02/05/2026
Winter exhaustion is real.
Not just physical tiredness — but the kind that lives in your bones, your breath, your nervous system.
When the world feels heavy, cold, and loud, I don’t try to push myself back into productivity.
I return to **water** — my oldest regulator, my home base.
Here are a few water ways I stay **resourced + regulated** in winter:
*Warm baths** to soften the body and signal safety
*Cold → hot showers** to gently reset my nervous system
*Saunas + steam** to release what I’ve been holding
*Walking along water at sunrise or sunset** — letting rhythm, reflection, and light recalibrate me
*Simply listening to moving water** when I can’t do anything else
Water doesn’t rush.
It doesn’t demand.
It meets us exactly where we are and reminds the body how to settle.
Winter isn’t asking us to bloom.
It’s asking us to restore, replenish, and stay resourced — so we can meet the world without burning ourselves out.
If you feel tired right now, you’re not behind.
You’re responding wisely.
Return to water.
It remembers the way back. 💙💧