Embrace Seasonality

Seasonal eating. Seasonal nature. Seasonal yoga. And seasonal coaching.

That is how I approach my work and my life.

Embracing the season you are in is commiting to living in alignment and a choice to not resist reality or swim against the current.

There are also seasons of life, careers, and relationships.

Seasons of babies and toddlers, and seasons of parenting teens and young adults.

There are seasons where your parents help you and seasons where you help them.

There are seasons of growth and action and seasons of rest and recovery.

There are seasons of peace and harmony and seasons of discord and disharmony.

There are many different seasons in a career as well. Medical school, residency, and fellowship are a season of training. They are followed by a season of early attendinghood. Different stresses present here than present in mid career and later career. NOne are without ups and down. ANd they are all impacted by the weather in that season.

Some seasons are filled with atmospheric rivers and rains. Others are colored by superblooms, abundant crops, and vibrant sunsets.

The concept of seasons and embracing the season you are in is a huge help for many in mindful coaching.

Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall. None of them lasts forever.

When things feel hard, remembering that a new season will come soon helps.

Each season is also good and bad. 50/50. All seasons have delights and disappointments.

We all have a favorite and least favorite season.

And we can choose to embrace and attend to the parts we love about each season and not focus as much on the parts we don’t love.

There is also always a transition between seasons.

When we choose to Transition Well and Embrace the Season we are in, life is much more tasty, easeful and fun.