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Psychologist | Speaker | Author of #HowtoWinter Substack Wintry Mix Mindset & winter Finding warmth on cold, dark, difficult days ❄️ 📍 Amsterdam
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I’m so excited to share that the US paperback of How to Winter comes out September 29th, with a fresh cover.
The hardcover book will always be my first love, but I also adore a softcover cutie - the perfect size to slip into the big pocket of your favorite winter coat.
How to Winter: Finding Warmth on Cold, Dark, and Difficult Days is about embracing the winter weather and the season’s long nights, but also about finding opportunities for joy and meaning in any time of darkness and difficulty, whether literal or metaphorical.
I’m so grateful to the team at @penguinlifeus for bringing How to Winter to readers in a new format. The paperback is out September 29th, and it’s available to pre-order now.
I hope you love the new cover as much as I do!
01 Jan 1970
HOW TO WINTER, the essential guide for cultivating a positive “wintertime mindset”, by Kari Leibowitz, is now in paperback🙌
In HOW TO WINTER, psychologist and winter expert Kari Leibowitz’s blends mindset science, original research, and cultural insights to help readers embrace winter as a season to be enjoyed, not endured—and in turn, learn powerful lessons that can impact our mental wellbeing throughout the year.
Author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Vauhini Vara raves, HOW TO WINTER is "Incredible and evocatively written... It is a must-read for anyone who loves winter — and anyone who hates it," while @danielpink calls it "one of the most fascinating and transformative books I’ve read in a long time."
Before winter arrives, be sure to pick your paperback copy of HOW TO WINTER! ❄️
29 Sep 2026
What's something small you're looking forward to this autumn?
I love this note from Kirsten Robbins on @substack about how much adult happiness comes from having something to look forward to. It's a strategy that works well in winter. When something is going to be hard, like the cold or a doctor's appointment, give yourself something to look forward to around it (a great comfy coat, fairy lights, a really good croissant, brunch on a weekday) to change the emotional experience entirely.
11 Nov 2026
The clocks went back here in Amsterdam last weekend, and the sun now rises around 7:30 and sets around 5:15. It’s objectively darker and colder, and you don’t have to love it.
It felt like a good week to share this @fastcompany piece by Laura Vanderkam from 2015, written a few months after my Fulbright year in Tromsø. I had gone north to ask people why they didn’t have seasonal depression, and the answer I got was “Why would we?” They kept going outside in every kind of weather and treated winter as something to be enjoyed, not something to be endured.
My version here is rain pants and a bike ride I didn’t want to take.
09 Nov 2026
Full interview over on @nobodypitchedthispod 🎧
I joined my longtime friend @sambleiweis on her podcast @nobodypitchedthispod to dig into one of my favorite questions: why don’t some of the coldest, darkest places see more seasonal depression?
The answer is what sent me down the path to writing How to Winter. Her co-host Adam came in as a proud winter hater, so we also talked about the everyday habits that can make the cold, dark months feel a little warmer.
04 Nov 2026
A small habit that changes your experience of the winter.
03 Nov 2026
With the official end of Daylight-Saving Time, learn to embrace the extra hours of darkness with @karileibowitzphd’s HOW TO WINTER ❄️
In HOW TO WINTER, psychologist and winter expert Kari Leibowitz uses mindset science, original research, and cultural insights from around the world to show that winter can be a season to be enjoyed, not endured. By cultivating a positive “wintertime mindset,” even small shifts in perspective—like embracing the end of Daylight-Saving Time with an intentional, cozy activity —can help us find warmth, joy, and wonder in the darkest months.
How are you planning on embracing the early darkness? Let us know in the comments ⬇️
31 Oct 2026
IT’S A DOUBLE RAINBOW!!
As the days get shorter and the sun skirts lower in the sky, as the autumn winds blow and the rain falls…it’s rainbow season in Amsterdam!
Pro tip if you want to become a rainbow hunter: rainbows occur when the sun is low in the sky (so not around noon - morning or afternoon), and they always occur in the part of the sky opposite the sun. Pay attention to times when the sun is shining and the rain is falling simultaneously, and look outside, opposite the sun. Bam, now you’re a rainbow hunter!
In the fall, rainbows are one of the ways I’m always chasing awe - that feeling that stops you in your tracks, forces you to pause amidst your day. Psychology research shows that awe can calm our nervous systems, nudging us out of stress mode and connecting us to something that feels bigger than ourselves, which can help put our problems in perspective.
And, research shows, we can learn to feel more awe on purpose - when we intentionally look for wonder in the world around us, we up-regulate our ability to feel awe.
When was the last time you felt awe, and what did it for you??
Happy rainbow hunting!
27 Oct 2026
The clocks go back TONIGHT here in Amsterdam (November 1 if you’re in the US). If you’ve read my book, you know I like to celebrate the early dark rather than grumble about it, and the first night after the clocks change is when I love to have my first candle-lit dinner of the winter season.
Today I’m sharing a few small ways I welcome the start of the season. You don’t have to do all of them; pick one and see how it feels. Practicing this week can set you on the path to embracing winter all season long.
Save to come back to this week, or send it to ai friend who could use it.
24 Oct 2026
In one month, I’ll be here at @sprucetoninn for the How to Winter retreat: 3 days together to slow down and explore how we can embrace the season to come. Cozy mornings, good meals, leaf-peeping, and sauna. We designed this weekend to help you experientially shift your mindset about winter.
Only a few spots left: Link bio to register. Join us.
07 Oct 2026
I hardly felt the seasons as anything but a minor inconvenience when I’ve lived in cities, but being out here has given me a whole new internal clock. Darker days, longer nights, the mountain turning itself over for the winter has all got me so ready for evenings in front of the wood stove and tea with friends in our cozy slippers and coming home from brisk walks with pink cheeks. 💫🍁
We’re hosting a HOW TO WINTER retreat Nov 5th-8th with @karileibowitzphd who has very literally written a book on how to do it right. Think all of the above plus cold plunges in the creek… and a wood fire sauna!! 🔥 Details in the link in my profile.
05 Oct 2026
How to Winter is out in paperback in the US as of Tuesday, but if you’re across the pond in the UK and want to listen to me read you the book while you walk the dog, do the dishes, or commute on the tube, I’ve got you: @audibleuk has it for just £3.99 during October, starting today. Link in bio for both versions.
01 Jan 1970
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