So many of us are closing out the year tired — carrying full plates, navigating change, or quietly feeling the effects of burnout after months of “pushing through.” In moments like these, I’ve found that jumping straight into goals or resolutions often misses what we actually need. Instead, I wanted to offer something more spacious — a mindful pause to honor the year behind you and imagine what comes next with clarity, care, and intention.

I’ve just updated my Year-End Reflection + Visioning Guide, and I’m excited to share it with you. This guide is rooted in reflection and guided by intention — a gentle, structured process designed especially for anyone navigating leadership, life transitions, or seasons of growth and recalibration. It will help you uncover the wins, challenges, and lessons of this past year and assess where your life and work feel nourishing — and where they may be asking for change or boundaries.

Last weekend, I hosted my first Rooted Women’s retreat at my home in Colorado. It was a vision I’d held for years– to create a sacred space in nature for healing and connection. I was deeply moved by how we held one another, and how the land held us. By the magic that unfolds when you’re surrounded by people who believe in you and care for you. By what emerges when we sit together in the messiness of it all and someone says, “me too,” or “I hear you.”

Just days after the retreat ended, my little Colorado mountain town experienced an unimaginable tragedy: a fire tore through our downtown and destroyed 18 beloved and vital businesses– the heart and soul of our place– in a matter of hours.

"Never underestimate the value of time spent in the womb," my teacher Eden said to me a few years ago when I was going through a particularly hard time. "Darkness is pregnant and full of life."

I've been reflecting a lot on these words as we just passed through the winter solstice- the darkest time of the year- and also as this baby boy has now spent nine months growing inside the fertile darkness of my own body.

As we begin the new year, you (like me) are likely thinking about new goals and intentions for 2021. With the start of every new year, I notice my desire to "start over", to create new goals and intentions, to lean into new supportive habits or get rid of old ones. I have definitely been deeply reflecting on what I want to create this year (I have some big plans!) and what I'm also ready to let go of so that I can move forward with less baggage and more lightness + ease (you have to let go to grow, I often say). If you are looking to go a bit deeper with your intention-setting process for 2021, I've created some questions that can help you.

Reflection is an exercise of the soul, a beautiful practice that turns experience into insight and wisdom. 2020 was an intense year for all of us and the lessons have been deep. All the more reason to spend some quality time "mining the pearls", collecting the valuable nuggets of your experience to get clarity on what you've learned so it can support you with where you want to go.

It's been years since I sold my organic meal delivery business, but one of my happiest places is still in my kitchen inventing new recipes (or perfecting old ones). Since I can't have you over for dinner right now, I collected a few of my favorites below to inspire some healthy holiday cooking. (side note: my post-Covid dinner parties are going to be EPIC.) Now push away the cheese tray, put on your apron and dive in!