2025 Year in Review

I'm writing this year-in-a-review while recovering from a bad cold that hit my family over the holiday break. Last year started somewhat similarly in that my guys both came down with the flu as the new year commenced. I somehow staved sickness off that time and  attributed that to being so excited about the online Moonology Certification course that I finally had the time to finish. (I started this course, by Yasmin Boland, a few years ago while I was writing my book so it was on the back burner.) I was also reading a book "Your Soul Had a Dream, Your Life is it" by Rebecca Campbell. This started me on a spiritual quest that guided my whole year. 

I had this idea to break my work down into components...my Nomad Collection. I'd been building up pieces for over 20 years and I wanted to break them down into charms so that people could build their own talisman...Taliswoman pendants. This whole idea brought me life! People seemed really excited to create their own pendants and then I thought...what about earrings? So we started offering 3 sizes of hoops where the pieces could be layered on. These were also well received! 

The winters are hard for me, they always have been. I don't love the cold or the dark. I do love things slowing down and having more creative time and planting seeds for the spring. I decided to put out an idea I had been brewing... to hold my first Nomad Event in April. It filled immediately! So I planned 2 more for May and June which also filled fast!

Like a spring flower, April is when I perk up. As a Taurus I always feel like it's when I come back to life after the long winter. On my birthday I decided to sign up for something just for me: my dear friend Ilana Sobo was offering a 7 month Herbal Immersion Course (meeting 1, 7 hour Saturday a Month) and my other dear friend Emily planned to take it.

I loved the idea of learning more about the plants around us and I wanted to learn more about plant medicine and to keep my family healthier. It's so important to pursue side interests and side quests and curiosities! I've been interested in herbalism since college but never had much time to pursue it, other than collecting Rosemary Gladstar books... 

In May I reached out to the amazing Malaika DosRemedios who I knew from yoga and asked if she would model for me, I wanted to have some pics of her interacting with my Nomad Collection. I told her about my events and ideas and she was so encouraging and wanted to plan one with me too! The photos from that shoot helped bring my vision to life and launch so many collaborations!

I reached out to Roxanne Scully about doing an event together on the Solstice at the Surf Club and loved the idea. She taught us all Nia, I made mocktails and everyone made Nomad jewelry, it was so much fun! 

Another idea I had was to go on rock walks. The year before I started making Wishing Rock pendants with Ibervale Shale I had collected on the beach at Shelburne Farms. I timed the walks with the New Moon and Full Moon. The idea was we'd get our steps in on a beautiful walk to the water, picnic, meet new friends, chat about the moon (got to bring my moon work into action!) hunt for rocks for pendants and choose from 8 pendant styles to capture the adventure. I would drill their rocks and my team and I would have 1-2 weeks to complete their pendants. These also sold out and we all had so much fun! It seemed that the things that I was excited about...also excited others.

Earlier in the year, in my winter funk, I planned not 1...but 2 trips to the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY. I had never been but the place looked dreamy. Rebecca Campbell had a "Your Soul Had a Dream, Your Life is It" retreat slated for July and my moon mentor; Yasmin, had a Full Moon Retreat in August. I kept thinking I'd have to cancel one of them but in the end decided to go for both. I also had a goal to get my jewelry into the Omega bookstore / gift shop. I brought it with me for the 1st workshop, on the new moon for a trial basis there and on the full moon, when I went back for the 2nd workshop, they told me I was in and that they'd carry it next year too!  

In between the two workshops I did my first podcast interview! I've spent my career shying away from videos, podcasts, interviews... I just always felt too nervous and too self conscious. In between these two workshops I felt so lit up and excited, like I was finally finding my true purpose and I wanted to shout it from the hillside! I worked with Krissy Leonard earlier in the year when I was feeling lost and she had great insight and gave me a fresh perspective. I loved chatting with her about my career, the moon and all these events that were lighting me up. 

Yasmin's workshop was intimate with only 20 of us attending. It was great to have 3 days together and to have some one-on-one time with her. We did a fire ritual under the full moon and saw a shooting star! Both workshops were great in different ways and I learned a lot about myself. It's been helpful to dig deep and feel into what else I really want to do with my time on earth. I've always been told my work empowers women and I'm feeling called to share more ways to empower us in these chaotic times.

In between the two I also got a butterfly tattoo! This has been such a year of transformation and I felt like my wings were spreading! On the drive home I felt so much inspiration for an idea that I've had for years but it was finally all coming together, I kept leaving myself voice memos so I wouldn't forget the details...more on that next year...

As soon as I got back my family and I went to Maine for a long vacation. It was so hot and my long locs were feeling so heavy, their weight was causing me neck pain. I was feeling the year of the snake vibes for sure and ready to shed. I chopped my locs off and felt so light and free! Year of transformation in all the ways... But then sad and vulnerable... 4 months have passed and I still miss how my locs looked... but not how they felt. 

Even though I felt like a snail without a shell, I went on to collab with Brooke Berger at my studio, Malaika at Savu Sauna in Waitsfield, Maria Caravalho Sandoval at the Davis Studio and 2 events with Jess Lantos at Topnotch in Stowe. They offered sound baths, yoga, reiki, I offered my Nomad Jewelry. These events have meant so much to me! One of the participants in the last one sent me this:

"I wear your earrings almost every day. They’ve become a kind of armor — a reminder of who I am and what feels true to me. Meeting you in person helped me understand the energy I’ve felt in them all this time. Thank you for making the work you do, for choosing a path that isn’t always the easiest or most encouraged, and for lifting up the people around you as you go." Gathering us together, creating a meaningful experiences that brings us calm, brings us into the moment, capturing that in jewelry to take with us... that feels like meaningful work and I'm so grateful to be doing it!

In the fall, when the lake was soooo low, my family and I adventured out a couple of times to Law Island, which was suddenly accessible. I gathered these gleaming shell remnants and started making jewelry with them. This year wasn't really a big year for new jewelry for me. It was a year of growth, of learning how to lead (even as a shy introvert), putting together events, working with others, creating space. It was a time to let others create with my jewelry, to make it more meaningful for them and that has been beautiful to witness.

In November we completed Ilana's Folk Herbal Immersion and got Certificates. Aside from creating my own personal tea apothecary, I realized I wanted to make new moon and full moon tea blends to sell, to bring others more ritual when working with the moon. And I remembered how Lylelana told me in that January astrology reading she saw something with TEA. See...all the things came true!

The tea is just another part of 永 for me. 永 are my initials but it's the Chinese kanje (symbol) for "forever" which also means Eternity... Eterna TEA...so my lil tea brand is called 永 Eterna Tea.

On the November new moon, just days after completing that course, I got to go to Rosemary Gladstar's home! The universe felt so aligned! We met earlier in the summer at the Lunaroma 25th anniversary party. I was so excited to meet her but she was with many other people and I was feeling shy to approach this living legend. Then she came up to me (!) and said "You're Jennifer Kahn, I love your jewelry, I'm so glad to finally meet you" I was SHOCKED! She knew me?? I said "You're Rosemary Gladstar!! I've been waiting decades to meet you!! After that we kept in touch via email and kept trying to find a time to get together. Going to her home was such a dream. I told her about a special project I'm working on (to be revealed next spring) and she was happy to take part, then she visited me in my studio a few weeks ago. Spending time with this magical Goddess has definitely been a highlight of my year!

Oh and amongst everything else this year, I got my Charka Crystal bowl Certification from Kirk Jones. (Earlier in the year I did a partial trade for a set of these babies and couldn't wait to learn more.) Between the moon, the herbs, the sound I felt like I filled my cup up for the year. It's all coming together in some new iteration that I don't quite have my finger on yet but getting there. I'm working on creating Moon Sessions, weaving in Moonology, manifestation, tea, sound healing... I'm so excited to work on it this winter. For now, see my other Moonology offerings HERE.

This year I created a little online Moon Circle group on Facebook, happy it reached 100 members! You can join HERE. Excited to keep gazing at the moon, using it to manifest and to release and to build community.

This past year has been intense but I'm doing what I can to bring myself joy and bring joy to others. For 2026 I already have 4 events lined up and 4 in the works. So excited for all of these! 
New Moon Manifesting + Nomad Event w/ Krissy Leonard 1/18/26 SOLD OUT
New Moon Galentines + Cacao Event with Ilana Sobo Soda Plant 2/17/26
Nomad Event + Perimenopause Chat with Beth Kruger Soda Plant 3/8/26
New Moon Astrology + Nomad Event with Améla Hall at Laughing River Yoga 4/17/26

If you read all of this - thank you for witnessing my journey! Much Love!