January often arrives heavy with expectation, urging us to move faster, decide more, become something new.

But winter has never worked that way.

In this opening episode of 2026, I begin not with resolutions or reflection prompts, but with an old folktale.

The Twelve Months is a traditional Eastern European winter story, retold from The Telling of the Seasons, in which a young girl is sent into the frozen forest on an impossible task. There, she encounters the twelve months of the year gathered around a fire, led by Old Mother January, keeper of winter’s law and time’s turning.

What follows is a story about humility, patience, seasonal wisdom, and the quiet power of asking, rather than demanding, life to unfold.

After the story, I reflect on what this tale teaches us about January, modern life, and the pressure to rush growth before its time. This episode is an invitation to move gently into the new year, to trust your winter pace, and to remember that rest, waiting, and listening are not failures — they are sacred practices.

This is an episode for anyone who feels out of step with “new year, new you” culture, and longs for a slower, more honest beginning.

Light the fire.
Winter knows what it’s doing.

Telling the Seasons book by Martin Maudsley

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2025 didn’t turn out how I planned it.
Not in my work, not in my life. not in my heart.

In this episode, I’m reflecting on a year shaped by grief, intuition, and a quieter kind of courage. A year where I didn’t plan to be making candles, didn’t expect to be pouring so much of myself into The Enchantment membership… and didn’t know how deeply losing my Grandad would change me.

I share honestly about grief and how it reshapes us, the unexpected wisdom I’ve learned from my Nan, and why trusting your intuition, even when it takes you wildly off-plan, can be the most life-giving thing you ever do.

This is an episode about finding magic again when life cracks you open.
About enchantment not as escapism, but as survival.
And about learning to trust the quieter voice that knows where you’re meant to go next.

If your year didn’t look like you thought it would… this one’s for you.

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Step with me into the old magic of winter.

In this special episode, we wander from November into December through a folklore-infused charm-walk filled with robins, hobgoblins, mistletoe, the Holly King, and the ancient Cailleach herself.
This isn’t a story, it’s an immersive winter enchantment, a pocket spell woven with old lore, atmospheric imagery, and gentle seasonal wisdom.

Together, we'll find:
✨ The robin’s blessing
✨ The Holly King in deep winter
✨ Hobgoblin mischief and hearth magic
✨ The ancient protective lore of winter mistletoe
✨ The quiet welcome of the Cailleach’s winter cottage
✨ A sense of slowing, softening, and embracing the wintering season

This episode is perfect for anyone craving:
• cosy festive magic
• winter spirituality
• Celtic and British folklore
• gentle seasonal rituals
• a grounding December meditation
• a moment of calm and wonder at the turning of the wheel

Curl up somewhere warm, light a candle if you wish, and let this spell invite you gently into December’s softer, deeper magic.

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