Flourishing Seeds Wellness

There is something about the arrival of fall that invites us to slow down, yet fall often gets a pretty bad rap. We mourn the end of summer, grumble about the cooler weather, complain about the darkness and, often even before we’ve made it through the first crisp mornings, we’re already wishing for spring. But what if we’re looking at it all wrong? What if fall isn’t telling us, “Here comes the beginning of survival season,” but rather, “Come on in. It’s time to slow down

There is a phrase I often use with my clients that tends to get a good laugh when they hear it the first time around but really seems to resonate and shift things a little bit for them. I tell them to “Keep on finding those diamonds in the shit”. This language is not meant to be crude or used just for the sake of being crude. It is meant to acknowledge something profoundly human. Life is messy. Sometimes it is heartbreaking, sometimes it is unfair, and sometimes it simpl

Positivity tells you to "just be happy." Optimism says, "It's okay to feel this - and I believe you will smile again." One avoids the dark. The other grows through it.