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September has always felt like a threshold to me. It's the space between seasons. Summer hasn't quite released its hold, but fall is beginning to make itself known. The light shifts. The evenings come a little earlier. The air begins to change. We may still have warm afternoons, but there are little reminders everywhere that another season is coming.

I've been thinking about how much our own lives move through seasons, too. Sometimes we're growing and creating. Sometimes we're holding on. Sometimes we're asked to let go. And sometimes we find ourselves somewhere in between—no longer where we were, but not quite sure what comes next.
I think there can be something sacred about that space. We don't always have to rush toward the next chapter. Maybe transition can simply be a time to notice. To take stock of what this season gave us, what it asked of us, and what we want to carry forward.
As summer begins to soften into fall, perhaps September can be an invitation to do the same. To soften. To listen. To make space. And to trust the season we're entering—even before we know exactly what it will bring.

The Season We Don't Talk About Enough; Support Through Transition; Ask Yourself

The In-Between
Lately, I've been thinking about another kind of “in-between” season: perimenopause. Thankfully, it's becoming a much bigger conversation. For generations, so many women entered this transition without really understanding what was happening in their bodies—or why they suddenly didn't quite feel like themselves.
Perimenopause can bring changes to sleep, skin, mood, energy, temperature regulation and so much more. But beyond the physical changes, I think there's another piece worth acknowledging: transition itself can be unsettling. There can be a sense of leaving one version of yourself behind before you've fully met the woman you're becoming.
I'm now post-menopausal, on the other side of that particular threshold, and I've come to see it less as something I went through and more as a season I transitioned into. Maybe this stage of life doesn't have to be framed entirely around what we're losing. Maybe there's room to become curious about what we're entering, too.
And there's an interesting connection to my word for this year—embodiment. Menopause is such a physical transition, but it can also ask, Who am I in this body now? What does this body need from me now? What am I no longer willing to tolerate? What feels good now? That's much deeper than the usual hot-flashes-and-hormones conversation. Just giving some exploration points (and perspective) for you to ponder if you are in this stage of life.

Support, Support, Support Through the Season You're In
When we're moving through a transition, there's often an instinct to push through it—to keep doing what we've always done and wonder why it suddenly feels harder. But transitions ask something different of us. They ask us to listen.
Whether you're moving through perimenopause, navigating a loss, adjusting to a life change, or simply feeling the shift from one season into another, what supported you before may not be what you need now. Your body may be asking for more rest. Your skin may need something different. Your nervous system may be craving quiet. Your boundaries may need to become a little stronger. You may need more connection—or more space.
Supporting yourself isn't always about making the discomfort go away. Sometimes it's about creating enough space to hear what your body and inner self have been trying to tell you.
Sometimes we need assistance and outside support. Sometimes we need to ask for help. It is really important to know that we are not alone in whatever season we are transitioning through. It is important to know that receiving help or assistance is not weakness, it's connection. and it's ok.

What Kind of Support Do You Need This Season?
Timberledge Wellness: a place where you don't have to perform, push through, or have everything figured out. It's a place to soften, reconnect with yourself, and receive the kind of care you need in the season you're actually in.
Whether it's a restorative facial, reiki, sound healing, or the deeper work of Energy Touch, you don't have to wait until you are completely depleted to give yourself space to receive.

What I want you to take with you this month and think about the season you are actually in...

Not the body you used to have.
Not the energy you think you should have.
Not the version of yourself you've outgrown.
Not where everybody else thinks you should be.

Where are you now? And what does this version of you need?

I am here for it all and ready to meet you where you are.

Much love, light and healing ,
Leighsa
xoxo

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I am ready to let August go.
This month has carried so much loss.
Some deeply personal.
Some close enough to touch.
Some belonging to people I've never known personally, but whose presence has been woven through my lifetime.

And this morning, I woke to news of another.
I talk often about letting go. About endings making space for beginnings. About trusting what comes next.

But sometimes?
An ending just hurts.
Sometimes I don't want to search for the lesson or rush toward the new beginning. I just want to acknowledge the hole left behind.

Grief doesn't need to become gratitude before we're ready. Loss doesn't need to become a lesson.
Maybe the beginning comes later.
Maybe today we simply honor what was.
The people we loved.
The lives that touched ours.
The chapters we weren't ready to close.

So on this last day of August, I'm not asking what comes next.
I'm simply saying:
Thank you for what was.
I will carry it with me.
And I'm ready to turn the page.