If you’ve watched/listened to yesterday’s episode, you have a better idea of how to use your Yule Log.
In case you missed it:
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This week, we’re going deeper with the Yule Log
Reflecting on 2024
Before inscribing your Yule Log or paper, take a moment to truly process your experiences from 2024:
Lessons learned: Contemplate the challenges you've faced and the wisdom you've gained.
Repeated patterns: Consider any recurring themes from earlier in your life.
Blessings received: Acknowledge the positive aspects, even amidst difficulties. Not in a toxic positivity way but even being open to the POTENTIAL of a bright side or rainbow…
The importance of self care: Remember, self care is far from selfish. By nurturing yourself, you become better equipped to support others through their struggles.
Harvesting your experiences
Use this reflection to:
1. Recognise your growth
2. Identify areas for improvement
3. Set intentions for the coming year
Looking Ahead to 2025
Consider how you can enter the new year:
* Stronger
* More congruent with your values
* Wholeheartedly embracing new possibilities
This deeper dive into the Yule Log tradition allows for a more meaningful transition into the coming year, honouring both the challenges and triumphs of the past.
TRANSCRIPT
For yesterday’s podcast and YouTube video (episode 37 of The Feel Better Every Day Podcast), I've gone into a bit of detail about the Yule Log. This video is for free subscribers, Half Moon members of the Sole to Soul Circle.
I want to encourage you to go a little bit deeper and before maybe writing on your Yule Log or piece of paper, let it all out.
Really give yourself permission to edit your year, reflect on your year, think about the lessons, think about the blessings. It's been a rough few years for many, many, many people.
There's a lot going on, and the more we take time to process it, the more we take time to look after ourselves, the more we can help others through what's going on for them as well.
It's a cliche that self care is far from selfish, but take a piece of paper, write down some of the lessons from 2024, maybe some lessons that have been repeated from earlier in your life as well, and also some of the blessings.
Really give yourself permission to recognize that even in horror shows of years for so many people, your suffering does not help anybody else.
How can you look after yourself?
How can you harvest 2024 and before and go into 2025 as strong, as congruent, as wholehearted as possible?
Let me know how you get on, and there'll be another deeper dive video for the Full Moon and Super Moon members.
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