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Today is the #fallequinox here in the northern hem

Today is the #fallequinox here in the northern hemisphere. The equinox represents a time of balance before we move into the dark half of the year where nights are longer than the days.

Astrologically, we also enter Libra season today--Libra is represented by the scales--a symbol of balance.

This season is calling us to take stock and recalibrate.

Although we’re entering the dark, fallow season of the year, the soil is resting, replenishing, and integrating. It’s balancing out all the spent energy of summer.

All this work seems invisible, but it’s really storing up energy for spring--and where we spend (or save) our energy now will dictate how we can use that stored energy again when the light returns.

So where in your life do you need to recalibrate? What could you rebalance so life feels more harmonious and easeful?

Balance isn’t one thing--there’s no magic formula for balance. YOUR balance depends on what you want your life to look and feel like.

Maybe you need to reinvest in caring for yourself and commit to some new routines. Or maybe summer wasn’t your most productive time at work and you’re feeling the itch to really focus and get a lot done. Or maybe your relationship has taken a back seat this year (I don’t know many people whose relationships have thrived in quarantine!)

Just take a moment to reflect and decide where you want to direct your energies over the coming months.

When we’re trying to conceive, it’s easy for everything else to take a backseat sometimes. Is there an area of life that’s been neglected as a result?

You get to choose where your energy is directed each and every day, and on this equinox the earth is offering us a reminder to step back, reflect, and consciously rechoose our priorities and goals.

What needs rebalancing in your life?✨

As summer starts to wind down into fall, we enter

As summer starts to wind down into fall, we enter the slow half of the year. The earth is preparing for it’s great winter rest where she spends her time dormant, fallow, saving up her energy until it’s time to bloom and grow again in spring.

While we see the earth do this every year, we don’t often connect these seasonal, and natural patterns to our own lives and bodies. But sister, we’re part of nature, too.

Many animals slow down or even hibernate during winter. Giving their bodies time to rest and regenerate for the coming spring. And many wild animals can only conceive during certain times of the year. They go into heat in the fall or early spring, and only have this one opportunity to get pregnant.

And I know as humans, we have the opportunity to conceive every month, but that doesn’t mean our fertility is the same each and every month. We, too, are influenced by our environment. The seasons, the light, the food available. We, too, need time to spend energy and time to save energy.

And while we live in a 24/7 on-demand world, our bodies don’t actually work that way. Which is frustrating to say the least. But sometimes when it takes us longer to conceive, it’s simply because our bodies are resting. They are lying fallow, saving up energy for our next fertile season.

Now, this doesn't mean you just have to wait around. There are things you can do to support your body and help her store up energy--by changing your eating, sleeping, and other lifestyle habits, you can help your body store up that energy more quickly. You can help give your body the resources she needs to support another life.

Just like squirrels collect and hide acorns for the coming winter, you need to store up your resources, too. Help your body store up nourishment and resources while she rests, so she can have the energy to bloom in the future.

Instead of thinking of your body as “infertile” and incapable of conceiving, think of her as resting. She’s like the earth. Maybe she looks barren and empty in the winter light, but you know that spring potential is within and just around the corner. No matter how long winter seems, spring always follows.
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Women’s rights affect us all. Inequality exists

Women’s rights affect us all. Inequality exists in all aspects of our lives and impacts our fertility.

Inequality doesn’t just take place in the workplace. It exists in our bodies and our health.

It exists in our subpar birth control options that all have negative side effects men would never put up with—and don’t have to.

It exists in the diagnosis of “unexplained infertility” which simply means we haven’t bothered studying women’s health and bodies enough to know what’s going on.

And it exists in the fact that fertility treatments are not covered by all insurance companies even though viagra is.

These are issues that affect us all, ladies.

These are the things we’re fighting for.

Your body. Your fertility.

Your right to take birth control without weight gain, low libido or anxiety.

Your right to figure out why you’re not getting pregnant.

And your right to create the family you want, no matter your income level.

These are women’s right. These are equal rights.

This is what RBG has spent her life working towards and the work we must now continue.

Stand up for your body, your fertility.

Stand up for your sisters, your friends, your unborn daughters.

Show the world that women are strong, we are powerful, and we derive that power by supporting one another.

Now is the time to rise and stand together.
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🍁 Fall definitely arrived overnight here--just

🍁 Fall definitely arrived overnight here--just in time for September!

The arrival of fall is always a reminder for me about the importance of transitions and our ability to shift and pivot and go with the flow. Because whether we're talking seasons or anything else in life, we're never stationary.

2020's been a tough year for most of us, but in this chaos and uncertainty and discomfort, I've also found a softness and surrender that wasn't there before.

I'm usually the girl begging summer to stay, who dreads that first chill in the August air. Not because fall isn't great (it is!), but because I know the cold and dark of winter's just around the corner.

This year I'm ready for fall, though. Instead of resisting, I'm embracing. I'm allowing, I'm accepting.

I don't know if being home all the time makes me feel more in tune with the seasons, or if it’s the forced simplicity of my days, or simply that in the grand scheme of all I can't control in 2020, I just don't have the fight in me this year to resist.

Whatever the reason, it feels good. It feels easeful to be in the moment, to connect with the energy of the day, and embrace the beauty of what's before me--instead of wishing for things to be different.

It's not easy to surrender and accept our journey. But allowing and meeting the moment does give us a certain grace.

And this doesn't mean we don't still work, fight, and take action toward what we desire in life--it's about embracing the AND.

I can mourn the end of the summer AND appreciate this fall moment. I can accept the season I'm in AND plan and look forward to next summer's joy.

But embracing the discomfort of AND, and the discomfort of change and transition opens up space to enjoy what’s here in this moment.

What are you resisting? Where could you make more space to allow this month?🍁

Our fertility is fluid. 🌊 It’s a continuum.

Our fertility is fluid. 🌊

It’s a continuum. And sometimes we just need to move a little bit on that continuum in order to conceive.

My fundamental belief about fertility is that if we aren’t conceiving, our bodies are telling us they just don’t have the resources to care for us AND a baby. So we want to give our bodies all the resources and support we can, in the hopes that we can shift our fertility just a little bit along that continuum.

Our fertility is dynamic. Our cycles and hormones have the ability to change a little bit every month. That means with lifestyle changes, we can shift things over the course of several months. It’s not always enough, but often it can make the difference. The more our bodies are supported and resourced, the more likely they are to conceive.

Let me show you how to support your body. Learn to work WITH your body instead of against her. Learn to see her as your ally instead of the enemy. You’re on the same team.

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