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September: A Gentle Shift into the Season of Change
As the leaves begin their slow transformation, it’s a reminder that change, though inevitable, can be beautiful — and necessary. Whether you’re gathering in your own “harvest” from months past or simply enjoying the early signs of fall, this time invites reflection, grounding, and slowing down.
Mother’s Day: Honoring Our Roots, Healing Our Wound
Our mothers are our first nurturers, shaping our earliest experiences of love and belonging Yet, for many, this relationship is complex, marked by wounds that echo through generations. We may consider our mother our best friend or worst enemy. However you currently feel about your mother, she had a immense effect on you.
Mindful Spring: Engaging the Senses for Happiness
As spring emerges, it brings a beautiful contrast to the lingering darkness of winter. Even though there may be chaos and disruption in the world, spring reminds us hope comes with change. The days grow warmer and longer, inviting us to step outside and engage with the vibrant world around us. This season of growth reminds us to cultivate mindfulness in our daily lives.
Holiday Joy–5 Tips
Winter is the time for introspection and reflection. The activity of the harvest is over and it’s time to rest. However, in the modern world, holidays are often frantic and stressful. If we can focus on the things that bring us joy, holidays can be fun as we make time for family and friends. Here are a few tips that you probably have heard before but are always good to keep in mind during this time of the year.
Fall and Challenges
Fall is here in the Northern hemisphere and the bright colors, cooler days, and abundant harvest bring joy to our hearts and spirits. In the Southern hemisphere spring is approaching with warmer days and buds emerging from their winter sleep. Sink into the beauty around you as the seasons change
Many of us feel the distress of the chaos still taking place in the world. From the devastation of the hurricanes in the US, the divisiveness of the political campaigns, and the escalating conflict in the Middle East, sometimes it can feel as if turmoil is the norm. It is difficult to focus on the beauty around us, the love and support in our lives, and the strength and resilience we each hold within while such pain exists in the world.
Embrace the Change of Spring and Transform
Spring continues to flow in the Northern hemisphere while the Southern moves into autumn. With every change of season, Mother Nature shifts her energy, and our bodies respond.
Every season gradually changes from one to the next. So too, do we experience physical, emotional, and mental change as the seasons shift.
Emerging from Winter Blues into Spring Sunshine
‘Winter blues’ is a common expression because of the depression sometimes associated with reduced light known as Seasonal Affect Disorder (SAD). The lower level of natural sunlight can cause the reduction in serotonin levels, a neurotransmitter that regulates mood; changes in melatonin, a hormone associated with both mood and sleep; and disruptions in the body’s circadian rhythms which regulate sleep-wake cycles.
Other losses often occur in winter. The holidays create stress sometimes causing couples to decide to part at the end of the year. Job cuts frequently are made at year’s end because businesses look to improve their bottom line. Grief is part of these losses too. These changes disrupt the status quo and force us to adapt to a new reality.
However, grief and pain pass too. Spring is the time to embrace the renewal and hope this season brings. With each new day, we have the opportunity to savor the moments of emergence and look forward to a brighter tomorrow.
Trust
The true basis for trust lies in the Divine (Creator, Source, Spirit, God, All That Is). Often, we were told or shown the world is dangerous, insecure, and hostile. Western culture adopted the 19th-century Darwinian notion of survival of the fittest based on the theory that everything in nature is in competition for resources and only the strongest and most adaptable prevail.
The Darwinian approach led to the idea that humans are inherently bad. “Human beings, we’re taught, are by nature selfish and governed primarily by self-interest. From Machiavelli to Hobbes, Freud to Pinker, the roots of this belief have sunk deep into Western thought.” Humankind: A Hopeful History, by Rutger Bregman and Erica Moore (2020). This theory is challenged by archeological, anthropological, and social science. Humankind proves that we are hardwired for kindness, geared toward cooperation rather than competition, and more inclined to trust rather than distrust one another. This instinct has a firm evolutionary basis going back to the beginning of Homo sapiens according to Bregman. This recent development is further supported in Nurturing Our Humanity, by Riane Eisler and Douglas P. Fry (2019) where their research discovered that partnership-based societies thrive and are less damaging than the domination model in which we now live. If we believe we can trust in the inherent nature of humans to be trustworthy and supportive, we can relax and look for the good surrounding us.
Spring into Action
Easter, Earth Day, and the Equinox have passed....
Emerge and Grow Into You
We have all yearned for expansion in the last year of restriction. Now is the time to step into the expansion and growth.
1. Identify your soul calling or life purpose and begin to walk the path to its fulfillment. Recognize the vocation, career, business, life direction, or mission that ignites your passion and move into a blissful and satisfying life.
2. Even if you still are working at a job to earn a living and pay for daily expenses, commit to follow the path that satisfies your heart and spirit. This commitment will attract joy and love no matter where you are or what other work you need to do. Commitment to learning and attention to following through on becoming the person designed to be, serving those needing your gifts, and being the Best you, are essential to fulfillment.
The Courage to Live Your Destiny
Someone recently asked me if it is all right to feel happy, successful, and content when so much disruption and pain surrounds us. The answer is YES!
Those who are safe, healthy, secure, and prosperous are necessary to anchor that energy for the rest of the world. If you feel bad when your life is going well, know your happiness contributes to the resonance that supports and flows into the collective unconscious. Embrace this time as your destiny and the culmination of all you have done to date.Someone recently asked me if it is all right to feel happy, successful, and content when so much disruption and pain surrounds us. The answer is YES!
Those who are safe, healthy, secure, and prosperous are necessary to anchor that energy for the rest of the world. If you feel bad when your life is going well, know your happiness contributes to the resonance that supports and flows into the collective unconscious. Embrace this time as your destiny and the culmination of all you have done to date.
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