This holiday season I want to wish you time with the people you love, time to be fully present and let the small moments soak in. We need to relish the small moments in life. The way our child looks up at us and in that moment your heart swells twice it's size. The joy of being outside and embracing the quiet of the moment. Seeing the sun turn everything golden. Or hearing a friends voice you haven't spoken to in a long time.

As we bring 2022 to a close I hope you take a moment to see no matter what obstacles you may have faced, there was also many - if not millions, of small moments of joy. We can fix to heavily on negative thoughts, negative moments and push aside all the small moments of joy, happiness and peace we also experience. When we look for it, we discover we are surrounded by these micro moments.

Each year I share my Christmas Eve tradition of taking a moment to enjoy the beauty of what this season is about. I go for a run after dinner through town. I enjoy the silence of a cold winter's night where there are no cars on the road because everyone is celebrating. The crunch of my feet on the snow. The crystals of my breath in the air. I run past the houses lit with lights and windows glowing as people sit around their tables or trees. Yes, I feel like one of Charles Dickens' ghosts because I am counting my blessings while filling my cup so I can enjoy the people I love.

May you find the small moments of joy this holiday season,

~ Amy, your coach and trainer xo