Grounded Beginnings January often arrives carrying a lot of noise. New goals. New plans. New versions of ourselves we’re supposedly meant to become overnight. But here’s the quiet truth: Winter isn’t asking us to start over. It’s asking us to regulate. After the overstimulation of the holidays — the gatherings, the obligations, the constant output — our nervous systems are tired. And while the calendar flips to a new year, nature doesn’t rush. Trees don’t bud yet. Seeds don’t