Fighting Seasonal Blues, Embracing Dark Months and Learning How to Winter with Kari Leibowitz

On this episode, we welcome psychologist and winter expert Kari Leibowitz who is the author of the  new book: ‘HOW TO WINTER: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days.’ Kari uses mindset science to help readers embrace winter as a season to be enjoyed, not endured and in turn, learn powerful lessons that can impact our mental well-being throughout the year.  Inspired by cutting-edge psychological and behavioral science research, HOW TO WINTER provides readers with concrete tools for making winter wonderful wherever you live and harnessing the power of small mindset changes with big impact to help embrace every season of life. In this episode, Kari discusses an overview of what seasonal affective disorder is and isn't - what to look out for, and what to do if you simply have the "winter blues.” She shares how people can embrace the clock change in the fall, take advantage of darkness, and celebrate the beginning of winter. She also shares specific actions people can take to get ready for winter physically and how to refresh your home for winter comfort and joy. We found this conversation really helpful as we enter the darker months and hope you gain as much from the conversation as we did. This episode is brought to you by Birch Living. Right now, Birch is giving 25% off ALL mattresses and 2 free eco-rest pillows at https://birchliving.com/courageous. This episode is brought to you by Cornbread. If you want to give Cornbread a try, they're offering Courageous Wellness listeners 30% off your first order. Just visit cornbreadhemp.com/CWPODCAST and use promo code CWPODCAST at checkout.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices