Whoa, whoa, chill out, January! Seriously: anyone else having the nuttiest month in recent memory? It seems all the flow of my life has been reaching high tide, so I’m grateful for a chance to seek calmer, milkier waters with you all in a new episode of The Empty Bowl.

Because it isn’t just personal: the breakfast business is coming in hot and heavy for the start of the year—like they always do—and our meditative cereal podcast is just trying to keep up. Join me and Justin in this forty-fifth episode. We cover the newest from Krave, two new kinds of Strawberry Cheerios, and ponder the best way to infuse lavender into your cereal bowl.

Still nursing burns from January’s embers? Spark up another 30-minute brain warmer at our Anchor hub. You can also follow along on Twitter, or send in a listener question. We can’t discuss or respond to every email, but each one is like a mugful of hot cocoa, melting the snow around my heart.