get on the waitlist for this event!

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Mom Card Drawing of the Week: "I am myself. I refuse to fit into what people want me to be or expect me to be." -Preeti Mistry

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What is Savasana? "a meditative posture in which one lies on one's back that is typically considered the final resting pose in yoga." (Miriam Webster) Savasana is a pose of total relaxation—making it one of the most challenging.—Yoga Journal

Gina Payne of Lola Salon article about wintering: https://www.lolahairandsoul.com/seasons-of-change/

"Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times" by Katherine May. You can get your copy here: https://a.co/d/cqDgSQV

"Stillness is the Key" by Ryan Holiday. You can get your copy here: https://a.co/d/cqDgSQV