Baby, It’s Cold Outside… 🌲☃️🌲 Let’s Make Our Own Winter Wonderland Together!
Happy impending holidaze, Sex Geek!
‘Tis the season again for Alison, Dax, and I to keep the #timelapse Christmas tree trimming tradition alive with our annual, MoonHalko Yule Tree decorating shenanigans (this year with special guest Sex Nerd Sandra!).
If you’re feeling curious (or just need some festive cheer), swing by my Instagram or Facebook to watch the magic unfold!
As the end of the year picks up speed, now is a perfect time to slow down if you can, pause for a moment, take a deep breath, and soak up whatever holiday goodness you can!!!
Why? ‘Cause 2025 was a helluva year for a lot of us, and if you’re like me, you could probably use a little love and affection. Am I right?
Did 2025 Kick Your Ass Like It Did Mine? 🥾💥🍑
If 2025 has been stressful for you, you’re not alone. This year has been a doozy for me and so many of the people I’m close to. I am supremely grateful to have made it to December (And YOU helped me get here – read more below).
The Power of Feeling Gratitude 🙌
Did you know that sharing/feeling what you’re grateful for (even when times are tough and you feel like you’re sacrificing a lot) can have a HUGE impact on your impulse control and the quality of your relationships?
If you really want to get nerdy with me, here’s an episode of the Hidden Brain podcast I stumbled across recently that blew my mind… 🤯
The first 18-minutes sets up the rest of the podcast which is all about impulse control & generosity, how exercising willpower actually increases stress (and not resolve), and how feeling gratitude changes how me make long-term decisions and how generous we feel towards those around us.
If you struggle with feeling generous to your relatives during the holidaze (and by “generous”, I mean you could use some more resilience, patience, and LESS stress), and if you’d like to feel like the world is less bleak… I think this episode of Hidden Brain is worth the listen… It helped me learn how understanding the power of feeling gratitude actually gives us MORE resolve, lowers stress, and improves how we think and feel about the present and the future… Feeling gratitude actually changes the decisions we make!
But wait?! Does this mean I should eat those holiday cookies or not?! I am grateful that they’re sitting right there… And it’s not as if Santa is gonna eat them, right? 🎅
A Few Things I’m Grateful For…
Having listened to the podcast, and now knowing how powerful building the habit of sharing & feeling gratitude can be to shift how I’m seeing the future, I’d like to share a few of things I’m grateful for…
I am grateful that I get to help adults NOT go through what I saw my Mom and Dad go through in their marriage. My Mom and Dad were madly in love when I was a child, and when I grew up, they were still in love and REALLY MAD at one another. They showed me that love isn’t enough for a healthy relationship and inadvertently sent me off searching for the communication and emotional tools they were lacking.
Even though this year kicked my ass… I’m grateful that I got to teach and travel so much this year — twice in New Orleans, at several amazing festivals on the East and West Coasts, for the first time in Croatia, Belgium, and Germany, as well as returning to teach in Sweden & the Netherlands. I also had the honor of teaching and coaching online to so many amazing humans, too. However we got to cross paths this year (even if it was just via these emails), I want to express my deep thanks for getting to share all the juicy #BrainSex we got to exchange in 2025! It is a privilege and an honor to get to nerd out with you (and that I can pay my bills doing it still blows me away – thanks for helping make this my job).
You, and everyone reading this email, contributed to helping me make it through 2025. Getting to be of service, nerd out, and contribute taps into my purpose and gives my life so much meaning. Whether you hit reply to an email, left a comment, came to a workshop, or booked a coaching session… You each helped me when I was having a tough week. You each kept my spirits and hopes high on crunchy days… And I hope I was able to add something worth while to your life, too.
And though I’m not sharing directly the things that kicked my ass personally this year (mostly because it’s not appropriate for me to make them public right now), I’m grateful to all of the humans close to me who didn’t give up on me this year. And I’m grateful for staying true to my values and continuing to show up as best I can in love and life.
And because of your support and the support of my loved ones, we made it to December, and I am SO HAPPY to show 2025 to the door! #GoodRiddence
What Are You Grateful For?
How about you? What are a few things you’re grateful for, Sex Geek? If you’d like, please Leave a Comment and share. Don’t be shy! And, if the Hidden Brain podcast is to be believed, sharing your gratitude might help you make more positive choices for yourself in 2026! Let’s give it a try, shall we? Leave a comment. 🥳🥳🥳
What Does 2026 Have In Store For Us? Good Things, I Think!
The Sex Geekery doesn’t stop just cause it gets cold. I grew up in New Hampshire as a child and the cold and New-Year-New-You energy holds a certain excitement for me… Does it for you, too? If so, let’s bundle up and hit the slopes of nerding out together, shall we, Sex Geek?
Scroll down to see where we can meet up in January, or jump to my calendar to see what’s also happening in February and beyond! Share this post with your friends who could use a sex & relationship pickup in 2026… Maybe you’ll be the reason they take a leap into a shift in how they live and love? And maybe you can all join me in 2026! #LetsDoThis #TheMoreTheMerrier
Sending you and yours big, warm wishes for some much-needed rest and reflection as we all tiptoe (or trip!) into the new year. Happy Solstice, friends! 🌟🎄
Let the holidaze begin…
REiD
