Today in Focus How to fall in love with winter
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Jan 12, 2026 
Katherine May, an author acclaimed for her book Wintering, shares her insights on embracing the winter months. She delves into the concept of wintering as both a survival strategy and a metaphor for life's darker times. Katherine highlights the importance of rest and the restorative power of winter's stillness. She discusses simple practices to make winter cozy and nurturing, while also advocating for gentle habits over punitive resolutions. Throughout, she emphasizes winter as a unique opportunity for personal renewal and cultural storytelling.
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Wintering As Seasonal And Personal
- Wintering describes both surviving the season and surviving personal, desolate periods in life.
- Katherine May says these periods of stillness restore and cultivate solitude that can be deeply comforting.
Diagnosis Sparked The Winter Metaphor
- Katherine May traced her pattern of desolate periods after discovering her autism at 40.
- The winter metaphor emerged suddenly and connected those life patterns for her.
Winter As A Restorative Crucible
- Winter has its own beauty and bodily purpose for restoration and reflection.
- May calls winter the crucible of the year for tilling over the previous year and preparing the next.
