COS Town Tidings #25-362

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🌟 Local Spotlight: 😶 Behind Closed Doors, the Silence Is Deafening...But Fixable

📰 News from this week in Colorado Springs!

🤗 Wellness Tips you missed

🍳 Sizzle Up Your Week with Our Recipe Archives!

📆 Local Events + Concerts and Fairs/Festivals

⛅ COS Weather - AM Snow and chilly temps

🙋‍♀️ Who Should We Feature?

Relationships are like Wi-Fi...

👉you keep searching for a strong connection, but sometimes you just settle for what’s available 🤣

😶 Behind Closed Doors, the Silence Is Deafening...But Fixable

🗝️ Because 'getting by' shouldn't be the standard for your forever

While the Christmas lights twinkle across Colorado Springs, the "most wonderful time of the year" often magnifies the cracks in our closest relationships. For many, holiday stress highlights a painful reality: you can be sitting right next to your partner and still feel completely alone.

Take Sarah and Mark. To their neighbors, they're the picture of a stable, 25-year marriage. But behind closed doors, their conversations have become logistical hand-offs. The emotional intimacy has been replaced by a polite, heavy silence, leaving both wondering where the spark went.

But what if this holiday could mark a turning point?

Enter Mindy Reichert, founder of Relationships Unlocked. As a Certified Master Relationship Coach, Mindy understands that long-term love doesn't falter from lack of effort, but from lack of the right tools. Having navigated her own 28-year marriage through empty nests and life transitions, she knows firsthand that quality relationships directly impact our mental health and longevity.

Mindy guides both women and men through her signature 5 C's framework: Connection with self, Communication, Comprehension, Compromise, and Connection with partner. This isn't about talking more; it's about communicating better. She helps couples move beyond co-existing roommates to rediscover why they chose each other in the first place. In her safe, judgment-free programs, she emphasizes that the greatest holiday gift couples can exchange is the clarity of truly hearing and seeing each other again.

Ready to make 2026 the year your relationship thrives? 

Mention Town Tidings when booking a coaching program to receive a complimentary one-hour follow-up session, typically a paid service, to keep your renewed connection strong long after the decorations come down.

Connect with Mindy by visiting RelationshipsUnlocked.com, email: [email protected] or call (719) 205-5935. Also on Facebook

👀 Click to watch the full interview and get valuable relationship insights directly from Mindy!

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📰 News from this week in Colorado Springs!

Here are some of the stories we shared this week. Check out any issues you missed.

• 🌟Real Estate Roundup: 🏡 Colorado Springs Housing Market: Latest Home Sales and Market Insights (Issue #25-361)
   

• 🎅 TRIVIA: What Happens Inside NORAD When Santa Takes Off? (Issue #25-357)

   

• 🌟 A Christmas Memory, A Swallow, and the Kind of Love That Stays (Issue #25-359)

   

• 🌟 Mayor Yemi Looks Back at 2025 Highlights (Issue #25-356)

   

• 🍕 Restaurant Health Inspection Update: The Results (Issue #25-360)

   

• 🎉 A New Holiday Tradition Will Return (Issue #25-358)

• 🚶‍♀️ This One Habit Adds Years

• 🥾 Sinton Trail Just Got Better

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📆 Sample Local Events

*Weather permitted

• Dec 28, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

• Dec 28: SPECIAL Ultraviolet Underground Cave Tour @ Cave of the Winds, Manitou $30 (Last Day, Limited Tickets)

• Dec 28: Mary Poppins @ Fine Arts Center, 30 West Dale St $18-$70

• Dec 29, Jan 9, 9am-5pm: Dog Days at the Zoo @ Cheyenne Mtn Zoo

• Dec 30, 6-7pm: Evening Yoga @ Library 21c FREE

• Dec 30, 6-7:30pm: Closing Out 2025 Sound Bath: Release, Renew & Manifest @ Singing Bowls of the Rockies, 76 S Sierra Madre St Suite C $50 (2 Tickets Left)

• Dec 31, 11am, 2 & 4pm: Big Bubbles New Years Eve @The MAT, 1626 S Tejon $33 (Limited Seats Available)

• Jan 2, 2-4pm: Movie Matinee - Ocean's 8 @ Cheyenne Mountain Library FREE

• Jan 4, 6pm: Swing 'n Jam Gatsby Gala @ 2103 N Weber $8-$10

• Jan 6, 2-3pm: Listening To The Quiet Voice Within: A Talk On Intuition @ Treehouse Cafe $20

  • —> With Laurel: 👁️‍🗨️ The Strength To Endure Comes From This.

• Jan 9, 6pm: Soap Making Class @ Meraki Springs, 2703 W Colorado Ave $65

• Jan 10, 4-8pm: 2nd Annual Hope Blooms Benefit @ Phantom Canyon Brewing, 2 E Pikes Peak Ave $80+

• Jan 10, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, The Hollywood Hit @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $79.95

• Jan 10, 7pm: Droppin' the Ball: After New Years Comedy Show! @ Peak Improv Theater, 440 N Carefree $15

🎶 Fall Concerts - Weather permitting

• Dec 30 & 31, 7:30pm: New Year’s Eve: Rhapsody In Blue @ Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts, 190 S Cascade $70-$120

• Dec 31, 8:30pm: New Year's Eve Bash featuring Disco Revue @ Phil Long Music Hall, 13071 Bass Pro Dr $62 - $168 (21+ yrs old) (Limited Tickets available)

• Jan 10-11: The Human Equation @ Ent Center for the Arts $18-$41

• Feb 6, 7pm: Three Dog Night @ Pikes Peak Center $63-$260

• Feb 22, 3pm: Pikes Peak Philharmonic: Pops @ENT Center for the Arts, 5225 N Nevada $14-$20

🎉 Holiday Festivals, Fairs & Activities

• ⛸ Through - Jan 18: Skate In The Park @Acacia Park $15

• 🕯 Through Jan 4, Fri & Sat (5:30-10pm) & Sun - Thurs (5:30-9pm): Magic of Lights at Pikes Peak International Raceway (PPIR) $28-$72/vehicle

• Dec 28-Jan 1, 5-8:30pm: Electric Safari @ Cheyenne Mtn Zoo $21-$24

• Christmas Lights Guide - COS, Manitou & Woodland Park

• Jan 10-Feb 21: Ice Castles @ Cripple Creek $16-$29 (tickets on sale now)

   

• Dec 28, 4-6pm: Carols, Cocoa & Cocktails @ Mining Exchange, 8 S Nevada FREE to attend

• Dec 31, 8pm-Midnight: Rhinestone Rodeo New Year's Eve @ ViewHouse $33-$86

• Dec 31, 8:30pm: Broadmoor's New Year's Eve Bash $80 + $25 parking

• Dec 31, 9pm-midnight: New Year’s Eve Party @ Mining Exchange, 8 S Nevada Ave $99 (21+)

• Jan 1, 10am: First Day Hikes @ Cheyennd Mtn St Park, 410 JL Ranch Hts

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