Cozymaxxing: How to Create a Restorative Hibernation Season for Your Nervous System
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Welcome back to Bri Books! Today’s episode is all about “Cozymaxxing,” and how to create a hibernation season for yourself that feels restorative. I share with you a few practical ways to inject more cozy into your everyday. If you’re new to the show, leave a of Bri Books on and listen to Bri Books on Please tell me where you’re traveling to by using on Instagram and subscribe to the Bri Books What is Cozymaxxing? Cozymaxxing, to me, is about intentional softness and what happens after the peak. We’re currently in the waning...
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5 Winter Recipe-Ready Cookbooks for 2026
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Welcome to Bri Books! We’re returning to our bookish roots today with a deep dive of the 5 best cookbooks to help you cook around the world in winter 2026. I don’t know about you, but the deep winter temperatures make me want to run to my Instant Pot and my oven instead of the local restaurant or watering hole. In this episode, I walk through my top 5 cookbooks for winter-ready, no-fuss meals. If you’re new to the show, leave a of Bri Books on and listen to Bri Books on Please tell me where you’re traveling to by using on Instagram and...
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How to Do a Self-Care Post-Holiday Boundary Reset for 2026
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If you’re new to the show, leave a of Bri Books on and listen to Bri Books on Please tell me where you’re traveling to by using on Instagram and subscribe to the Bri Books After the holidays, it’s common to feel drained, overstimulated, or out of rhythm. In this episode of Bri Books, we focus on how to do a simple, grounded post-holiday reset that emphasizes self care, reflection, and intention (but without the pressure.) Episodes mentioned: In this episode, we talk through my practical approach to a self-care post-holiday...
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7 Best Books of 2025: Stories of Resilience, History, Home & Becoming
Bri Books
Welcome to Bri Books podcast! In this episode, we explore six captivating books from 2025 that span memoir, history, culture, and personal growth. From surviving illness abroad to uncovering hidden royal power plays, from the quiet history of our homes to the question of who we’re meant to become, these books invite us to see the world, and ourselves, more clearly. If you’re new to the show, leave a of Bri Books on and listen to Bri Books on Please tell me where you’re traveling to by using on Instagram and subscribe to the Bri...
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Manifestation Journaling 101: A Complete Guide to Starting a Manifestation Journal in 2026
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Welcome to Bri Books! In this episode, I'm covering how to start a manifestation journal, and sharing my favorite manifestation journaling tips. Consider this your guide to manifestation journaling and morning pages. This episode will be a crash course on what exactly manifestation journaling is, where to start with manifestation journaling, scripting, and how to make manifestation journaling less overwhelming. If you’re new to the show, leave a of Bri Books on and listen to Bri Books on Please tell me where you’re traveling to by...
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How to Lock-In on Your Goals: A Gentle Framework For Goal-Setting in 2026
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Welcome back to Bri Books!This episode of Bri Books is about locking in. Not chasing. Not manifesting yet. Not reinventing your entire life. We talk a lot about goals, but rarely about how to choose direction before movement. Lock-in means deciding where you’re headed before you start rowing. If you listened to the , this is the natural next step. Softness created space. Now we decide what fills it. If you’re new to the show, leave a of Bri Books on and listen to Bri Books on and .Please tell me where you’re traveling to by using on Instagram and subscribe to the Bri Books ...
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How to Do a Year in Review: What to Keep, What to Release, What to Sow
Bri Books
Welcome back to Bri Books! Today, we’re doing an in-depth personal year-in-review. Spoiler alert: a year in review does not need to be dramatic or emotional to be useful. It needs to be honest and practical. This approach is about looking at the year clearly, deciding what is actually working, and making intentional choices about what you are carrying forward. Not everything needs to be turned into a goal. Some things just need to be named so you can stop dragging them with you. If you’re new to the show, leave a of Bri Books on and listen to Bri Books on and .Please tell me where...
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Soft Hobbies & Cozy Rituals to Carry Into 2026: Winter Lifestyle Favorites
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Welcome back to Bri Books — the podcast that educates, encourages, and inspires by exploring ideas both on and off the page. Today’s episode is about winter lixfestyle favorites: the soft hobbies, rituals, and everyday comforts that carried me through 2025 and that I’m intentionally bringing with me into 2026. You’ve heard a lot about the “soft life” and the “soft girl era.” I want to offer a reframing: your grandmother may be the softest woman you know. Softness isn’t new. It’s inherited. It’s practiced. It’s slow. If you’re new to the show, leave a of Bri Books on ...
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Winter Beauty Favorites 2026: The 2025 Products I’m Still Using All Season
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Welcome back to Bri Books, the podcast (and corner of the internet) where we educate, entertain, and feel our way through ideas both on and off the page. As we head toward the end of 2025 and look ahead to 2026, I’m sharing my best-of beauty and skincare favorites — the products I’ve loved all year and continue to reach for during the colder months. These are my true winter staples: products that prioritize hydration, warmth, glow, and comfort when the weather (and life) feels a little harsher. If you’re new to the show, leave a of Bri Books on and listen to Bri Books on and .Please...
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How to Go Softly into 2026: Your Goal-Setting Guide
Bri Books
Ready to set your goals for 2026 and go softly into the new year? In this episode of Bri Books, we're breaking down how to. create foundational goals, mindset, and changes in your thinking, to help you start 2026 on a strong (yet soft) note. Here's how to enter your soft era and how to execute your winter arc. I’m talking about how to go softly into the end of the year. This is a Winter Reset episode focused on gentleness, language shifts, and reassessing your life without urgency or self-judgment. We’re talking about how to go softly into the end of the year. We explore what it means to: ...
info_outlineIf you’re new to the show, leave a review of Bri Books on Apple Podcasts, and listen to Bri Books on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Please tell me where you’re traveling to by using #bribooks on Instagram and subscribe to the Bri Books newsletter at bribookspod.com/newsletter. After the holidays, it’s common to feel drained, overstimulated, or out of rhythm. In this episode of Bri Books, we focus on how to do a simple, grounded post-holiday reset that emphasizes self care, reflection, and intention (but without the pressure.)
Episodes mentioned:
- Manifestation journaling 101
- How to lock in on your goals: a gentle framework for goalsetting in 2026
- How to do a year in review: what to keep, what to release, what to sow
In this episode, we talk through my practical approach to a self-care post-holiday reset. Rather than pushing productivity or strict routines, this episode centers hydration, cleaning your physical space, noticing patterns, reducing digital noise, and setting intentions.
Topics covered include:
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Hydrating consistently and having whole, simple meals in January
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Cleaning your kitchen, especially cabinets and cupboards
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Tracking what drained you versus what filled you up
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Doing a digital detox and taking silent walks
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Planning intentions without pressure
If you’re new to the show, leave a review of Bri Books on Apple Podcasts, and listen to Bri Books on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Please tell me where you’re traveling to by using #bribooks on Instagram and subscribe to the Bri Books newsletter at bribookspod.com/newsletter.