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January is a great time to consider the wisdom of the whale. They are a totem of the “great mystery” of life, and are thought of as the earth’s record keepers of all time, which is perhaps a purposeful reflection for the new year, especially if you are already struggling to maintain new year intentions, or just struggling to find peace in the ever shifting state of the world.

Transitions can bring an erratic energy and can challenge our inner sense of stability and security. Our brain is a survival based organ and it likes to maintain a sense of homeostasis, which means it likes things to stay constant. Some of our brains cling to that more strongly than others. And yet change is a constant. Day to day, week to week, season by season, year by year. We age daily; relationships, jobs, finances all fluctuate; our interests may shift; and certainly our needs change with time, just to name a few. We have both internal and external changes every day.