{"id":4300,"date":"2019-12-21T17:53:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T22:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/?p=4300"},"modified":"2020-01-03T08:41:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T13:41:28","slug":"winter-solstice-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/2019\/12\/21\/winter-solstice-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Solstice 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4300\" class=\"elementor elementor-4300\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e6d086c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e6d086c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;curve&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom_negative&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M500,97C126.7,96.3,0.8,19.8,0,0v100l1000,0V1C1000,19.4,873.3,97.8,500,97z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-564815f\" data-id=\"564815f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24619486 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24619486\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Winter Solstice<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7202186b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7202186b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-525eb7d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"525eb7d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>(The Power of Ceremony.)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7bdb1f8c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7bdb1f8c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c985838\" data-id=\"2c985838\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25595825 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"25595825\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I Have a Love\/Hate Relationship with Winter<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78099a6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78099a6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Last year, I said I was going to become a woman who loves Winter. It felt like a noble pursuit, being Canadian and all.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">And I did. I focused on the things I liked. I sought out the cold, the dark. I actually loved Winter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>But, even in the midst of all that noticing, all that &#8220;loving&#8221;, there were still moments when I hated Winter. I tried not to, but I did. (I don&#8217;t like even using that word, but &#8230; there it is). Cold, wet, wind, ice going on for too long. I don&#8217;t need to explain.<\/p><p>It made me wonder if loving Winter was an all-out thing.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Is it an unceasing river of ice-shaped hearts? Or is it being interested and curious about the whole thing &#8211; the parts I like and the parts I don&#8217;t like. The dark and the light.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4003232b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4003232b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/snowflake-3.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-4318\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/snowflake-3.png?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/snowflake-3.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/snowflake-3.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/snowflake-3.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/snowflake-3.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/snowflake-3.png?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/snowflake-3.png?resize=2048%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/snowflake-3.png?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5728aca8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5728aca8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e30ddcd\" data-id=\"e30ddcd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bc9f6fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5bc9f6fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Winter Solstice.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19b6627f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19b6627f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Winter Solstice is the official start to Winter. It&#8217;s when we experience the longest night of the year. In 2019, it happens today, November 21. It&#8217;s a day of the year when that balance between dark and light is celebrated.<\/p><p>It&#8217;s a time to pause, to notice, to be present. It&#8217;s a time to see what is dark in our lives and what is light.<\/p><p>I&#8217;m wondering if it&#8217;s also a time to look at loving make a conscious decision to leave behind those dark things and carry forward the light things.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a0c19f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6a0c19f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/snowflake3.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-2276\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/snowflake3.png?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/snowflake3.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/snowflake3.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/snowflake3.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/snowflake3.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/snowflake3.png?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1645ebe0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1645ebe0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d4c0907\" data-id=\"5d4c0907\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-274b6379 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"274b6379\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What to leave behind. What to bring forward.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39d2e8da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39d2e8da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here are some questions to ask yourself if you want to use The Solstice as a moment to reflect on the dark and the light.<\/p><p><strong>What do I want to leave behind in 2019?<\/strong><\/p><p>For me, my list begins with leaving behind doubt. I think my doubt has served me in many ways. It&#8217;s kept me safe by encouraging me to take tiny steps towards my dreams, instead of huge death-defying leaps. Thank you doubt! But I&#8217;m not enjoying the hesitation, the second-guessing, the stopping and starting over. I&#8217;m putting it down.\u00a0<\/p><p>What about you? What no longer serves you? What do you want to leave behind?<\/p><p><strong>What do you want to bring into 2020?<\/strong><\/p><p>On my 2020 list is more magic, joy and aligned action. I don&#8217;t really know what I mean when I say I want more magic. But, I&#8217;m starting with more ceremony.\u00a0<\/p><p>What do you want to bring forward into 2020?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10e9d5d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"10e9d5d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/snowflake1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-2016\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/snowflake1.png?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/snowflake1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/snowflake1.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/snowflake1.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/snowflake1.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/snowflake1.png?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-616d1943 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"616d1943\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7bf046bc\" data-id=\"7bf046bc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e8aac04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e8aac04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Winter Solstice Ceremony.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-760ffeda elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"760ffeda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The Winter Solstice feels perfect for ceremony. It feels quiet, deep, cold, peaceful.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">One of my ceremonies is going to be to burning that list of things I&#8217;m leaving behind. I&#8217;d like to watch it go up in smoke, to disappear.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">But you can crumple yours. Flush it. Throw it to the wind. Delete an online version of it &#8211; put it in the trash. There is no right or wrong way.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><p>If you, like me, are craving ceremony, maybe there are other ceremonies that might appeal to us. Is there&#8217;s a Solstice Ceremony around you? Or a full moon ceremony? Or drumming. Or a Labyrinth walk? I&#8217;m seeing several of those in my FB feed and I think I&#8217;ll check those out.<\/p><p>Maybe you missed doing something at the actual Solstice. Simply do your ceremony when it fits your schedule. You could do something small every day until the New Year. 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