When December Feels Heavy: Finding Strength at the End of the Year

December carries a strange kind of weight. For some people it’s lights, celebration, excitement but for many of us, it’s the month where everything we’ve held inside catches up with us.

The end of the year can feel like a mirror.

It reflects the things we’ve survived, the things we’ve lost, and the things we still don’t have the words for. And sometimes, that reflection is painful.

I’ve learned that this month has a way of pulling old feelings back to the surface, grief, loneliness, sadness, memories that feel sharper when the world goes quieter. And that doesn’t make you weak. It makes you human.

Because the truth is…

the end of the year isn’t always joyful -sometimes it’s heavy.

And if this December feels heavy for you, I want you to know something:

**You are allowed to feel everything.

You are allowed to slow down.

You are allowed to rest.

You are allowed to simply make it through.**

We often put pressure on ourselves to “finish strong” or “end the year on a high,” but sometimes strength looks completely different. Sometimes strength is:

• getting out of bed when your heart feels tired

• choosing peace over pretending

• saying no to things that drain you

• allowing yourself to miss the people you’ve lost

• surviving the day in the softest way you can

Strength doesn’t always roar.

Sometimes it whispers: “I’m still here, and that’s enough for today.”

**December doesn’t have to be perfect.

You don’t have to be perfect.**

 If anything, this month is a moment to honour everything you’ve carried, quietly, bravely, and often without recognition. To look back not with pressure, but with compassion. To acknowledge the battles no one saw, the nights you held yourself together, the grief you carried in silence.

And as we move into a new year, I don’t want you to force yourself into hope.

Hope doesn’t always come quickly or loudly.

Sometimes hope arrives slowly, like a soft sunrise after a long night.

What matters is that you’re still here.

What matters is that you haven’t given up on yourself.

What matters is that even through the sadness, you are growing.

So if the end-of-year sadness kicks in, breathe.

Take things gently.

Be kind to yourself in ways you weren’t able to before.

 You don’t need to start the new year healed, fixed, or full of joy.

You just need to start it as you, with honesty, softness, and the courage to keep going.

And that… is more than enough. 🌙✨

Happy New year and may it be filled with blessings, love and good health x