The Season of Gratitude... and Everything That Comes With It

Welcome to the season of gratitude and giving thanks—where hearts open, tables fill, and paradox shows up as an uninvited guest. Because alongside the glow of abundance, this can also be the season of loss, overwhelm, and those tricky conversations we keep meaning to have.

You may feel the pull—or the pressure—to talk with your kids, your parents, your partner, about what really matters. About endings. About legacy. About life’s most tender truth: that it doesn’t last forever.

This year, maybe we stop skirting that truth and lean in. Not morbidly—but meaningfully.

If you’re looking for a spark to start that dialogue, Alua Arthur’s TED Talk is a gem. As a death doula, she brings humor, heart, and radical honesty to a topic most of us avoid. It’s a ten-minute heart opener—perfect for sparking real conversation.

And if you’re ready to go deeper, to walk this terrain in community, consider joining our small group course, Mortality Matters: Let the End Illuminate the Now. We gather online, but the connection runs deep. Together, we explore the practical and the profound—how facing death brings life into sharper focus.

Here’s to gratitude for what we have—our comfort, our safety, our love—and to the courage it takes to meet what’s real.

The Metta Loving Kindness Meditation:
May all beings be happy.
May all beings be healthy.
May all beings be at peace.
May all beings be free.