Embracing the Seasons of Change in Your Life

*updated July 2025

Fall is quite literally a season of change. A season of shedding what we need to, to be prepared for the upcoming season. Taking a look outside your window, (at least here in Michigan) could show you Mother Nature literally releasing things every time the wind blows.  Leaves and twigs are floating and dropping to the ground with each rustle of the branches.  The trees are drawing back to their core essentials and strengthening their roots, preparing for the season ahead.

This season is ideal for some types of growth.  A time for things to take root and thrive, even when outside conditions seem less than perfect.

We also can’t be going, going, going all the time. That is a recipe for overwhelm and burnout.  Summer has been a time of wild growth and expansion. This shift into fall is the ideal time to be aware of that tendency to live at full speed and pressure in our own lives and take time to raise our awareness of what is no longer serving us, trim back, and release.  

Following the Rhythm

Life is an on-going cycle of seasons and rhythms.  Our Rhythmic Glow is specifically tuned into these energetic patterns. Tapping into what each season offers helps us flow through the journey of life and gain what we need from one.  There are certain things I like to think through this time of year, that through this season we decide what will prepare us for what’s ahead, leaving us confident with what is left for the journey we’re on and make plans for the next step. 

By knowing ourselves better and knowing ourselves more deeply, we can honor the spirit of what Mother Nature is modeling for us.  

“To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time to every purpose, under heaven”

— Turn! Turn! Turn! by The Byrds

The Pace of Change

Again, with Mother Nature as a model, these changes don’t happen overnight, but they can sneak up on us!  Pops of color spring up one leaf, one branch at a time.  If you notice, some branches have a single arm of color right away while some seem to be waiting for the right moment to initiate change on another. 

Let this be a reminder that transformation is beautiful and unique, however it happens.  Just like pops up color, your own journey will follow its own sometimes haphazard continuum of change. 

It doesn’t happen all at once or on a certain schedule.

It can happen when you least expect it. 

It doesn’t happen the same way.  

There is no one “right” way.  

Don’t worry about what others think or how they are doing it.  All that matters is that you trust the rhythms of your own seasons and ready yourself for your own transformation journey to let your colors shine.  

Change Through Growth

Does your transformation journey need a boost?

This season can be a time of growth, even though the conditions seem less than ideal.  The days are shorter, winter is coming.  But here’s a secret… some plants are best planted in the fall.  Trees, grass and cold hardy plants live for the cool, rainy days while the ground is still warm. 

This can be your own season of change through growth.  What do you feel inspired to explore?  What seeds do you want to plant in this season of your life?  Knowing that not everything is suited for every season, it helps to make a choice based on your interest AND capacity. 

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Want to have a sense for what your glow capacity is? Start with the 1-Minute Glow Check and align your ideas with actions that won’t burn you out.

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I love the simple power of lists to help us organize our Mental Glow and feel like we are reclaiming personal agency and authority over our life and energetic glow. Too often, our To-Do lists feel like they are taking over our lives, so this is not meant to feel like it adding more to your plate. It’s meant to capture what your heart, your glow is telling you that it needs to restore, reset.

Listen to what your heart is pulling you toward, not what will look good or acceptable to other people.

Make a list of things you feel the nudge to explore-

• things you are currently interested in

• hobbies you said you’ve wanted to try in the past (or it’s been far too long since you did) and still hold interest now

• Pinterest ideas you’ve saved that still spark something in your heart

• books you’ve wanted to read (feel stuck? My top book suggestions here)

• experiences you wanted to experience

• sensations or feelings you want more of in your daily life

I explained my whole process of how I make a list of things I want More (or less) of in my life in this post. It’s a useful exercise when you are needing some prompts to name some of these things and come up with a tangible list that will help you take the next step.

If you still are stuck for ideas of what hobbies even strike a sense of inspiration for you, check out this article on UpJourney.com.  I was honored to contribute my thoughts on how to find a hobby as an adult.  It may feel impossible at times, especially when your time feels tight and not fully your own, but your glow knows it’s worth it. Hint, it can even involve your favorite TV show that just exudes all the fall vibes.  *cue the Gilmore girls theme song*

Fall (Personal) Growing Tips

Take the list and prioritize the top 1-3 to tame the overwhelm of trying to do ALL THE THINGS RIGHT NOW  <- so guilty of this one.  Then take a look at your capacity.  Listen to what your Glow says it needs and has space for. Honor your season of life and see what time, energy and space you have to do some of these things. If this leads to a wop-wop bummer of a feeling or a skyrocketing of overwhelm, keep reading for the next tip. 

Brainstorm different ways that you can “plant” your top picks.  There will be obvious answers, but I want you to get creative with this too.  Figuring out the different types of “seeds” you can start is probably with will help you come up with what works for you in this season.  For instance, if you want to learn how to play the piano, you probably have an idea of how you to start. 

This is probably what your list starts off looking like-

• Get a piano or keyboard (buy or borrow)

• Start rearranging the furniture to make it fit

• Find a teacher and schedule lessons

• Practice for an hour everyday

• Stress out about the recital in 6 months

• Secretly worry about what people are going to say about this new ‘hobby’ you’re starting

This method of seed planting is sure to stress you out and give you so many excuses about why it seems impossible and maybe this was a dumb idea anyway.

Or… you can break down the elements of learning how to play without sabotaging yourself from the start.

• Practice good posture

• Watch YouTube videos on the fundamentals of learning how to play

• Print out a keyboard template to start practicing finger positions

• Do hand strengthening exercises and stretches

• Start to notice the bass line rhythms versus the treble line melodies in songs

• Practice keeping a steady rhythm of a beat

• Pick out a song that you are interested in learning to build motivation

• Remind yourself how much your Glow needs this and you’re excited to support it

Both lists include all elements of learning how to play the piano, but some definitely require more effort, stress and expense than others.  Pick the type of “seeds” that fit into your life in this season, ones that will work with capacity of the flower bed of your life.  Starting with even one of the things on the list will help you plant that seed and see how it grows from there.  Finding a different path toward the growth you want to experience helps set your intention and mindset toward the bigger result you are looking for and let you slowly take consistent steps toward.

Another way to narrow it down it to name what you want More or Less of in your life. I explained my whole process of how I make a list of things I want More (or less) of in my life in this post. It’s a useful exercise when you are needing some prompts to name some of these things and come up with a tangible list that will help you take the next step, like identify a new hobby to try.

With that list, see how you can use that as a springboard to find a class, online community, activity that will get you around other people who are being active in the same interests and be a good place to plant some seeds of friendship.

For Your Future Self

There are also certain bulbs and seeds that we plant now for future seasons because they need the quiet, cold incubation period to reach their full potential.  They actually find their strength to show up and shine in the springtime by tapping into the power of the quiet, of the stillness.

If you are feeling the overwhelm of ‘all the things’, the feelings of burn out or the soul crushing exhaustion of the past two (now 5+ years in 2025) years and every day on the news, know that it is okay to fully embrace this as a reason of rest.

This type of preparation is something our future self will thank us for, for doing a little work now, planting those seeds or bulbs in the ground, so that you can take a break for yourself, and used that stored energy to bloom when the seasons change again.  We don’t plant our tulips, crocus and daffodil bulbs now expecting them to come up in a few days like we do for seedlings in the spring.  We plant those ideas, those intentions, knowing that they are gathering strength, engaging in restorative practices, and creating slow magic for future you to see.

Noticing and trusting in the seasons Mother Nature creates for us helps us reset and steady our Rhythmic Glow, giving us something to ground into when the pace of life feels chaotic or out of control.

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven”

— Turn! Turn! Turn! by The Byrds

Give Yourself a Break

You don’t need to take a whole season off to experience the benefits of giving yourself some quiet.  Last month we went on family vacation to Myrtle Beach, right before Hurricane Ian came through. And I took a step back from the business for a few days. Spending less time on my phone, more time in my journal and in a new book and as my oldest called it, getting obliterated by the waves.

And all was well with world.

No one called me out for not posting anything, not even my usual Fri-yay moment.  But it did give me some space to enjoy the experience more, say yes to another ride down the waterslide.

It was not all family sunshine (I did appreciate the rays from Mother Nature though). There was yelling over getting homework done, heavy dinner negotiations to eat something more than a bread product and general tension that comes up with concentrated togetherness time.  But overall, it was a great break and making me super appreciate the new fall routines we are settling into.

How can you prepare yourself for that experience?

Take Your Own Break

I want to encourage you to take your own sort of break. You don’t need to literally dig yourself a hole to crawl into or scale a mountain peak, but you can carve out a pause from your everyday. A vacation from your normal and see what it has to show you.

Start with a 1-minute Glow Check-In with yourself. This simple practice is an easy way to press pause and notice the state of your energy and what needs attention most. If you download the free guide, it shares tips on what you can do in that next minute with grounded clarity and think of some ways you can support your glow by taking the kind of break you need.

To support your Physical Glow, Mental Glow and Sovereign Glow, designate a day where you do less and say yes to something new, just to try it.  Decline some meetings, skip a practice, read a book, pull out one of those pandemic crafts you started, go to bed early.

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Did this get you curious about exactly what are the 9 types of glow? Find out here.

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We build a story about how we “can’t” do certain things. But too often those are based in outdated ways of operating or rooted in fear around breaking the image of perfection or being a ‘good girl’ to maintain the peace for others. These can feel very valid.

• Maybe someone will be mad that you weren’t there to contribute.

• Maybe they won’t even notice you were gone.

• Maybe it will help you appreciate your routines better.

• Maybe it will give you a mental refresh as you take a time out.

• Maybe your head will feel clearer after some journaling, a walk or a dance party.

• Maybe you’ll get a bruise, some dirty clothes, a sore muscle as evidence that you lived a little out of your ordinary.

But what’s most likely to happen is that you’ll come back with a different appreciation for the life you have and the one you are working toward.

It might not be all sunshine and rainbows, but the overall experience will be worth it. You are worthy of taking a much-needed break to restore and reset your glow, to reorient, anticipate and prepare for what’s ahead.  And seeing what kind of seeds this plants for you about the shifts you’d like to make in your life, how you’d like to show up as more. 

Celebrate Change

Change is inevitable.  The seasons of life prove that to us time and again.  When we stop fighting it and start embracing it, we can look forward to all it can reveal to us.  We admire the way that the leaves change on the trees.  Let’s also take some time to admire and celebrate the beauty of our own changes that are happening.

Take some time in your journal and reflect on these writing prompts for fall and to use throughout each season of change in your life. 

Journal Prompts for Personal Growth-

• What is something I need to release in this season?

• What change am I looking forward to in this next season?

• What opportunities for growth am I ready for?

• What part of my roots need nourishment and attention? Where do I feel depleted?

• What change about myself can I celebrate right now?

Build your curiosity to keep knowing yourself better and taking small steps to keep growing your glow.  Keep track of the changes in your Evidence Journal so you can see how they add up throughout the season. 

And just like the lessons we learned from the trees, your unique transformation journey might be the inspiration someone else needs for their own.  Share your experiences with others as you live your life as a Firefly Scout.

Your Glow Supporting Adventure

We covered a lot here in this post so here is a recap to help you get started embracing the seasons of change in your life.

• Understand your Glow levels with the 1-Minute Glow Check (especially your Rhythmic Glow)

• Make a list of things that light up your heart (not what will fit the mold of what other people think is acceptable)

• Decide how you want to Reset, Take Action or Expand Your Glow this reason and make a list based on your capacity

• Create space to make these things happen, a little at a time, at a pace that’s sustainable

• Celebrate the shi!t out of every little moment

• Reflect on your journey

It may feel like a lot, but when you use your Glow and your intuitive heart as a guide, you’ll find a rhythm that honors where you are… and where you’re going.

And I’m so excited for you!

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Stephanie Rose is the creator of Firefly Scout and the Glow Map, a framework for self-trust and emotional clarity.

She helps deep-feeling, soul-led humans notice and name the invisible patterns draining their energy — so they can restore their glow, reconnect with their intuition, and live in sustainable alignment with their truth.

Her work blends Human Design, storytelling, and intuitive strategy into a grounded, magical experience that meets people where they are — especially in the busy middle of their real lives.

Discover how to reclaim your energy, your rhythm, and your right to live lit up from the inside out.  Sign up for her newsletter and check out her other free resources and start your journey today!

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