Wintering with Our Feelings (Katherine May)

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I love Katherine May, and all of her books. She’s been on the podcast a few times but I wanted to have her back this season to talk about the topic of her first book, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times. It is, I believe, more relevant now than ever.

Katherine thinks and talks beautifully about following the imperfect paths of our lives, and the long arcs of our stories—as opposed to trying to rush our way through each phase. She helps us to be with sadness and grief—and to recognize, as she says, that you don’t need to bring the best sparkly version of yourself to your own healing. What a relief.

Katherine also brings us so much joy. She made me laugh throughout our conversation. And not surprisingly, we threaded our way through a wide variety of topics, from our creative processes to why Katherine believes we’re missing a connection to place.