10/12/2026
October can feel unsettling in a culture that doesn’t pay attention to the seasons.
When we deny our sensing, disconnect from nature, and try to sprint at all times, October can feel weird or even make us think something is wrong with us.
I had this conversation with a client last week who was feeling tired, slower, energetically thin, reflective, and experiencing unexplained waves of grief.
She asked what was wrong.
“There’s nothing wrong with you,” I said.
“It’s just October.”
I remember the first time I asked this of my nature connection teacher, Jon Young, in 2007.
He shared, “It’s just what nature is doing, so of course we feel this way.”
Plants are dropping energy into their roots.
Days are getting shorter.
Harvests are winding down.
And the trees are dropping their leaves.
The tension of trying to keep pushing with big energetic output as we descend into the dark half of the year in the N hemisphere creates an embodied disharmony between us and the rest of nature.
Our bodies feel it.
But our false cultural programming teaches us to fight it and keep output high.
Instead, I find benefit in surfing the shift.
I rest more, end work earlier, and focus on nourishing myself with warm, earthy foods.
When I do this, my inner power pools like a deep reservoir in my body, instead of burning it off from pushing.
I hope this serves as a helpful reminder that you’re probably feeling October.
And surfing the wave isn’t failure.
It’s the most easeful path to tending your life force and power. 💛🍂🍁
