Does life feel like a lot of effort right now? Staying steady, showing up, and being responsible can feel heavy, especially when your system is asking for more softness and space. Many people are carrying pressure while trying not to lose their heart in the process.

January heightens this tension between commitment and surrender. Capricorn energy emphasizes responsibility and long-term building, while Pisces invites imagination, feeling, and spiritual openness. Together, they ask how to keep moving forward without becoming hardened or depleted.

In this episode of Our Waking Dream, spiritual strategist and educator Coco Swanson explores how to bring soul and heart into what you’re creating—without forcing clarity, pushing through burnout, or abandoning yourself along the way.

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As this week unfolds, many of us feel pressure to stay productive and decisive — even while we're still tired, letting go, or emotionally tender. This tension is heightened right now, as expectations around responsibility and momentum clash with a deeper need for rest, care, and recalibration.

Astrologically, we’re moving through a rare Capricorn conjunction with the Sun, Venus, and Mars, alongside longer cycles of release as Neptune, Saturn, and the North Node continue their work in Pisces. This can bring questions about authority, expertise, and legacy — while revealing where productivity has become disconnected from nourishment.

In this episode of Our Waking Dream, spiritual strategist and educator Coco Swanson explores how tending the heart and nervous system can strengthen clarity, stewardship, and what you’re here to build — without forcing action or pushing through depletion.

For more about Coco Swanson, visit cocoswanson.com.

To join the newsletter, visit cocoswanson.com/newsletter.

This turn-of-the-year moment can intensify the gap between how we’re expected to show up and how we actually feel. The pressure to have clarity, goals, and momentum often collides with very real fatigue, grief, and nervous system overload.

Astrologically, the Cancer Full Moon on January 3, 2026 opposes a strong Capricorn emphasis from the Sun, Venus, and Mars — a combination that can amplify themes of responsibility, productivity, and legacy. This may feel like an internal push to “get it together” at the exact moment your system is asking for care, safety, and nourishment.

In this episode of Our Waking Dream, Spiritual Strategist and Educator Coco Swanson bridges astrology with lived experience, offering grounded reflections and embodied practices to help you release what no longer belongs and orient toward what you’re truly here to build in 2026 — without forcing clarity, bypassing grief, or abandoning yourself in the process.

For more about Coco Swanson and her work, visit cocoswanson.com.

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