Womanism has taken on more political meanings as the decades have ticked on, but I see Walker’s view of womanism as ”a garden where all flowers have a chance to bloom equally” as a lovely, simple metaphor for the right of men, women and non-binary people to live our lives with equal access to opportunity.

Now is a time of re-imagining, moving forward in a spirit of creation. We outline some year-end steps to launch the New Year with your own Appreciation and Creation Practice.

The Harvard Business Review writes, “Rituals, it turns out, are a powerful human mechanism for managing extreme emotions and stress, and we should be leaning on them now.

Laugh a little each day in trying times, in…all the times. You deserve it!

Here we are, almost four months into a time of unmatched uncertainty. Hopefully we are integrating behaviors we can take forward with us, especially actions to help our mind, body and spirit—ways to preserve or improve our health, our moods, our stamina, our relationships.