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Fall: Time of Sensing a Shift
You are likely to be in Fall if you are getting news
of change or you are worrying while you wait for news.
While you are in Fall focus your attention on:
- Acknowledging that changes are happening in your life
- Getting the support you need to make it through
- Creating a safe refuge where you can weather out the storms ahead
At the same time, do what you can to avoid these detours:
- Denying the changes that are occuring in your life
- Jumping at the first option that shows up
- Being a lone ranger and trying to do it all alone
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Early
Winter: A Time of Retreating and Reflecting
You are likely to be in Early Winter if you are feeling
tired, feeling confused about all or part of your life, or
trying to avoid social events.
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While you are in Early Winter focus your attention on:
- Renewing yourself
- Creating quiet time for yourself
- Reflecting on your situation, your desires, and your ideal
At the same time, do what you can to avoid these detours:
- Staying so busy you can't focus inward
- Starting something new so you won't have to feel the chaos within
- Forcing yourself to be happy when you aren't
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Winter
Solstice: Catching Sparks of Hope in the Darkness
You are likely to be experiencing your Winter Solstice
if you are in the dark and feeling the imminent birth of an
insight.
During your Winter Solstice time, focus your attention on:
- Turning things upside down to look at your life from new perspectives
- Drawing a line in the sand and say enough is enough
- Telling a new story about your past to find new doors to the future
At the same time, do what you can to avoid these detours:
- Avoiding your quiet time
- Being in a toxic environment
- Being wedded to one solution
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Late
Winter: A Time of Defining Your Vision
You are likely to be in Late Winter if you are catching
new insights and seeing glimmers of Spring.
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While you are in Late Winter, focus your attention on:
- Following your insights wherever they take you
- Clearing out the old in your space, your to-do list, and your mind
- Creating a plan for your future
At the same time, do what you can to avoid these detours:
- Ignoring your insights
- Doing what you've always done because it's more comfortable than stretching
- Charging ahead without a clear picture of where you are going
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Spring:
A Time of New Growth
You are likely to be in Spring if you are bursting
with energy and struggling with your reentry into your life.
While you are in Spring, focus your attention on:
- Trusting your own timing
- Birthing what's new in your life
- Blossoming fully into the new you
At the same time, do what you can to avoid these detours:
- Making no forward movement
- Ignoring your inner knowing
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Summer:
A Time of Celebrating Your Harvest
You are likely to be in Summer if you are feeling
clear and confident and your life is abundant.
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While you are in Summer, focus your attention on:
- Allowing what is new in your life to ripen in its own time
- Savoring your success
- Celebrating and playing
At the same time, do what you can to avoid these detours:
- Raising your definition of success so you never succeed
- Backing down from what's going well in your life
- Being a worrywort about what's to come in the future
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The
Next Step:
If
you are in the middle of a life transition and feeling
overwhelmed and confused, you will find it helpful
to understand the season you are in in more detail.
Understanding where you are on the journey, where
to direct your energy and how you are likely to feel in each
season can be reassuring. The following resources provide
additional information about each season and describe activities
you can take part in to facilitate your journey through the
seasons.
If you'd like to learn more about The Seasons of Change, you may be interested in these resources:
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