Thanksgiving can bring a lot of things to the table. Not just the steamy dishes and that smoked bird in the center, but there's another flood of senses that fills the room. A holiday table can bring together the most colorful gathering of humans. Just like the food on the table, some of the characters around the table are filling, some are new and fun, some aren't as interesting but necessary, some are your favorites, some are comforting, some are really complicated. Maybe yo

I think we can all agree this holiday season feels very different. I stumbled on old blogs from around this time of year, some from last year and some from three years ago, and they all have a similar tone. An accelerated momentum heading into the holidays. I compared our November energy to "crazed squirrels getting ready for the cold season. Filling, layering, piling, decorating, inviting, eating…spiking!!!" This year feels more hesitant with less haste. More careful and les

The last blog was all about anxiety, which is essentially a prolonged dot-dot-dot anticipating an outcome. It can grow and become disorienting to the point of delusion and irrational thinking. There's a point where this trapped feeling does need to be released. Sometimes the release is a fizzle. Once you work through your concerns, you realize it was no big deal; the suspenseful music built up to a silly toy puppet springing out of the box. Other times, we actually do have to