Have you ever reached a point where your body simply said, “Enough”?
That is where I found myself this week.
I have been in pain since Sunday, sleeping more than usual, waking at strange hours, and feeling like I have quite literally been hit by a bus. I don’t completely know what is happening physically yet—and I believe we should always listen to our bodies and seek answers when something doesn’t feel right.
But while I was lying there, exhausted and hurting, another thought kept coming to me:
It is the last week of August.
And this time of year has always felt like a spiritual threshold to me.
We are moving out of the fullness of summer and toward harvest season. Nature begins changing, and perhaps we are being invited to change with it.
In this deeply personal episode, I talk about the spiritual meaning of the end of August, seasonal transitions, releasing what did not come to fruition, and choosing what we truly want to carry with us into the next season.
I keep imagining ourselves as trees.
Throughout the year, we grow leaves—dreams, plans, relationships, expectations, projects, identities, and hopes.
Some flourish.
Some change.
Some never become what we thought they would.
And eventually, the tree has to release its leaves.
Not because the leaves were failures.
But because their season is complete.
In this episode, we explore:
- The spiritual meaning of late August and harvest season
- Why seasonal transitions can feel emotionally and physically intense
- Listening to your body when you are exhausted
- The difference between resting and giving up
- Releasing dreams, plans, relationships, and expectations that no longer belong to you
- Why something not working out does not necessarily mean you failed
- How to recognize what still feels alive in your life
- Choosing one thing to intentionally carry into your personal “harvest”
- Letting go without anger, shame, or regret
- The connection between nature, spiritual practice, intuition, and our own cycles
- How rest can become part of our spiritual practice
I also share some of what I have personally been carrying—building, teaching, planning, creating, dreaming, and constantly thinking about what comes next—and what happens when the body finally becomes louder than the plans.
This is not an episode about pretending that every illness, ache, or difficult experience has a spiritual explanation.
Sometimes our bodies simply need care.
But perhaps we can also become curious about the seasons of our lives.
What are you carrying simply because you have carried it for a long time?
What are you still trying to force into fruition?
What dream has changed?
What expectation are you ready to release?
And most importantly:
What still feels alive?
As we move toward harvest season, perhaps we do not need to carry everything forward.
Perhaps our work is simply to:
Hold what’s alive.
Let the rest fall.
Grab your journal, find a quiet place, and spend this hour reflecting with me on release, rest, intuition, seasonal spirituality, and preparing yourself for the next chapter.
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