New Year, New Me!
(what do you love?)
My Love!
Happy New Year!!!!!
I wasn’t especially well over NY, so aside from a post-lemsip moment of madness where I wanted to host an impromptu party, Dan and I were dressed up for a fancy lunch and in bed for 10:30pm (we watched My Old Ass in-between these things and it was brilliant!). I absolutely loved it!
Here’s my 2024 highlight carousel:
I was all set to not get caught up in new-year-new-me vibes…
{If I learnt anything last year (the year I FINALLY learnt - understood, felt in my being - what Compassion means *hear more here*) … it’s that everything takes a lot longer than you think and you have to be really, really kind to yourself in the process and accept yourself as you are or you will cock-block success}
… but I just can’t not get excited about all the possibilities a whole, fresh new year offers!
However, I say this very much from under a blanket and with a ‘we got time’ attitude.
2025 = CONNECTION
I’ve picked my word for 2025… Connection … which can mean a lot of things from reconnecting with old friends to the flight connection in Amsterdam that we’ll be doing in the summer for my brother’s wedding in Japan!
I’ve been meditating on it this morning and conjuring up mental images.
I keep adding more things too so I’m sure this word will give me plenty of lessons!
Nurturing Connection
Back at the start of winter (with the help of this beautiful meditation) I also chose a word for winter … Nurture
I love planning and dreaming (it calms my nervous system according to my watch!), so I’m leaning in and doing this thing that I love with a winter approach;
Gentle and Nurturing and Under-the-Blankety.
Not so much a new-year-new-me explosion, more a slowly-sowing-seeds exercise ready for a fabulous spring.
Spring is when I naturally want to be and do more anyway - it’s my birthday on the spring equinox for a start (so my NY and I’m planning to host a FREE spring equinox fire ceremony on the beach if you fancy it?) and, well, it’s spring; the time of blossom, birds and bees, and baby bunnies!
In the meantime, you can find me planning and dreaming under a blanket1 and very happy to connect!
So, tell me …
What’s your word for the year?
Are you raring to go with NY energy?
Or feeling a bit slower like me?
Loads of nurturing love,
Hannah XOX
P.S. Dry January?
I highly recommend adding my book, How to Divorce Sober, to your reading list.
It’s packed with tips and tricks for navigating sobriety and you also get a whole bunch of free resources! Including:
Guided meditations;
Yoga classes; and,
My free Dry Jan journal!
I will be under a blanket with
on Sunday, 5th Jan at 5pm and you are very welcome to join us for our annual vision boarding evening retreat; gorgeous, nurturing yoga to connect to your vision and the most fun you’ve had with a magazine since 1995.The in-person event is now sold out, however, this year you can join us online! (we have people joining us from Cambridge and Canada!)
More info and grab your tickets here!
Hurray for not missing out! Hurrah for staying home in PJs!
Tickets are just a £35 investment and you can join live or watch the replay anytime (I plan to update my board once a season!).
