Helping multi passionate creatives dance through their difficulties and take leaps of faith. Writing and sharing inspirational resources about mindful movement, dance education, coaching and creativity is my jam.
Midyear Refresh, June & Q2 wrap-up, Twenty 25s in 2025 update, Yoga Wednesdays in August
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Hello beautiful, Happy August! Part of my midyear refresh process, around the end of June (in the summer, 6 months in, conveniently after my birthday) I like to check in about my annual Stand and declarations. It took all of July to gather my data from the first half of the year and reflect on what was significant to me in that time and what I want to make out of the coming summer and fall. It feels good to be complete! June brought ripe strawberries, the end of a sweet spring in Cologne and in the US, a heat wave, hay fever, relief that a couple critical medical procedures in the family seem to have been successful, end-of-schoolyear, start of the summer, and birthday fests. In this article I wrap up the month of June and Quarter 2 as a whole as related to my own projects, life and events: Read the Jaunty June – 2025 Month 6, Q2 & Midyear Reflection article here My other creations, recommendations, and questions for you are: Listening:
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Helping multi passionate creatives dance through their difficulties and take leaps of faith. Writing and sharing inspirational resources about mindful movement, dance education, coaching and creativity is my jam.
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