Closing the Year Slowly - A Solstice Pause

About this episode

In this episode, Jojo Hogan reflects on the past year and invites listeners to slow down and honor their own needs as the year closes.

In this final episode of The Slow Postpartum Podcast for 2025, I’m sharing a gentle end-of-year reflection and an update from me. It’s been a longer pause between episodes than I’d planned, and in this conversation, I speak honestly about why. The last few months have been deeply full — caring for mothers and babies back to back — and alongside that, it’s been a year that’s asked a lot emotionally and mentally too. As we move into the heart of winter here in the UK, I’ve felt a strong need to slow down and to truly live the values I so often speak about — rest, seasonal living, nervous system care, and honouring the body’s need to pause. This episode is an invitation to do the same, wherever you are in the world and whatever season you’re moving through. I also offer a short, simple solstice pause — something you can return to as the year closes — and share a little about my plans to take a break over January and February, before returning with Season Three of the podcast in the spring. Mostly, this episode is a thank you. To the listeners, to the families I’ve had the privilege of caring for, and to this community that continues to value slowness in a world that so often rushes…

People in this episode

Host: Jojo Hogan

Topics covered

• end-of-year reflection
• self-care
• seasonal living
• mental health
• parenting

Keywords

• postpartum
• reflection
• winter
• solstice
• self-care
• burnout
• community

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Places: UK