Just because the process is simple doesn’t mean it will be easy! Listen to researcher Lisa Lehey talk through the importance of not rushing to a solution, but just sitting with and noticing your assumptions, in a podcast about immunity to change with Brené Brown. The great thing, though, is that even issues that seem intractable – all of us, even experts in the field like Brené Brown who work on change all the time have things which seem impossible to change for them even when they are geniuses at recognising how to help change in other people – ARE possible to change, with time, care, practice, and self-compassion. You don’t have to stick with patterns you’ve outgrown, even if they served you very well in the past: change is open to everyone.
Coming up
In January, Solas Yoga and I will be hosting an in-person yoga and group reflection 90-minute workshop here in Edinburgh at OMH Therapies. Kick off 2026 with guided visualisations, journaling, and gentle movement to get you moving in the right direction for the year ahead. Find out more! Early bird discount if you book before 26 December.
December’s Courage Pie will be about navigating the learning cycle – a useful reflection as we move from the old year into the new. Join me from your sofa-bound cheese-coma on the last Tuesday of the year, 30 December, for the very last online edition of Courage Pie! Sign up here.
In the new year I’ll be moving to a new lunchtime walking format of Courage Pie (Courage Pie on Legs? Courage Pie to Go? Courage Pie Goes Forth? Still workshopping a title…) in the Meadows here in Edinburgh. If you’re farther afield, I’ll be providing monthly coaching prompts in the newsletter that you can use for self-guided coaching walks, so please do follow along – it helps if you can find a buddy to walk with you for discussion and reflection, too (and why not encourage them to sign up for this newsletter?) If there’s a theme or topic you’d like covered, just reply to this email and I’ll put it on the list for 2026.
Wishing you all a very joyous holiday season – and hoping to see some of you on the 30th!
Very best,
Caitlin
Caitlin E McDonald 