Mindful Reads: A Gentle Christmas Pause

SS&H Mindful Reads

Mental Health

Dear Friend,

Christmas can be full of light—and also heavy with memories, expectations, and noise. This week’s Mindful Reads is an invitation to pause.

You don’t have to be joyful.
You don’t have to be productive.
You don’t have to hold it all together.

This season, serenity can look like quiet moments, deep breaths, softened expectations, and choosing compassion—for yourself first.

As you move through the holidays, may you notice the small comforts: warm drinks, familiar scents, meaningful stillness, and moments of connection that don’t require perfection.

If today feels tender, that’s okay. You are allowed to rest right where you are.

Take one quiet moment today. Breathe deeply, and ask yourself: What would feel most gentle right now?

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Every book can be read as a standalone mystery - hop in anywhere in the series. By USA Today, Wall Street Journal & Amazon All-Star bestselling author Amy Vansant.​

Someone is leaving clementines and rotten potatoes on the doorsteps of Pineapple Port residents. After the recipient of a potato is publically humiliated on the bowling alley monitors for not fessing up to a neighborhood crime, Charlotte and Declan realize the community is being terrorized by real-life Yule Lads—thirteen troll-like brothers from Icelandic folklore who judge children "naughty or nice" at Christmas. They've thrown in aspects of The Twelve Days of Christmas too, just for good measure.
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Who will get the next stinky potato and why?
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When the death of someone close to the Pineapple Port crew suggests the Yule Lad might be tied to the sale of the community, Charlotte and Declan struggle to solve the crime before someone else suffers the Yule Lad's wrath.

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