Micro-Seasons

Hello, dear friend ~

I hope this note finds you well. Welcome to April, and to the optimism of a new season.

Seems we’re always talking about seasons: Seasons of the year, of weather, and of life are the biggest reference points correlated to our emotional state and physical well-being.

I thought of a word today: micro-season.

Within the bigger seasons of life, are we tending to the micro-seasons of deeper changes, often unseen and perhaps unspoken?

The current micro-season of my life could be described as one of heightened awareness of where I fit in in the world. As a young teenager, I thought this would have been solved and long forgotten by adulthood. Not so. In fact, it’s a question I hear frequently in my conversations with clients.

This is a theme I’ve touched on before, and it’s worth revisiting: Who we are is who we perceive ourselves to be. We tend to create a story about who we are, and who others are, and subconsciously build evidence to support our case. In doing so, we lose sight of the bigger picture, often with many elements left unconsidered.

I have been experiencing elevated stress recently due to challenges quite similar to those of my clients: Managing the needs of a changing body, coping with the external world, feeling challenged to keep up (TECHNOLOGY), and witnessing the changing role I play in the lives of the very humans I birthed and raised to adulthood.

The prettiness of Longfellow’s words is somewhat of a balm to my thinking mind, which often allows the harsh inner critic too much power. Longfellow reminds us that although the gifts of youth appear more visible, aging possesses its own assets only discovered once we get there.

In heartfelt connection,