06/09/2025
🍂 Seasons of Change ☀️❄️🌱🍁
We all love summer, don’t we? The energy, the light, the “let’s do all the things” vibe. But here’s the thing: just as our planet needs winter, so do our nervous systems.
In neuroscience, winter looks like down-regulation. The quiet moments when your body rests, integrates, and repairs. It’s when the prefrontal cortex (that busy CEO in your head) finally takes a tea break, and your parasympathetic nervous system gets to run the show. This is where deep healing actually happens.
In Eastern philosophy, winter is yin. Stillness, inward reflection, surrender. Without it, we burn out chasing endless yang. Without autumn, there’s no letting go. Without spring, no new growth. Without summer, no expression. Each season completes the cycle.
And if you’re a parent, you’ll know this rhythm well. Kids remind us daily. One moment they’re bouncing off the walls like it’s midsummer solstice, the next they need a snack, a cuddle, or a nap (and let’s be real… so do we). Parenthood is the clearest mirror of how life never stays in one season for long.
The invitation? Notice your own seasons. Maybe today isn’t meant to be summer-bright productivity. Maybe it’s a winter morning wrapped in blankets. Maybe it’s autumn, time to release what you’ve outgrown. Maybe it’s spring, time to plant a new idea.
There’s wisdom in allowing each one. Because when we try to stay in summer forever, we end up fried, and not the delicious hot-chip kind.
🌿 Take a breath. Feel the season you’re in. Let it be enough.
✨ Which season do you feel you’re in right now?