Probably a phrase you’ve heard before! So as the seasons shift, can you feel it too? I have found that a lot of my perception of both the world and of my physical body have been linked to the seasons. I am in a season of change. big changes. big really exciting life altering changes.

What am I loving may you ask (or maybe not)? Here are some things that are consistently part of my everyday life, for now (they change as I change).

The one big lesson I have learned is that it is you hand in hand with you at the end of the day. No one can force you to do anything, as easy as it is to blame others at times, it is you who gets yourself out of bed and decides the attitude and actions you take throughout the day. I mean wow. Lightbulb.

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom” said Aristotle. Thank you Open for opening my first morning of the year with that quote. 2024 was a year of great change and plenty of learning and the start to a deeper healing.

Sometimes you need a day that is sunny but with clouds in the sky.

A journey, long long long journey, of healing, has been the story of my life the last year.

As humans, we are constantly taking in information. We sense a whole lot of things. We observe a whole lot of things. But what do we actually learn?

Figs. Basically, a powerhouse of a food packed into a tiny teardrop form that bursts with flavor containing more fiber than a prune.

I go through waves of not being able to leave my home without my headphones in and either my new favorite song qued up ten times or a new podcast episode itching to teach me something. But recently I have been embracing walking without something playing in my ears.

One of my yoga teachers words really stuck with me this morning, she said something along the lines of “Our outside shell is quiet, inside of us is where the noise is“.

Day by day I am building the life of my dreams. But every action starts with me. I have the power to design the life I have always dreamed of, and to me, that is one of the most honest and courageous things to do.

So here we go, my 90 days or rest and regeneration. The next 60 days are about ease and presence. The theme is ~gentle. The following 30 days are my time for me. The theme is ~cultivation.

I have a really deep appreciation for beauty right now. And the beauty we might not pay as much attention to or take pause and be grateful for. Here are some sources of beauty I am taking note of right now…

Often, people describe emotions and your state of well being as going across a line, ebbing and flowing between that equilibrium from right to left and back left to right. I am proposing a new way to think of this: as a spiral.

There is no rulebook to life. There is no one who is going to get your life right. All the coaches and teachers and dietitians and friends and even family can tell you what you should do but deep down in your heart of hearts you know that you are the only one capable of knowing what you want.

Something I learned in a yoga training in December was using the seasons as a metaphor for life and looking at life in terms of cycles. What I love about winter is it’s known as the time to hibernate. To plan. To assess. To take stock. To slow down.

1 week down! I love even numbered years. And I probably have a subconscious bias to the years that are even. In my life I have noticed that in the years that ended in even numbers one aspect of my life comes to a close and a new beginning full of possibility arises.

Heard this Mel Robbins quote on a podcast yesterday: “My dreams are my responsibility. No one is coming“.

Releasing in every sense is vital to living a happy and joyous life. By clearing out the space that negative energy/thoughts occupy you make room for all the better things to exist. One of the many lessons I’ve learned, with the help of others (especially my lovely coach), is that releasing is just as important as learning what things fill up your cup. Because we can only hold and experience as much as we make room for.

We are our greatest teachers. But the hardest thing is slowing down to hear and truly listen to yourself.