It’s bitterly cold here today. Winds that cut right through to the bone. The twelve steps it takes me to get from my house to my writing cottage are more like quick leaps to reach the warmth as soon as possible inside my writing cottage door.
But I was stopped in my shivering tracks when I noticed the sun glistening off what looks like a snowflake – between the panes of glass of my cottage door, next to my doxie decal.
There is beauty in winter – this is what I am reminded of – and as I was reminded, I also noted that the sun is already shifting in the sky. The dark days, getting lighter each and every day now – the light flooding my writing cottage in such a beautiful way in the afternoon – taking just a bit of chill along with it.
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Last week I wrote about two different rituals I did to welcome in the New Year. One was to pick an animal wisdom tarot card and angel card, and the other was choosing three of my SoulCollage cards to represent past, present, and future. I also journaled with each of them.
I wanted to keep them in a prominent place in my writing cottage to remind me of the experience and what I discovered during my journaling as a guide to move me into the New Year. I had planned to just print them up on one sheet of paper and post on my wall.
But then I came up with the idea to make them into a mobile! I love how they twirl – like an altar in motion – a reminder to keep moving in the direction of my hopes and dreams – knowing I have my cards and my own inner wise self as my guide.
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I share with you today the book trailer I made for my latest memoir, Wisdom Found in the Pause – Joie’s Gift.
When I decided to write this book, I wanted more than anything for people (especially women) to read it and know that they deserve to take time for themselves – that really, it is imperative in order to live the life they want.
A part of me felt vulnerable at times for sharing my story about grief, letting go, and not knowing what was next, because I’d thought I’d had it all figured out, and then realized we will have many transitional periods in our lives. I also believed in my heart that many others were going through a similar transitional time, or would be in the future.
While I envisioned being in the place I am today, a new direction of helping and encouraging women to take time for creativity, stillness, and looking within to listen to their own soul whispers, I look back now and see that every step I took until this point was necessary – even though at times it felt like I was in murky water and I’d never get out of that questionable place.
Putting together this video today is just another way in which I want to encourage others and let them know that is perfectly okay to be in a space of transition – to see it as a gift – to sift through your thoughts with gentleness.
I hope you will enjoy the video. And if you are a reader of my blog who lives nearby, I’d welcome you to take time just for you during a winter women’s creative sacred soul circle I’m facilitating at my studio, Joyful Pause. It begins January 19th, and you can learn more about it here. I’ve extended the early bird pricing because I truly want to be of help to others.
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