September is full of contradictions: the joy of routines returning, the warmth of cooler mornings, and the quiet ache of a season tinged with grief and nostalgia. In this episode, Blaze explores the bittersweet energy of the late-summer-to-autumn transition. Why we're expected to feel pleasant about it all (even when we don't), and what Traditional Chinese Medicine's "metal element" teaches us about grief, melancholy, and the happy-sads of seasonal change.
She also opens up about parenting through this shift: how to let your child's growing independence change your role from focal point to scenery, and how delegating chores to her kid sparked a bigger question — where do I actually want my energy to go?
If you're feeling the pull to plan everything all at once (while quietly hashing and rehashing the past), this episode offers permission to pause, test, and dream instead of sprinting into fall.
you can read a full transcript of this episode here.
