January opens while the work is still happening. This Energy Mix explores the quiet, pressurized stretch at the start of the year, when shedding isn’t finished and clarity hasn’t fully landed yet. With a Cancer Full Moon on January 3, a Capricorn-heavy sky, and the lingering influence of the Wood Snake year, January asks for discernment, patience, and precision — not declarations.

In Human Design, the Sun moves through Gates 38, 54, 61, 60, 41, and 19, tracing a path from meaningful struggle to refined desire, from mental pressure to embodied truth. These gates narrow the field, strip away excess, and make it harder to carry what no longer fits.

Astrologically, the month tightens before it shifts. Capricorn asks what can actually be maintained. Aquarius and Pluto expose quiet power dynamics. Neptune’s move into Aries signals that belief now expects embodiment.

This episode isn’t about getting ahead of the year. It’s about letting what’s still in motion finish its work before deciding what comes next.

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End-of-year reflection is everywhere right now — and honestly, a lot of people are tired of digging. Tired of processing, reframing, and trying to extract one more lesson from a year that already asked a lot. Between the Winter Solstice, the New Moon in Sagittarius, and the Human Design Sun in Gate 10, this episode offers a different instruction altogether: tend to what’s living.

We talk about why the longest night was never meant to be a reset or a reinvention, but a moment of stewardship — protecting what survived, conserving energy, and knowing when to stop excavating. I unpack what “tending” actually looks like in real life (and what it doesn’t), how Gate 10 shifts this from self-love rhetoric into lived behavior, and why the New Moon in Sagittarius is more about orientation than vision right now.

I also share the personal ritual I return to every year between the New Moon and the turn of the year. This episode isn’t about fixing yourself or planning the future. It’s about stewardship, discernment, and staying in right relationship with what’s still alive in your life. If you’re feeling done with over-analysis and ready for grounded clarity without pressure, this one will land.

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Let’s be honest: the holidays can bring out the best in people… and the most unhealed version of everyone at the table. You walk in as the adult you’ve worked hard to become and walk out wondering why you just played therapist, peacemaker, or designated scapegoat. In this episode, we get brutally honest about the Drama Triangle — the Victim, Rescuer, and Persecutor roles — and why even the most self-aware adult can get sucked into them around family.

We talk about how your Human Design type gets pulled into old patterns, the somatic cues that signal you’re slipping, and why “no contact” has become the trendy spiritual grenade people throw instead of actually doing their emotional work. And yes, sometimes no contact is necessary — but sometimes it’s just avoidance dressed up as enlightenment.

This episode is your guide to staying out of the old dynamics, not by controlling other people, but by staying connected to yourself. If you want to navigate the season without losing your center, your sanity, or your self-respect, this one’s for you.

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