A Christmas Day walk-and-talk reflecting on burnout, grief, ADHD, alcohol, ambition, and learning to live more gently. This special episode of Where Are We Heading? is a quiet, honest reflection on the year that’s been — and how to move forward without burning out.

Dan and Kim talk about grief, first Christmases after loss, sobriety, ADHD, anxiety, burnout, and the pressure we put on ourselves to “be further along.” Instead of setting big resolutions, they explore what it looks like to slow down, listen to the body, and let life be enough — even when things aren’t perfect.

Kim shares how burnout has reshaped her relationship with work, ambition, and self-worth, and how practices like meditation, exercise, and compassion have become essential tools rather than optional extras. Dan reflects on grief, reflection without regret, and finding meaning in presence rather than productivity.

As always, the conversation unfolds while walking, grounded in the landscape, the moment, and the reality that none of us have it figured out.

This episode is for anyone ending the year feeling tired, reflective, or quietly hopeful and for those who want to enter the next chapter with more kindness and less force.

Key Takeaways

• Letting go of New Year’s resolutions in favour of compassion

• Burnout as a turning point, not a failure

• ADHD, anxiety, and the body’s memory of trauma

• Grief and first Christmases after loss

• Sobriety, alcohol, and changing relationships with celebration

• Meditation and exercise as regulation, not optimisation

• Learning to say no without guilt

• Measuring life by presence, not productivity

• Why slowing down can actually create space for better things

  
  

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  Credits

  Hosts: Kim and Dan

  Podcast: Where Are We Heading?

  Logo Design: Jane Hogan Illustrates

  Music & Production: Kim

  Recorded in: Margate, UK