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As we move away from winter's short days embrace and welcome the gentle caress of spring, cultures around the world come alive with vibrant celebrations marking this seasonal transition. From colorful festivals to age-old traditions. here’s a few examples of how communities across the globe honor the end of winter and embrace the promise of new beginnings.🌹
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The safety created in my most honest relationships was able to take root only after we each discovered within ourselves a more powerful voice with which to yell back at our inner critics. ‘Stop🛑. Enough. Your efforts to protect me hurt me more than help. I won’t listen anymore!’ It was through learning to be gentle, accepting and honest with ourselves that we were truly able to give each other the grace and safe space to be fully honest with each other, to show up whole.
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This year we're declaring our favorite holiday as the winter solstice.❄️ For us, the Solstice marks of the end of one year, the beginning of another. The shortest day. The longest night. Sure the equinox is great if you like things to be even, fair, balanced… But the solstice means more to us because it reflects the extremes. What goes up must come down.⬆️⬇️ What grows dark will grow light again...
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