{"id":13594,"date":"2024-12-31T10:37:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T17:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=13594"},"modified":"2025-02-16T11:24:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T18:24:06","slug":"the-midwinter-of-our-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2024\/12\/31\/the-midwinter-of-our-content\/","title":{"rendered":"The Midwinter of Our Content"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/health-and-wellbeing\/winter-solstice-health-benefits-shortest-day-b2668926.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from Independent<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Five curious health benefits of dark midwinter, according to science<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>As we reach the shortest day and the longest night, don\u2019t despair, says Professor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/author\/miles-richardson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Miles Richardson<\/a>. The natural connections that we make this time of year can boost our wellbeing and mindset in surprising ways<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1368\" height=\"1027\" src=\"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13595\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>\u2018Noticing nature doesn\u2019t have to take time; it is about moments, not minutes\u2019 &#8211; AFP\/Getty<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Christmas is a time of togetherness. We meet friends and family, and gifts are exchanged \u2013 a festival of relationships in many ways. Today\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/winter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">winter<\/a>\u00a0solstice is a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/health-and-fitness\/winter-health-seasonal-depression-light-b2646316.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reminder of traditions<\/a>\u00a0linked to the natural cycles we\u2019ve become increasingly detached from. It is the day when the sun reaches its lowest point in the sky,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/winter-cold-weather-happy-january-blues-b2475514.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bringing the shortest day<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/health-and-fitness\/daylight-savings-clocks-change-sleep-health-b2635145.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the longest night<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Often called Yule, it has been celebrated for millennia across many cultures with gatherings and feasting as people salute the returning light that follows the shortest day. As dawn follows the longest darkness, it is a time of hope and renewal. It provides an opportunity to connect with natural cycles, to celebrate and deepen our relationship with the natural world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/health-and-wellbeing\/winter-solstice-health-benefits-shortest-day-b2668926.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Independent UK<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Independent Five curious health benefits of dark midwinter, according to science As we reach the shortest day and the longest night, don\u2019t despair, says Professor\u00a0Miles Richardson. The natural connections that we make this time of year can boost our wellbeing and mindset in surprising ways Christmas is a time of togetherness. We meet friends [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weirdness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}