What do you do to get through January? Aside from fleeing to somewhere sunny and warm? I know “winter is a mindset.” I know, I know. I read How to Winter too, but it’s hard when your skin doesn’t fit your face, and the cold is abusive, and there are only 9 hours and 41 minutes of sunlight, most of which is invisible. What do you DO!!!
Author: Kath Thompson
Writer, yoga teacher, lover of sunny days, long walks, good coffee, and stimulating conversations.
Will You Recognize Yourself?
While they focus on changes in body weight or muscle tone, they often overlook what is happening on the inside due to sheer persistence. The act of showing up to train, day after day, month after month, year after year is the alchemical ingredient.
Project-Driven in 2026
So around the solstice, I wrote down 6 things on little slips of paper. These were the 6 things that I knew would make me happy, healthy, and creative. These were the things I knew would keep me playing the infinite game with gusto for a long time.
The 2025 Year-End Audit
Even though it takes a lot of time, I take a kind of sick delight in reading back over a year’s worth of my blithery, blathery, self-indulgent whinging as I try to express myself …and fail. My morning pages are one of the few places where I feel I can be raw, incoherent, self-pitying, judgmental, mean, sarcastic, and even nasty.
December Was Dumpster Month
The trouble is, every time I try to clean and organize, I run into the same problem: what to do with all the stuff that needs to go to the dump because it’s broken and ugly and nobody wants or needs it?
Book Group Picks and Personal Favorites of 2025
I so love to read! And I love talking about books with people who have just read them. That is why my book group is one of the ongoing joys of my life. We are even considering making 2026 the Year of the Classics.
Word Of The Year 2026
Admittedly, I was still high as a kite from breathing like a MoFo all day in one of the most intense yoga sessions of my life, and I was roaming around those retail stores trying to sort of “touch grass” by checking out cookware and retinol serums.
Rawdogging Your Life: The Art of Being Present
Rawdogging forces you to be fully present with your thoughts and the environment around you.
Inspired by In November 2025
G asked me what I wanted for Xmas a few weeks ago, and I said a dumpster. It came the other day. I don’t know what’s making me happier at this point, my new car or this dumpster.
Morning Routines: Boeing vs. Helicopter
In the morning, I look like a slug lolling about in my pajamas. She looks like an eager beaver off to do important work in the world
Inspiration Location 