Pause, reflect, and begin again
You Lived Through a Lot This Year
December can feel blurry, rushed or overwhelming.
Before we move into a new beginning, it helps to pause ~ to breathe, remember, reflect and gently digest what we’ve lived.
Digest & Create is a free creative reflection guide designed to help you do just that.
Through soft prompts, simple rituals, and visual journaling pages, you’ll explore the year you've lived and prepare your heart for the one ahead.
Your Companion for Reflection
Inside Digest & Create, you’ll find:
Mapping the Months ~ a simple, powerful way to remember what actually happened this year
Guided creative prompts to reflect on challenges, joys, growth and what supported you
Year of the Snake & Year of the Horse reflections
Favorite Day / Toughest Day visual journaling sections
Compassion for the Body, Mind & Spirit prompts for the year ahead
A 2026 Calendar spread to help you create your year with intention
Gentle invitations that support nervous-system regulation and self-kindness
This guide is spacious and flexible ~ use it all at once, or return to it slowly over days or weeks.
A Tangible Practice for Virtual Times
With the rise of AI tools this year, many of us spent more time than ever engaging with technology that moves faster than our nervous systems can follow. It can leave us feeling blurry, disconnected or overstimulated.
Digest & Create offers the opposite.
A slow ritual.
A pen-on-paper practice.
A chance to reconnect with your own voice, your own story, your own truth.
It’s reflection done the human way ~ imperfect, creative, embodied and real.
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Hi, so glad you're here!
I'm Lea Seigen Shinraku ~ artist, self-compassion teacher, licensed therapist and 20+ year Zen practitioner. I've taught self-compassion classes for more than a decade, and I love to help people accept themselves and express themselves creatively. The last few years have been hard, and I know the pain of burnout first-hand. I also know that there are fun, effective and science-based practices that can help. If you struggle with burnout and you want more joy, authenticity, and creativity in your life, I hope you'll join me for this practical and uplifting workshop!
