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Autumn harvest: shedding and romanticizing the season | Vogue World: Milan, fashion capitals and their soft powers | Taking stock, community, rest, and holistic renewal · Salon Gazette

• 0:00
  SPEAKER_00: Bienvenue au salon hosted by Sarah Maria.
• 0:03
  SPEAKER_00: That's me.
• 0:26
  SPEAKER_00: Ding ding ding ding.
• 0:28
  SPEAKER_00: It's officially autumn, you guys.
• 0:30
  SPEAKER_00: And I know you guys are sick and tired of hearing me talk about it.
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: But we just started.
• 0:37
  SPEAKER_00: I'm gonna keep talking about it.
• 0:40
  SPEAKER_00: I just want to make sure that we're staying grounded, that I'm staying grounded, honestly, in the season, and making sure that nothing is flying me by, and that I am going into the season with my feet on the ground.
• 0:55
  SPEAKER_00: And so this episode should be coming out the 23rd, which is the official start of Libro season.
• 1:05
  SPEAKER_00: So I'm excited for that.
• 1:07
  SPEAKER_00: Usually I don't really brief you guys about what an episode is going to be about, but in this one, because I have some other things that I wanted to talk about that maybe don't correlate to one another, but a bulk of this episode really should be about organizing for autumn and channeling the energy of autumn and ways that have helped me, practices that I've implemented, things that I see that people are doing, suggestions that I've taken in terms of how to feel like you're successfully transitioning into the new season, especially with such a hard pivot.
• 1:49
  SPEAKER_00: We're coming from the brightness and the excitement of summer, and now things are dying off and shedding away, and so much change is coming.
• 1:57
  SPEAKER_00: It's getting colder, it's getting darker faster, we have less sunlight, all these things that really truly affect us as human beings who are sensitive to our senses.
• 2:09
  SPEAKER_00: So that's gonna be a big bulk of this episode.
• 2:14
  SPEAKER_00: But first and foremost, I just wanted to talk a little bit about Fashion Week because it's still kicking high and strong right now.
• 2:23
  SPEAKER_00: We just finished, at least by the time I'm recording this, we just finished with London Fashion Week and now it's off to Milan, or if Milan Fashion Week has already started, and actually Vogue World Milan.
• 2:37
  SPEAKER_00: If you guys don't know what Vogue World is, it's maybe some of you have come across it, especially since it streams on YouTube.
• 2:45
  SPEAKER_00: But it's this whole it's like uh it's a it's this whole BNLA, it's like a hmm, what's the best way to describe it?
• 2:57
  SPEAKER_00: For lack of a better word, the word fair is coming to my mind, but that doesn't really do it justice.
• 3:05
  SPEAKER_00: It's like a fashion fair, usually that's hosted in one of the I mean it can be hosted anywhere in the world, but for the past couple of years they've been hosting it in some of the major cities, the major fashion cities in which the major fashion weeks were based out of.
• 3:21
  SPEAKER_00: So, like I've said, New York, London, Paris, and Milan.
• 3:26
  SPEAKER_00: And last year it was actually in LA, and I feel like a big part of that was because of the fires that happened in California, and so they kind of wanted to help the entertainment industry because a lot of people were hurting, a lot of small businesses, a lot of craftspeople, etc.
• 3:46
  SPEAKER_00: So the gist of Vogue Worlds, it's an annual, it's like an annual global fashion event, it's like a charity fundraiser and just like a street spectacle, kind of, which is why I use the word fair.
• 4:01
  SPEAKER_00: It's obviously it's organized by Vogue magazine, and it just combines like high fashion runway shows with like live musical performances, um maybe theatrical works, spectacles, and obviously there's celebrity appearances.
• 4:18
  SPEAKER_00: So, unlike the traditional you know, fashion weeks that we see around the world, it's like a celebration and more like an interactive experience.
• 4:29
  SPEAKER_00: There's a lot of theatrical performances, live music, a big runway, um, that's showcasing like top international design houses.
• 4:40
  SPEAKER_00: So mainly it acts as a it's like a major fundraiser event.
• 4:45
  SPEAKER_00: And what they do is that wherever wherever the I wanted to say the fair, wherever Rogue World is being held that year, the profits from the show are then donated to like local cultural and performing arts and organizations that's in the city.
• 5:06
  SPEAKER_00: So it's like a it's like a major fundraiser.
• 5:11
  SPEAKER_00: It's meant to bolster and encourage the people that are industry, which is why when I was talking about it made sense that they held the one last year in LA because I don't know if you guys saw, especially when awards season was up and kicking, up until the Oscars, they were really advertising for celebrities and a lot of people to kind of get their services locally in terms of in LA, because there's a whole industry that goes around, like makeup artists, hairstylist, fashion stylist, etc.
• 5:46
  SPEAKER_00: People who do your nails, etc.
• 5:49
  SPEAKER_00: Any any trades person within that whole industry.
• 5:54
  SPEAKER_00: So that just happened in Milan, and I'm actually pretty excited.
• 5:58
  SPEAKER_00: I wonder what that looks like.
• 6:00
  SPEAKER_00: I can just imagine the creativity and the culture and just the fabulousness of it all.
• 6:07
  SPEAKER_00: I'm jealous.
• 6:08
  SPEAKER_00: I wish I could be there.
• 6:10
  SPEAKER_00: I definitely hope and manifest and manifesting one day, being able to go.
• 6:19
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, I think I don't think it's something that's exclusive to only industry insiders.
• 6:25
  SPEAKER_00: I think that you can purchase a ticket to I'm not sure if it's the Biennale, I think that's the same thing.
• 6:31
  SPEAKER_00: The Biennale versus Vogue World.
• 6:34
  SPEAKER_00: I think it's the same thing, and I remember hearing some people talking about it that it's like as an exhibit, like you can buy a ticket to an exhibit and go view it.
• 6:43
  SPEAKER_00: So I think you can buy tickets, it's just the logistics, but definitely one year I want to be at Vogue World wherever it is around the world.
• 6:52
  SPEAKER_00: I'm flying, and I want to go from the clips that I've seen so far.
• 6:58
  SPEAKER_00: Everything just looks really amazing and inspiring, and I always like because I am a history nerd, I always like the references to past aesthetics and fashion trends and just big moments in the zeitgeist in the past, and just seeing the costumes from different eras, etc.
• 7:20
  SPEAKER_00: That stuff is really exciting for me.
• 7:22
  SPEAKER_00: So you can actually watch that on YouTube if you just go and type in Vogue World 2026, and that should be available.
• 7:30
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know if it's available yet because I think that happened today or yesterday, as I'm recording this anyway.
• 7:36
  SPEAKER_00: So by the time you guys listen to this, it should probably be up on YouTube by now.
• 7:41
  SPEAKER_00: So go check that out.
• 7:42
  SPEAKER_00: I know I am.
• 7:43
  SPEAKER_00: I'm I will literally like that'll be my movie night.
• 7:47
  SPEAKER_00: Things like fashion shows or fashion collections, vogue world, etc.
• 7:52
  SPEAKER_00: I'll just plan a night for myself once I've completed all my work for the day.
• 7:57
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, you know, like you'll snuggle in to bed and watch a nice movie, a feel-good movie.
• 8:03
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, that'll be my whether it's a movie I want to catch up on that's on my zeitgeist for the month, or this, or maybe collections that I've missed or I'm curious about, etc.
• 8:15
  SPEAKER_00: So I'm gonna set that up for myself sometime this week.
• 8:19
  SPEAKER_00: I'm excited, but even more so exciting, Fashion Week is continuing, like I said, and it is in Milan right now, so I can only imagine how electric this Milan Fashion Week is feeling right now.
• 8:33
  SPEAKER_00: Something else that I am definitely manifesting one day to go to.
• 8:38
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, all of them, all of the major ones, actually.
• 8:41
  SPEAKER_00: New York, London, Paris, Milan, etc.
• 8:45
  SPEAKER_00: Actually, the worldly ones, even the not so um popular ones.
• 8:51
  SPEAKER_00: I would really love the chance to go.
• 8:53
  SPEAKER_00: So one day, but remember I told you guys I kind of wanted to talk a little bit more about the four major fashion cities and why it is or how it is that it developed it, yeah, it develops to be this way, but it kind of stems from so they got their rise from like a nurturing of their soft power.
• 9:16
  SPEAKER_00: And if you guys don't know what soft power is, it's kind of like a political, I don't know if political is the right word, but a school of thought in the pol especially in the political world.
• 9:29
  SPEAKER_00: I think I've talked about this in a past episode, but the difference between hard power and soft power.
• 9:35
  SPEAKER_00: So whereas it's it's kind of self-explanatory, I guess, but I'll explain it.
• 9:40
  SPEAKER_00: Whereas hard power might be what you're capable of physically, we're talking about personal things, but on a political national scale, so that would be things like your military, your weaponry, uh, the kind of money that you have, like straight up aggression, like making people fear you, and your soft power is kind of the effect that you have on the general zeitgeist around the world.
• 10:04
  SPEAKER_00: So a lot of countries, for example, like France, has a lot of soft power because a lot of people around the world they want to buy into the French culture, the lifestyle, etc.
• 10:16
  SPEAKER_00: So that's a form of power that nations kind of hold in the world, and it's very much so valid because some people they want to buy into your dream, into your aesthetic, and so that'll make them do or spend crazy amounts of or invest crazy amounts in your economy, just so that they can feel like they're they're buying into that idea that they see reflected back to them.
• 10:44
  SPEAKER_00: So, in relation to back to what we were talking about with the four major cities, it it really came over time from a nurture of them nurturing their soft power, amongst other things, like their notoriety, having high-level textile industry, so good textiles, um, good textiles lol.
• 11:08
  SPEAKER_00: That's so broad in general.
• 11:09
  SPEAKER_00: But I hope you guys know what I mean.
• 11:11
  SPEAKER_00: So things like leather, lace, silk, you know, having access to not only good quality material, but also being able to produce it and scale and make a profit for that from that.
• 11:23
  SPEAKER_00: Obviously, I'm not a business professional, so of course there's information that I'm missing, but things like that, also the culture of high-level craftsmanship.
• 11:35
  SPEAKER_00: I'm thinking especially in city like Milan, which is known for a lot of different craftsmen and craftspeople in general that have they've had those crafts for hundreds and hundreds of years.
• 11:50
  SPEAKER_00: So things like people who are able to work with leather, people who are able to work with certain textiles that are very specific and really hard and really specialized, and people pay a lot of money for people who have those specific skills, so those types of things, and also having a local community of luxury buyers in their local community, so I'm thinking especially like Paris and New York, and also having a grasp on innovative youth culture, so in relation to that, I'm thinking about London with especially in the 1960s, etc., and also their ability to scale commercially, especially when I say that, I I think immediately of New York, obviously, the financial capital of the world, and just obviously I hear a lot of people saying how America is so commercialized, etc.
• 12:46
  SPEAKER_00: etc.
• 12:47
  SPEAKER_00: And it's true.
• 12:47
  SPEAKER_00: We America is a nation of heavy consumerism and con commercialization, and there's a lot of cons to that, but there's also a lot of pros to that because again, that's a form of soft power that people want to buy into, they want to buy into the luxury, into the quote-unquote American dream, and nothing nowhere embodies that like New York, and so being able to scale businesses on such a commercial scale.
• 13:15
  SPEAKER_00: So those those are a combination of the things that these major cities have kind of nurtured in their culture, which over time has led to kind of major fashion brands or just brands in general, kind of flocking to these cities because they know they'll have access to a lot of these resources.
• 13:38
  SPEAKER_00: Obviously, you want to go where your business can prosper, where you feel like the culture is in is in correlation with the vision that you're building in the fashion house, etc.
• 13:52
  SPEAKER_00: So whether that's really benefiting from having a multitude of specialized craftsmen, like I'm thinking Milan, Paris, having access to really, really quality and diverse textile industry, like in Paris, having their finger on a lot of innovative youth culture, so that's the future, the zeitgeist, which a lot of that comes from London and even New York, and yeah, probably Paris as well, etc.
• 14:22
  SPEAKER_00: So I wonder if that was too brief.
• 14:28
  SPEAKER_00: It's so funny when you think about these industries, like at least for me, when I'm thinking about them in my head and learning about them, it seems so complicated and so many moving parts, and I think that's generally true.
• 14:40
  SPEAKER_00: But really truly, it always amazes me how when you write things down, it really scales them down to bite-sized pieces, and then you read it out loud or you digest and you realize, huh, it's not that complicated, it's really not that complicated.
• 14:55
  SPEAKER_00: Actually, there's a lot of moving pieces, yeah.
• 14:57
  SPEAKER_00: But if you organize them, it's actually not that overwhelming.
• 15:01
  SPEAKER_00: It's funny because as I come to the salon and I get to talking, and I I feel like I've taken notes on the parts that I want to touch on, I get more ideas as I'm talking to you guys, and I'm like, ooh, I'll save that for a future salon.
• 15:18
  SPEAKER_00: LOL.
• 15:20
  SPEAKER_00: Because now I'm just thinking, like, I want to go in depth in terms of what part of their soft power that these cities have nurtured specifically.
• 15:31
  SPEAKER_00: So off the top of my brain, right now, I'm just thinking about Paris always really having that notoriety for really it goes back to hundreds and hundreds of years with Paris always well, not always, but it's it seems like always to us because we live in modern times.
• 15:48
  SPEAKER_00: But for a long time now, Paris has really been the fashion capital of the world, and that was simply because France had a lot of access to high-quality and high-in-demand textiles like silk, which caused them to be able to really hone in on the fashion industry and people taking advantage of that, and really being the inspirational fashion capital of the world, what these artists were able to do with it's like I always think of that saying that's like it's not how hard you're rowing, like on a boat, it's the boat that you're in.
• 16:32
  SPEAKER_00: So if you are in a city, of course, that has high quality textiles that are really in demand around the world, you're probably going to prosper more than some of the places that don't have it.
• 16:45
  SPEAKER_00: So now that I'm thinking about it, I'm realizing that would be at least for me, that would be a really interesting conversation to go into depth into what is going on there with all of them or with the four of them.
• 17:02
  SPEAKER_00: So I'll be back, you guys.
• 17:06
  SPEAKER_00: I wish I could just be done with this conversation and just wrap it up in a neat little bow, but then it just keeps coming back, and there's different pieces and moving pieces, and I just want to go into more depth, so I'll be back with that.
• 17:20
  SPEAKER_00: But before I move on to what I said was the main bulk of this episode, I wanted to talk about some of the more well-known brands from that are located in these four major cities and how they've kind of accumulated around them.
• 17:39
  SPEAKER_00: So, for example, like and obviously these are not all of the brands that are out there in the world because there's I mean, that are out there in these four cities, there's endless, endless fashion brands, and they just keep growing and growing and growing.
• 17:58
  SPEAKER_00: So it's not all of them, but these are some of the more well-known ones.
• 18:02
  SPEAKER_00: But so we're talking about New York Fashion Week, which really kicks off Fashion Month, which is more the New York aesthetic, it's more like commercial and cool, it's American sportswear, it's it's a lot of street style, wearable street style, it's diverse, it's influential, and it's a lot of yeah, it's a lot of freestyling and where fashion kind of meets culture.
• 18:26
  SPEAKER_00: So some of the more major fashion houses are uh brands like Ralph Florin, Calvin Klein, Coach, Michael Kors, Tori Birch, Mark Jacobs, Tom Brown, Carolina Herrera, Proenza Schooler, I hope that's how you say it.
• 18:44
  SPEAKER_00: Schooler?
• 18:45
  SPEAKER_00: Is it Schooler or Schuler?
• 18:47
  SPEAKER_00: Anyways, Proenza and Jason Woo.
• 18:51
  SPEAKER_00: And again, that's not all of them.
• 18:53
  SPEAKER_00: If only, right?
• 18:55
  SPEAKER_00: It would make things so much easier in terms of keeping up with the different collections coming out every fashion week.
• 19:00
  SPEAKER_00: But yeah, that's not from New York.
• 19:02
  SPEAKER_00: So with London, which usually follows New York Fashion Week, it's more, I mean, you can imagine.
• 19:08
  SPEAKER_00: We're talking about London, the which is in England, the nation of I was gonna say the nation of the Queen, but really it's the nation of the monarchs, so you can imagine it's a lot of regalness, very royal, kind of bold and edgy energy, actually.
• 19:28
  SPEAKER_00: A lot of emerging talents, very avant-garde, kind of boundary pushing, and really a platform for new ideas.
• 19:35
  SPEAKER_00: So I remember I was talking to you guys about how, um, especially with London, um, with their soft power, it seemed like they really had their finger on just the youth culture and how innovative that is, and that's part of the reason why it became such a valuable city to kind of be in and keep your finger on the pulse in terms of what's out there in the fashion world.
• 19:57
  SPEAKER_00: But yeah, some of the major brands that you guys may have heard of that are based in London are Burberry, Simone Rocha, Erdem, JW Anderson, Richard Quinn, Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney, Victoria Beckham, Paul Smith, and Vivian Westwood.
• 20:16
  SPEAKER_00: And then after London follows Milan Fashion Week.
• 20:20
  SPEAKER_00: And Milan is very much so known for its luxury and craftsmanship.
• 20:24
  SPEAKER_00: Again, I just think about like really good quality leather, um, Italian glamour, just that timeless elegance of the Renaissance and just the art that really like impeccable tailoring, a lot of heritage and innovation, and just the art of being made in Italy.
• 20:46
  SPEAKER_00: So some of those um major fashion brands are ones like Prada, Gucci, Versace, Giorgio Armani, Boltega Veneta, Dolce Ngabbana, Fendi, Valentino, Max Mara, and Masani.
• 21:01
  SPEAKER_00: And then I would probably say it is a lot of people's favorites and seems like the most official one.
• 21:07
  SPEAKER_00: I I know a lot of people they get kind of what's the word?
• 21:12
  SPEAKER_00: I was gonna say uptight, uptight about it, very um elitist when it comes to a lot of people are very, very protective of Paris Fashion Week.
• 21:24
  SPEAKER_00: Some people think it's it's the only qualified fashion week, but I just think that's that's pretentious, but yeah, it's it really has that hook couture heritage.
• 21:36
  SPEAKER_00: Um, the first well, at least known fashion designer who they say invented quote unquote hook couture, which is really it's something that is it's like made custom for a client, so it's kind of like the client has a little bit of say.
• 21:56
  SPEAKER_00: Imagine you're a fashion designer and you're Drawing a dress, and client is next to you and is telling you what color she wants, and obviously, you're the professional, and she's not, but or he is not, and you're incorporating basically the vision or the idea or the feeling that they want to have, and combining that with your expertise, so that's which kind of sounds like well done.
• 22:22
  SPEAKER_00: It's we take it for granted now.
• 22:24
  SPEAKER_00: But this man called Charles Worth, which he got his rise, I don't know if it was in the Gilded Age, so from really from like the 1840s or 1850s until the first world war, so then um 1914.
• 22:44
  SPEAKER_00: I'm wondering if he came on the scene way before the Gilded Age, but yeah, Charles, I think his male name is Frederick.
• 22:53
  SPEAKER_00: Charles Fed Frederick Worth, anyways.
• 22:56
  SPEAKER_00: He was the first Hulk couturist, and he had such like he became so notorious, and everybody wanted to wear his gowns, they wanted to have custom pieces made by him, like he became really famous.
• 23:14
  SPEAKER_00: So Paris has that Hulk Couture heritage, and they also have a lot of prestige and global influence, and they have a lot of iconic fashion houses, and really like the crux of seeing the fashion world as art, Paris really carries that energy.
• 23:32
  SPEAKER_00: So some of the major fashion brands are like Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, which is surprising actually, that Balenciaga is based in Paris.
• 23:44
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, I guess not because you know, like I said, follow the industry, follow the money.
• 23:48
  SPEAKER_00: Obviously, people want to be successful.
• 23:50
  SPEAKER_00: So, but I'm saying that because Balenciaga is from uh is a Spanish brand, but I mean I guess some of these other brands too, like they're also from different nations, at least they got their original start in different nations.
• 24:04
  SPEAKER_00: I'm thinking like Carolina Herrera, which is based in New York, etc.
• 24:08
  SPEAKER_00: But yeah, so Balenciaga Hermes, which is actually an Italian brand, um, Hermes, Givenchy, Celine, Scapparelli, which obviously is Italian, and then Loeve.
• 24:21
  SPEAKER_00: I'm also thinking Chloe, etc.
• 24:24
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, so those are some of the more well-known fashion brands that are based in the four major fashion cities.
• 24:36
  SPEAKER_00: I'm just looking at my notes right now.
• 24:38
  SPEAKER_00: I just want to make sure that I didn't miss anything.
• 24:40
  SPEAKER_00: You guys know I love talking about fashion week and just the whole industry in general, so I don't I want to make sure that I don't miss any opportunity to yap about it.
• 24:51
  SPEAKER_00: So I'm just looking at my notes right now.
• 24:53
  SPEAKER_00: But I guess all of this was also making me think of we are in award season.
• 24:59
  SPEAKER_00: I I know I talked about this in the previous episode.
• 25:02
  SPEAKER_00: We're in movie and TV award season right now, which kicked off with the Emmys.
• 25:09
  SPEAKER_00: Um, but I I also was thinking that I kind of want to make an episode as well talking about award season and why it's kind of important.
• 25:20
  SPEAKER_00: I'll go into more depth about it, but really it's kind of like a the gist of it is like a it's like a marathon where films that are out now or being debuted, they kind of they're like on a campaign, like uh, you know, when politicians are campaigning, this is like a an awards campaign, and they're building momentum throughout the season, and so it crescendoes into the Academy Awards, which is the Oscars, which is like the big, the big one that people really go for.
• 25:52
  SPEAKER_00: So it starts in late August to September, which starts.
• 25:58
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, it starts with like Venice Film Festival, which obviously is in Venice, and then there's Telluride, which is in Colorado, I believe, and then there's Toronto International Film Festival, there's a New York Film Festival that follows, and there's the AFI Fest, and then there's the Governor Awards, the Gotham Independent Film Awards, the National Board of Review, and just New York Film Critics Circle.
• 26:27
  SPEAKER_00: Ugh, a whole acronym, girl.
• 26:29
  SPEAKER_00: We have no idea, so much.
• 26:31
  SPEAKER_00: There's Palm Springs International Film Awards, there's the Critic Choice and Movie Awards, there's the Golden Globe Awards, which is like in early January, and then there's the Sundance Film Festival, which is in late January, I believe, and then it continues.
• 26:48
  SPEAKER_00: So, like in the industry guilds and international awards, so obviously the professionals that are in the industry they get to participate in kind of nominating as well as voting for their peers, so things that you don't really hear about that are a little bit more obscure, but people in the industry and people who are invested in that world very much so knows, which you know, things like the the directors, producers, the writers, so they'll have awards like the directors' guilds of America Awards, so that's the DGA, and then there's the Writers Guild Awards, the WGA, and then there's the BAFTAs, and then there's the the EE BAF BAFTAs, I'm sorry, and then there's the PGAs, which is for the producers, and then there's the actors awards, which is the SAGAFTRA's awards, and then there's the Film Independence.
• 27:42
  SPEAKER_00: I know a lot.
• 27:44
  SPEAKER_00: Film Independent Spirit Awards, and then finally, obviously it doesn't end there because people are still releasing movies or campaigning throughout the year, but that's kind of like the the big that's like election night is the Oscars, which is usually in March early of of in the year.
• 28:04
  SPEAKER_00: So we kind of just started, so I'm keeping an eye on that, but yeah, I'll come back in a further episode kind of talking about these different awards and these festivals and the general vibe because every every festival is different, and there's like a specific that's why there's so many of them.
• 28:22
  SPEAKER_00: There's like a specific vibe, there's specific movies, maybe they'll debut at one festival, but they won't really fit in another festival because of the aesthetic and just the general vibe of that festival or of the award of that award.
• 28:37
  SPEAKER_00: So because I don't want again always, I never want this episode or these episodes to get too too too long, like you know, like two hours, three hours, I'll stop here.
• 28:50
  SPEAKER_00: But I just thought I would mention it and kind of drip a little bit of hint hint of coming episodes.
• 28:58
  SPEAKER_00: One for those, maybe I'll combine them, but for the fashion cities and how they personally worked on their soft power in detail to kind of get to where they are and how they are viewed in the zeitgeist now, and also the different festivals and awards, and the different aesthetics, and I mean soft power in themselves as well, and why it is that they command so much respect and people pay attention to them or make sure they hit them when they're on their campaign for the year.
• 29:32
  SPEAKER_00: So, like I said, you guys, I mean, I don't have to say it, I'm sure you guys know, or those of you who are experiencing it anyways, we are officially in autumn, we've passed September 21st, the day of the autumn equinox, and we are now full-fledged into the season.
• 29:52
  SPEAKER_00: So I was thinking about the difference between spring and autumn, which are direct opposites, and winter and summer, and I feel that those all those seasons kind of get a kick from the season that follows them.
• 30:11
  SPEAKER_00: So, for example, I feel like a lot of the excitement that comes from spring, yes, it's for those new beginnings, and the season is getting warmer, etc.
• 30:19
  SPEAKER_00: But as a whole, we kind of know it's coming, we know that it's crescendoing into summer, and just the possibilities and just the general excitement is like overwhelming.
• 30:29
  SPEAKER_00: And so, just the same, I feel that the energy of autumn kind of gets its kick from everyone knowing that the depth of winter is coming, and so that kind of colors the energy of how we experience the season, and so autumn and being the opposite of spring, which signifies new beginnings, taking initiative, things coming to fruition, all these things, excitement, things getting warmer, the light lasting longer, etc.
• 31:05
  SPEAKER_00: Autumn represents the harvest, it's about taking stock of everything that's kind of manifested itself into your life, and taking stock of what to keep or what to lose.
• 31:19
  SPEAKER_00: So basically, it's a time to organize your life and let go of what has not solidified itself into your life and decide what is worth keeping.
• 31:32
  SPEAKER_00: So, for example, I'm thinking about what did you work on, grind for this year?
• 31:37
  SPEAKER_00: What did you bring into fruition in your life this spring and summer?
• 31:42
  SPEAKER_00: What new hobby did you start?
• 31:46
  SPEAKER_00: What new phase of life you feel like you began?
• 31:49
  SPEAKER_00: Perhaps new friends, new relationships, new job, new opportunities, new activity, etc., new tax bracket, etc., things like that.
• 32:02
  SPEAKER_00: Because I feel like once spring and summer runs out, you kind of feel like, oh, okay.
• 32:09
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, I don't know if you guys feel like this, but I know that I do, and I can only imagine that in the collective or just in people's general experience, the same thing happens as well.
• 32:19
  SPEAKER_00: But I know for me, when autumn comes around, I just feel like okay, it's it's kind of like the daytime versus the nighttime.
• 32:29
  SPEAKER_00: If you are a morning person, you know that you wake up, it's light out, you have a finite amount of time worth of daylight for you to do your activities, and then as the sun starts going down, your energy goes down, and you're really thinking, like, okay, this is what I did during the day, either I'll save that for tomorrow because I ran out of daylight, and now my circadian rhythm is telling me it's time to go home and start preparing myself to go to bed so that I can restart over the next day and do this all over again.
• 33:00
  SPEAKER_00: So if we're scaling out, that's how I see spring and summer.
• 33:04
  SPEAKER_00: It's like that's the daylight, that's when you have the most energy, that's when you're feeling the most motivated to initiate new things and really grind for the things that you want and really put the energy behind that.
• 33:16
  SPEAKER_00: And then as autumn comes, it kind of feels like okay, now it's the twilight and of the day, the sun is setting, and it's time to start taking stock of what we did during the day, how productive we were, what we're taking with us, and what we're leaving behind, and maybe saving for the next season.
• 33:37
  SPEAKER_00: So I think it's a time to really organize, it's it's a time to start looking inward and assigning meaning to the life that you've lived so far and the direction of the next steps.
• 33:52
  SPEAKER_00: So while you were in creation mode, and perhaps you brought a lot of things into fruition this summer, and got involved in a lot of different activities, a lot of shenanigans that you were involved in.
• 34:07
  SPEAKER_00: And I feel like as that's happening, we can kind of get lost in the motion of action.
• 34:13
  SPEAKER_00: We're just kind of you know, we're going here, we're going there, we're saying yes to a lot of things, saying yes to that, and just kind of living in the moment, and things are really lighthearted, and it's free, and it's great, it's amazing.
• 34:23
  SPEAKER_00: That's how it's supposed to be.
• 34:25
  SPEAKER_00: And then I feel like autumn comes around and it's kind of putting a break on all of that, and it's slowing us down, and the season is-I mean, this is just something that happens like on a psychological level, because obviously we're humans and we're sensitive to our senses, which is impacted by the environment, by nature, by the weather, etc., by sunlight, all of that, and so once you start feeling like the elements are becoming harsher, you have less daylight, you start gearing up yourself to withdraw, go inward.
• 35:01
  SPEAKER_00: What can sustain you?
• 35:02
  SPEAKER_00: Like we're going into hibernation mode.
• 35:04
  SPEAKER_00: So, what is going to be sustaining you in that meantime?
• 35:09
  SPEAKER_00: And I feel like autumn comes around and it slows us down, and it's like, okay, you've been shooting out from the hip, left and right, giving bringing this into fruition, grinding it and getting that, getting the fruits of this labor, and saying yes to that, and saying yes to this now with the energy of autumn.
• 35:30
  SPEAKER_00: I feel like it wants us to do things with purpose, you know?
• 35:37
  SPEAKER_00: Like, what was the meaning behind all of these things that your the way that your life looks right now that has maybe changed from the spring until now?
• 35:51
  SPEAKER_00: What does all of that mean?
• 35:53
  SPEAKER_00: How has that nurtured you?
• 35:55
  SPEAKER_00: How has that changed you for the past season?
• 35:57
  SPEAKER_00: How have you grown?
• 35:59
  SPEAKER_00: And so, in that growth, what does it mean to you?
• 36:03
  SPEAKER_00: And where are you taking that now that you've kind of seen some growth or some fruition to your goals or to your plans?
• 36:14
  SPEAKER_00: How are we kind of doubling down?
• 36:17
  SPEAKER_00: Not right now, I mean, yes, right now as well, because it's not like it's not as if autumn and winter comes around, and I wish it could be that way, but it's not like it's realistic for us to just drop everything and just hibernate until the next season.
• 36:30
  SPEAKER_00: So, yes, doubling down, but in a balanced manner, but more so doubling down in terms of planting seeds and planning in general and making moves for how you're gonna grow this thing.
• 36:50
  SPEAKER_00: Come the next time when the season is really there to support you in taking action and taking initiative and adding even more things on your plate.
• 36:59
  SPEAKER_00: So, what does this all mean?
• 37:00
  SPEAKER_00: The life that you've lived so far, and what are your next steps?
• 37:06
  SPEAKER_00: And continuing with that, I think that autumn is also a time to take stock of the resources that you really do have when things are stripped down to the bare bones, because that's what's happening.
• 37:21
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, especially if you live in the northeast, which is where I do, and you can see how this affects nature.
• 37:28
  SPEAKER_00: It gets colder, there's less sunlight, and so the trees are losing a lot of their leaves, they're gonna be stripped down, and what's really left is the root, the stuff that's like really, really grounded, and and and when people say, like, what are you about?
• 37:44
  SPEAKER_00: Who do you love?
• 37:46
  SPEAKER_00: Who are you?
• 37:47
  SPEAKER_00: Like to your core, and what what are your your resources when things get tough and they're not abundant, and you're harvesting, and you know that you won't have you won't be as productive as you were in the summer, and so things might scale down a little bit.
• 38:06
  SPEAKER_00: What are those resources that are sustaining you?
• 38:08
  SPEAKER_00: Is it your relationships that you've built or new relationships that you've built in this time or old relationships that you're doubling down on or intensifying?
• 38:19
  SPEAKER_00: Is it your job, maybe?
• 38:20
  SPEAKER_00: Like, do you have a steady job that's able to nurture you through the season?
• 38:25
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you're somebody who can work from home.
• 38:27
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you just have a really nice paying job in which you feel like that you can kind of burrow this autumn or this winter or not really worry about heating.
• 38:38
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, things are expensive in general, but I'm talking about like survival instinct, real things.
• 38:46
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, things may be difficult, but are you in danger of like starving tomorrow or freezing to death?
• 38:53
  SPEAKER_00: Because some people are, and so really, really taking stock of what are your real resources.
• 38:58
  SPEAKER_00: So maybe it's a steady job, maybe it's money right now, maybe you have a lot of savings that you can kind of rely on for snow season is coming, so for plowing, you never know, car problems down the line, snow tires, etc.
• 39:12
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe it's your house looking forward to spending a lot of time at home, maybe decorating, etc.
• 39:21
  SPEAKER_00: And maybe it's just your your health, just having good holistic health, taking care of yourself mentally, spiritually, physically, etc.
• 39:31
  SPEAKER_00: So really take stock of what what are the things that are truly meaningful to you, and when things kind of start crumbling in your life, what are those things that are holding you up, or who who are those people that are holding you up, and what are those things holding you up?
• 39:48
  SPEAKER_00: So, yeah, take stock of what you've initiated, what you've put your yang energy into this past season, what has shown its fruits, and like all of us, perhaps there are things that you really put energy behind, or maybe you didn't you didn't put as much energy as you wanted to, and so you're not seeing the fruits that you wanted to right now at the end of this, now that it's harvest season, and I know that I can be heartbreaking, and but as long as we're doing the work and we're taking stock of what we've worked on, what's come into fruition and what hasn't, and either way, this is still the time to kind of look at all these things squarely in the face, and maybe go over why those things didn't work, why they didn't come into fruition, maybe more energy needed to be put into them, maybe it was simply not for you, or what was meant to be, etc.
• 40:47
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe it just wasn't a good idea, maybe it's just not the time, and just kind of planning for that, like kind of diagnosing yourself, or like compartmentalizing things, like okay, we did that, and we're gonna expand that in the next couple of months, or maybe you met someone and kind of built a little relationship over this past season, and now you kind of want to intensify it, or maybe you broke up with someone, or something kind of fizzled out, or you were trying to get into this field and it didn't work, so I don't think it means let go of trying for those things unless, and obviously, everybody knows their own life better than anybody else, so you have to take stock of what's meant for you and what is not, but unless those things you can you can discern if you really really look at your life that those things really need to go, it doesn't mean let them go entirely, it just means kind of readjusting, and in instead of continuing to move like a bull hitting its head against a brick wall repeatedly, now is a perfect time to slow down and look at okay, I've been doing this for how many months, and perhaps it hasn't yielded the results that I wanted, and perhaps you still want to bring that thing into fruition.
• 42:15
  SPEAKER_00: Right now is the perfect time to ask.
• 42:17
  SPEAKER_00: What do we need to do?
• 42:18
  SPEAKER_00: How do we readjust?
• 42:20
  SPEAKER_00: How do we better position our energy to help you instead of swimming against the current of continuing to hit your head against that brick wall and just getting to a point, especially as the season gets harder and harder and we just get deeper into it?
• 42:37
  SPEAKER_00: Burning out, which is just horrible and just so I mean, horrible is so dramatic to say, but just so unpleasant and so inconvenient.
• 42:45
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, who really has time to burn out right now?
• 42:48
  SPEAKER_00: Ever?
• 42:49
  SPEAKER_00: It's just so tedious and so annoying.
• 42:52
  SPEAKER_00: So instead of doing that, take stock of what you've been doing and what has worked and what hasn't worked and how you need to move forward, etc.
• 43:02
  SPEAKER_00: I just think that with autumn, it's just something that I've always felt in the past, things just get a little bit more serious.
• 43:10
  SPEAKER_00: I think we we start to take life a little bit more serious and kind of take stock of who we really are inside, what makes us tick.
• 43:21
  SPEAKER_00: It's time to nurture your rich inner world, your yin world now that we're out of the yang seasons, and that's okay, that's okay to take life seriously.
• 43:33
  SPEAKER_00: Obviously, not always, and that's why I think spring and summer are the perfect time to be lighthearted and carefree and say yes to a lot of things and just be in that childlike energy, which is perfect for that because the season supports it, and so I feel like as autumn comes on, I think I can sense, I mean, even I myself sense it like I think people get nervous, or maybe they're dreading because they can just feel.
• 44:00
  SPEAKER_00: Things getting a little bit more serious and taking life more seriously because maybe some people are feeling a little bit more melancholy or just nostalgic because you're I think those are the feelings people tend to associate with drawing inward, as if it has to be this whole sad kind of depressing thing, which it really doesn't, but that's the side that it can kind of air on as you really really get deep, deep, deep into it.
• 44:26
  SPEAKER_00: But I think that this is also the perfect time to be balanced before taking major action, so not stopping action completely, which is something that I'm not able to do, and I think a lot of people aren't able to do, especially as a fire sign.
• 44:42
  SPEAKER_00: Like, I need to be out here striving, I need to be getting inspired and taking initiative no matter what time of year, because that's just how I tick, and that's also how a lot of other people tick, and that's what they need to do.
• 44:56
  SPEAKER_00: But instead of like this is advice for me as well for everyone and for myself, but moving forward in a balanced manner.
• 45:06
  SPEAKER_00: So instead of while in the summer and then the spring, I was kind of rushing headlong into obviously I wasn't being reckless, but I feel like I had more room or more grace to be reckless or say yes to a lot of things and just allow myself to be stretched thin because I had the energy for it.
• 45:25
  SPEAKER_00: The days are long, it's hot out, I want to be out and about, I want to be doing things, I want to be initiating things, etc.
• 45:32
  SPEAKER_00: Like going here and there and not really thinking about it.
• 45:36
  SPEAKER_00: But now I can just feel the breaks, like even if I want to keep going, I've noticed already in the past couple of weeks as the season is slowing down, like me wanting to keep the same energy of taking action here, taking action there, and I've noticed myself already starting to get a little burned out because while it was okay, I mean it's never okay for you to stretch yourself out too thin, like you're always going to burn out, but I think different seasons of your life were all able to do that at different points of our lives, and so I think autumn, I'm very sensitive to the seasons, and I know a lot of people are as well, and so I know that in autumn, like I yeah, I can continue doing that, but I'm gonna burn out faster.
• 46:22
  SPEAKER_00: Like last week, I had to remind myself, like, okay, girly, we're shifting into the season.
• 46:29
  SPEAKER_00: Like, you I already noticed the days getting shorter, like it's already dark right now, and I'm recording at eight o'clock in the afternoon, and usually by now, like even I tend to forget once spring and summer comes around.
• 46:42
  SPEAKER_00: 8 30.
• 46:44
  SPEAKER_00: Like that's when really like okay, like the the sun is really like it's it's it's dark out, but the sun isn't gone completely, and I remember that used to shock me because you forget about it because now it's already by like six o'clock, it's already really dark, like it would be like if it was eight o'clock in the summertime.
• 47:06
  SPEAKER_00: So I have less energy, and people are also feeling like it's a collective feeling, people are also drawing inward, so maybe while they could help you take action or have the same level of initiative as you, so maybe if you do, you have that energy right now, other people don't have it, and more often than not, you need people to kind of help you achieve your goals.
• 47:32
  SPEAKER_00: And so, if even if you're on that fast track road, a lot of other people probably aren't either.
• 47:39
  SPEAKER_00: So things are just slower.
• 47:41
  SPEAKER_00: I'm noticing myself more prone to being impatient because I want to keep going in the same mode that I've been for the past couple of months, but it's just it's not it's just not the season for it, and so again, if I'm having a hard time right now in the season, it's it only demonstrates my kind of my hang ups or maybe places where I need to grow in terms of adapting to change, and that's something that I take that I really really value my ability to go through change and to go with the flow of the motion of life because it's gonna happen anyways, and I've learned from the past that swimming against the current sometimes, sometimes it can be really rewarding, but more often than not, like nature and just your body, your intuition will really tell you what is meant for you and what is not.
• 48:35
  SPEAKER_00: So I was already burning myself out this past week because I was doing too much and I don't want to slow down, but come hell or high water, whether I want to slow down or not, I'm gonna have to.
• 48:46
  SPEAKER_00: It's either I do it willingly or I come crashing down in a major burnout.
• 48:51
  SPEAKER_00: And again, I don't who has the time for that?
• 48:54
  SPEAKER_00: No one.
• 48:55
  SPEAKER_00: So I don't want to do that.
• 48:57
  SPEAKER_00: So I'm gonna have to be more balanced before taking major actions.
• 49:01
  SPEAKER_00: So just weighing all of my options and all my tools and taking stock of all your options and all your tools, looking at best case, worst case scenario, what are the potential consequences of these actions that you're taking, the energy that is required, the resources that are that are required for that, whatever action that is, and do you have the ability to meet meet that, meet that demand?
• 49:27
  SPEAKER_00: And if you do, and you've what matters is not whether you're taking action or not.
• 49:34
  SPEAKER_00: What matters is just being balanced about it and really thinking things through before we just jump straight into action because it's time to slow down and think before we jump.
• 49:45
  SPEAKER_00: There's a time to jump before we think, but now it's time to think before we jump.
• 49:50
  SPEAKER_00: So continuing with the themes of autumn and just transitioning into the season and what we should or could be embodying.
• 49:59
  SPEAKER_00: I also noticed that with autumn that it's a time to finally become more aware of others, whether in larger society or just in local immediate your local immediate community.
• 50:12
  SPEAKER_00: So things like new jobs, new school year, new club, pay attention to just personal and collective society, and just really nurture your connection to that because I'm not sure why it is, you guys.
• 50:28
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, I didn't order the cosmos, I didn't order the flow of nature and the seasons and the cycle, etc.
• 50:35
  SPEAKER_00: It's just what happens, and we're we just study it and move according to it.
• 50:40
  SPEAKER_00: But for some reason, I've noticed that people draw more towards their communities, their immediate communities, as well as we become more socially enmeshed with one another in the autumn and winter seasons.
• 50:58
  SPEAKER_00: And I guess if I'm thinking about it from a logical evolutionary perspective, I can just think about when we were obviously without all the technology and development, etc.
• 51:10
  SPEAKER_00: Like people living in communities, especially like in areas where I am in the northeast, where there are seasons, and especially in the fall and winter, it's cold, and like things like the crops and and the weather and all of that.
• 51:24
  SPEAKER_00: I can just imagine it's a time, it's probably a time where people leaned on each other, where it was literally the time to kind of harvest all the crops and store them properly for the winter so that they could make it through the winter, and people are spending more time indoors, maybe somebody's crops didn't come in quite again.
• 51:48
  SPEAKER_00: I I'm not I don't like I'm a farmer or something like that, so I probably sound crazy right now.
• 51:55
  SPEAKER_00: But I can just imagine maybe your neighbor, a couple of farms down, didn't their crops this year didn't really do that well, and so out of your abundance of your harvest, perhaps you can help them in the autumn and also in the coming winter, etc.
• 52:12
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe different farms grew different crops, and so as they're harvesting, people are coming together.
• 52:18
  SPEAKER_00: It's like, okay, well, I got the rice, I got the wheat gathered, I got the potatoes, I got the vegetables, I got the fruits, etc.
• 52:27
  SPEAKER_00: I'm storing the meat, and we just all come together and help each other out because obviously humans are social creatures, and that's one of the big reasons why we've evolved to kind of dominate this planet as a species, is the nature of like our social cohesion towards one another, which is like it's so funny to say because in a lot of ways we also are not harmonized.
• 52:55
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, just look at the state of our world, and that's one of the reasons why we have such major problems, but also the other side of that is also why there's pros and cons to it.
• 53:07
  SPEAKER_00: Obviously, when it works, it's amazing, and when it doesn't, it's catastrophic for society, etc.
• 53:13
  SPEAKER_00: So, yeah, I've I've noticed that, and I guess maybe that's just stuck around in our DNA, and we haven't outgrown it in terms of evolution, and I don't think we should.
• 53:25
  SPEAKER_00: I think it's a beautiful thing, it's amazing.
• 53:29
  SPEAKER_00: I'm just thinking about it's like back to school season.
• 53:32
  SPEAKER_00: I know that in certain certain parts of the world and even in the country, kids go back to school way earlier.
• 53:38
  SPEAKER_00: Like I remember I heard this guy saying that his kid started school like the first week of August or something, which is so crazy to me.
• 53:44
  SPEAKER_00: But they also get out early, and he he lives in a in a state that's really hot for a a lot of a long time in the year, so they probably do that so that the kids are not in school when it's really starts getting hot like that, but even still, like for a lot of I would say a majority of the country, it's back to school season, which also changes our routines.
• 54:10
  SPEAKER_00: If you're a parent, etc.
• 54:12
  SPEAKER_00: Even if you're not a parent, I'm not a parent, I don't have kids, and I can still feel it in the air.
• 54:16
  SPEAKER_00: There's elections are starting, people are starting to host fairs, there's more um restaurants are getting busier, live venues are getting busier, etc.
• 54:26
  SPEAKER_00: If you work in the hospitality industry, you notice that there's just like a more of a buzz.
• 54:31
  SPEAKER_00: There's it's football season, different sports season, people are just leaning more in their communities, and I think it's a beautiful thing, and I think that's also a part of evolution because as you start drawing inward, perhaps you're feeling isolated and kind of melancholy, and feeling like it's the end of an era and an end of it's it's it's a death, right?
• 54:56
  SPEAKER_00: It's a change, it's shedding, and so that can be really intense and isolating and bring on a lot of anxiety, and obviously, we need each other.
• 55:06
  SPEAKER_00: There's no medicine in the world, like just good community to have around you and have your village, and so I think that's a beautiful thing, and I I really think that's something that we should be leaning into this season is just nurturing our communities, our connections, those people that are close to you.
• 55:27
  SPEAKER_00: Um, maybe even if you don't feel like it's people, maybe you don't really you don't really have a good community around you.
• 55:33
  SPEAKER_00: I would challenge you to find that where you are and to meet yourself where you are.
• 55:39
  SPEAKER_00: So I'm sure we can all open our eyes and look around us and notice maybe it's not it's not a lot, maybe it's just one person that you know like could be a good friend, or it doesn't have to be your best friend, but because we need that as humans, really, really like if if when it comes to holistic wellness, one of the big indicators of like longevity in terms of human life and the quality, good quality human life is the nature of our relationships and the quality of our relationships, which can be super annoying sometimes because I just want to be like a lone wolf and not rely on anybody, but that's only because I'm sure a lot of people relate to this, but you know, being jaded by society and just bad experiences in general.
• 56:23
  SPEAKER_00: But at the end of the day, we still need each other, really, really, and there's no medicine medicine like human touch and love and nurturing, connection, etc.
• 56:34
  SPEAKER_00: So I think that's a beautiful aspect to be embracing this autumn, it's just leaning into our communities.
• 56:41
  SPEAKER_00: But moving on from that, I wrote a lot here in my notes, you guys.
• 56:45
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know if you guys can hear me kind of flipping through it in the background.
• 56:50
  SPEAKER_00: But like I said, it's also a time to start winding down, and whether you want to or not, it just kind of happens.
• 56:58
  SPEAKER_00: A lot of people are looking inward and just preparing ourselves for deep rest.
• 57:07
  SPEAKER_00: So, what I mean by winding down and turning inward, so being aware of how much you're saying yes to things, and being vigilant of feeling pressured to go out and be out and about and just be animated and just be in the world doing things.
• 57:31
  SPEAKER_00: Like, no, the season is literally supporting us and nurturing us towards like if you even the animals, even nature's doing it, like nature's winding down and and turning inward and kind of going on vacation, like she's checking out, she'll be back in the spring.
• 57:50
  SPEAKER_00: Um, the animals are doing it, they're harvesting right now, they're gathering their nuts, the food, so that they can go into hibernation.
• 57:58
  SPEAKER_00: So we are very much so on this earth.
• 58:03
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, we are intellectual and spiritual beings, but at the end of the day, we're still humans with physical bodies that are in tune with our environment, and so it affects you.
• 58:15
  SPEAKER_00: Whether you notice it or not, it affects you, and so you're you're gonna be feeling more of a pull to go inward, maybe spend more time at home.
• 58:24
  SPEAKER_00: Listen to it, follow it, prepare yourself.
• 58:27
  SPEAKER_00: Don't feel guilty right now if you feel like you want to rest more or you don't want to say yes to so many plans.
• 58:36
  SPEAKER_00: Perhaps you want to spend more evenings at home, being cozy, watching a having a cozy evening, watching a movie, making some tea, a little snack, having your fireplace.
• 58:50
  SPEAKER_00: Well, I don't know if it's time for a fireplace yet, but maybe having like a candle burning, putting a movie on, whatever cozy activity that you can think of, all these things don't feel guilty if you're feeling more inclined towards those activities because you're just in tune, honestly, and just preparing yourself for deep rest and inner surveillance.
• 59:22
  SPEAKER_00: That sounds scary, right?
• 59:23
  SPEAKER_00: And it can be because this is a time to prepare ourselves to shed and let go of things that are falling away.
• 59:33
  SPEAKER_00: So a lot of people will probably be undergoing deep transformation right now, and just maybe not understanding like why so many things are intensifying right now.
• 59:43
  SPEAKER_00: Don't worry, babe, you're not alone, eh?
• 59:45
  SPEAKER_00: And it's just a season, it really is.
• 59:48
  SPEAKER_00: Life is feeling a little bit more serious, we're feeling more reflective, thinking about the meaning of life, what if we've what we've done with life this year, where it's taking us.
• 59:58
  SPEAKER_00: Are we satisfied?
• 1:00:00
  SPEAKER_00: Where do we want to go?
• 1:00:01
  SPEAKER_00: What's the meaning, etc.?
• 1:00:03
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you're undergoing a deep transformation, things are changing.
• 1:00:06
  SPEAKER_00: Perhaps you're noticing that things are starting to fall away.
• 1:00:10
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe a relationship is ending, or a friendship is ending, maybe a job you're losing, or just a chapter that you feel like is closing right now.
• 1:00:19
  SPEAKER_00: And I know those moments of transformation are so intense and can feel like they are threatening, right?
• 1:00:26
  SPEAKER_00: It's like a little death, but just know you are not alone, and this is the season for it.
• 1:00:32
  SPEAKER_00: And so letting go of those things and letting them fall away, and obviously, not just giving up on things, but if something is really fighting to leave your life right now, let it and obviously take stock of why it's happening, perhaps why it needs to happen, and allowing herselves to get better at going through change and going through transformation and not swimming up against the current when things are trying to fall away from your life, and it's all for the better because all the trees are shedding their leaves, and it's sad.
• 1:01:14
  SPEAKER_00: And of course, I'm reconciled.
• 1:01:17
  SPEAKER_00: It's it's made better by the fact that it they are really pretty, like the leaves they're shedding, but generally for me, it's kind of sad because I'm it really reminds me every day like, yeah, dang, we're it's not spring, it's not summer.
• 1:01:30
  SPEAKER_00: The leaves are dying, they're falling away, and we're just going into the depths of rest and transformation and hibernation, etc.
• 1:01:42
  SPEAKER_00: So it can be sad, but those leaves are literally falling away to because a it's just part of the cycle, they've lived their lives, they've come into fruition, and now it's time for them to rest, and they fall to the earth, and they're just making way for the new leaves to come in.
• 1:02:01
  SPEAKER_00: So all the things that are falling away in your life right now, and obviously allowing yourself to grieve them and be sad about it, perhaps if you're feeling that way naturally, but also realizing that this is happening because things are making room, God is making room in your life to usher new material that's coming in, and just planting seeds and and really those leaves are breaking down and they are feeding the roots of those trees, and obviously, the snow comes and those waters they water the roots, and then as the spring melts, all that water, it's like a beautiful cycle.
• 1:02:38
  SPEAKER_00: It really is beautiful.
• 1:02:40
  SPEAKER_00: I know it's so cheesy, it's so beautiful, but it's true, it really, really is true.
• 1:02:45
  SPEAKER_00: So, I know a lot of people are probably feeling like there's a lot of change happening right now, and they can just sense looming foreboding.
• 1:02:54
  SPEAKER_00: I know it can seem daunting, transformation that are happening in the shadows, maybe deepening relationships or relationships that are intensifying, and I think just in general, we should just be preparing ourselves to feel more aware or to be more aware of our subconscious and yeah, our subconscious and psychological motivations.
• 1:03:17
  SPEAKER_00: So I think I know for me personally, it gets kind of harder for me to ignore what's lurking in my subconscious and in my psychology because as I'm turning inward and kind of quieting myself down more and more, things are coming to the surface.
• 1:03:33
  SPEAKER_00: So I think a lot of people can feel that way, just being more aware of their subconscious, maybe things that you have to deal with, psychological motivations, deep things that perhaps you have to embrace or let go of or transform, etc.
• 1:03:48
  SPEAKER_00: So I know this is really heavy and kind of intense, and that's okay because things can't always just be lighthearted and fun, free, carefree.
• 1:03:56
  SPEAKER_00: Like it's important to be balanced.
• 1:03:59
  SPEAKER_00: And so, with that said, I want to move into kind of the more fun, balanced parts of transitioning into autumn or things that can help us shift our mind or ground us into that transition.
• 1:04:12
  SPEAKER_00: So things like recipes.
• 1:04:15
  SPEAKER_00: One of my favorite things to do is just like follow seasonal recipes, and so going to Pinterest and looking up autumn recipes, TikTok, Instagram, etc.
• 1:04:27
  SPEAKER_00: There's literally so many creators who live for the seasonal changes because it just means new material, right?
• 1:04:36
  SPEAKER_00: And they are just out here grinding and working and pumping out things like that, like recipes, etc.
• 1:04:42
  SPEAKER_00: So check those out.
• 1:04:44
  SPEAKER_00: I know that for me, I'm already saving.
• 1:04:46
  SPEAKER_00: Like for me, I love the autumn specifically, like the recipes because it's soup season, it's cozy, it's it's comfort meal season.
• 1:04:57
  SPEAKER_00: So soups, stews, chilies, etc.
• 1:05:01
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, sweet potatoes, I'm just thinking butternut squash soup, pumpkin soup, etc.
• 1:05:09
  SPEAKER_00: So looking up those red those autumn recipes wherever you'd like to kind of find inspiration.
• 1:05:15
  SPEAKER_00: Me, I personally I like Instagram and Pinterest, those are where I really find most of my recipes.
• 1:05:22
  SPEAKER_00: But I would I would really um I would really kind of lean into that.
• 1:05:29
  SPEAKER_00: Another thing, obviously, I've talked about is just your wardrobe, changing.
• 1:05:32
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, I don't think we really have a choice because it gets cold and you have to cover up, but just leaning into that and romanticizing it and investing in in clothing that makes you feel cozy and protected and safe, cozy sweaters that aren't just boring, maybe colorful sweaters to kind of incorporate that element of color to kind of influence.
• 1:06:00
  SPEAKER_00: Your mood, like even if it's getting darker and gloomier, it doesn't mean that you have to dress dark and gloomy.
• 1:06:06
  SPEAKER_00: But obviously, if that's what makes you feel cozy and like you're tapped into the autumn season, definitely do it.
• 1:06:12
  SPEAKER_00: So for me, I'm buying a lot of sweaters right now.
• 1:06:16
  SPEAKER_00: I love scarves and shawls, so I'm investing in that cozy socks, the boots, getting the cozy slippers as I'm walking around, especially as a girl like with circulation, and I'm just thinking about walking barefoot on cold floors.
• 1:06:31
  SPEAKER_00: Like, uh-uh, uh-uh, get you some cozy slippers or some cozy socks, etc.
• 1:06:38
  SPEAKER_00: Another part is like decor, and I know that a lot of people, I mean, there's so many businesses who like this is such a busy time for them right now because all of the fall decor, all the fall candles, etc., etc.
• 1:06:53
  SPEAKER_00: etc.
• 1:06:56
  SPEAKER_00: Um, so maybe buying like pumpkin themed pieces that you can put outside that you can put in your dining room table, fall candles, changing your curtains maybe to fall colors, buying oven mitts.
• 1:07:12
  SPEAKER_00: I know my mom like she loves to buy oven mitts, seasonal oven mitts that will have like maple leaves for the autumn, she'll have lemons on others for the wind, I mean for summer, etc.
• 1:07:24
  SPEAKER_00: So leaning into fall decor, and you can also get a lot of inspiration from Pinterest, which is just amazing, and just social media in general, but other things are like uh activities, so outdoor and personal activities, and what I mean by personal are just like maybe indoor activities, so maybe doing crafts inside, and I think specifically with the outdoor activities, especially right now as we're in autumn, I think it's so important because even for me, like I've I've experienced it like today.
• 1:08:01
  SPEAKER_00: I went for a run.
• 1:08:02
  SPEAKER_00: Um, and while I felt tempted to go to the gym to go for a run because it was like it's getting chilly already, and I was feeling kind of chilly, but it was sunny, and obviously the sunlight is waning and it's getting less and less, and obviously, we're it's only gonna get colder and colder.
• 1:08:20
  SPEAKER_00: So I just want to make sure I'm like maxing on the amount of sunlight I can get right now.
• 1:08:24
  SPEAKER_00: But with that said, I'm just saying with like outdoor activities, especially this season, like seeing the leaves changing like in real time, and also as I was on my run, like it's it's more windy now, like that's something that happens in the autumn and winter, just in general, it becomes more windy, but smelling the trees, dude, like the maple.
• 1:08:47
  SPEAKER_00: I don't even know.
• 1:08:48
  SPEAKER_00: I I don't know what trees they are, whether it's like um what are those called?
• 1:08:53
  SPEAKER_00: I'm asking you guys as if you can answer back right now.
• 1:08:56
  SPEAKER_00: But they're like the Christmas looking trees, they're called um pine trees.
• 1:09:00
  SPEAKER_00: Oh my goodness, you guys, getting the whiff of those trees that you never really got in the spring and in the summer, obviously, because like nature wasn't changing like this.
• 1:09:13
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know, guys, it just does something to me, it just makes me it makes me romanticize the season.
• 1:09:19
  SPEAKER_00: It's like ah, like it's so crisp out, these scents that you would never get, like they're only special and specific to autumn.
• 1:09:28
  SPEAKER_00: So this these are just all things that are helping me to romanticize the season, and therefore, I know that's true for me personally, it doesn't have to be true for everybody, but I know generally it can help people to kind of feel more connected or more excited for whatever they're engaging in, but just romanticizing certain aspects of their lives can really ground them into the thing that they're trying to get into.
• 1:09:55
  SPEAKER_00: So all these things have just been helping me to romanticize the season, so yeah, I think outdoor activities are really important, is yeah, they're really important for the season right now.
• 1:10:06
  SPEAKER_00: So maybe things like apple picking, going on hikes right now, looking at the foliage, etc.
• 1:10:13
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe going to farmers markets, going to fairs, etc.
• 1:10:17
  SPEAKER_00: Whatever outdoor activity or any activity, or maybe just going to the park or sitting on a bench outside and just kind of slowing down, maybe meditating while you're outside, looking at the trees, smelling the different um, the different types of trees and the different leaves, etc.
• 1:10:37
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I think all that really, really goes a long way, you guys.
• 1:10:42
  SPEAKER_00: But yeah, I was also talking about holistic health, so just like okay, one of the biggest things I think is especially when it comes to sleep right now, and just making sure that we're allowing ourselves to rest and not feeling guilty for having less energy right now.
• 1:11:07
  SPEAKER_00: Obviously, not letting it get out of balance and spiraling out of control where that affects your mental health.
• 1:11:13
  SPEAKER_00: But I think it's really important right now to make sure, and I'm speaking to myself too because I don't know why, but as spring and summer comes, I just turn into an insomniac because I just don't want to go to bed ever.
• 1:11:24
  SPEAKER_00: I don't want to go to sleep because I have so many ideas, so many activities, so many things I want to do.
• 1:11:28
  SPEAKER_00: You've been talking about it, like I already feel the chaos right now.
• 1:11:32
  SPEAKER_00: So as autumn comes around, it's always something that I have to work on to kind of regulate my sleeping because and making sure that I'm getting eight hours, eight to nine hours of sleep every night.
• 1:11:45
  SPEAKER_00: Because obviously, that affects like whatever time of the year it is, it affects your health.
• 1:11:52
  SPEAKER_00: But I feel like, especially right now, as I'm sure a lot of people know what it's like to get seasonal, the seasonal blues.
• 1:12:00
  SPEAKER_00: Some girls call it the winter uglies, etc.
• 1:12:03
  SPEAKER_00: Um, yeah, your sleep quality right now will be one of the biggest things that will affect your energy levels, which will already be impacted by the lessening of sunlight right now.
• 1:12:17
  SPEAKER_00: So even if you do all the things, you're already going to feel it because we're getting less sunshine and the daytime is is shorter.
• 1:12:25
  SPEAKER_00: So just setting up ourselves for success and not setting up ourselves to fail by chronically being sleep deprived, like it's just gonna bring on the winter uglies and the seasonal blues even faster.
• 1:12:40
  SPEAKER_00: So I'm talking to myself too, um, making sure that our sleep is regulated and that we're resting this season, as well as getting up with the sun to maximize productivity, and again, something that I am telling myself to do.
• 1:12:54
  SPEAKER_00: So this is to regulate our circadian rhythm.
• 1:12:58
  SPEAKER_00: Um, so as you guys may notice, that it's it's becoming obviously if you're if you do like daylight savings, etc., what depending on whatever part of the world that you're in, that might change in the coming months or in the coming weeks, but it is getting lighter earlier, like the sun is rising earlier, and it's just getting darker a lot faster.
• 1:13:25
  SPEAKER_00: So I am finding myself having to adjust my schedule, my daily schedule of just getting up with the sunshine so that I can maximize productivity because I've noticed like in the past, when obviously the season starts to change and it's getting darker out way faster, like I would schedule things later in the day, which in the summer would be fine.
• 1:13:46
  SPEAKER_00: Like I would schedule things at four o'clock or five o'clock to start an activity, but realistically, by the time you get to four or five, the sun is already kind of looking sleepy, and if probably already setting and getting super dark, and I I would find myself being unmotivated all the time to do what I was planning to do because that's just your circadian rhythm.
• 1:14:09
  SPEAKER_00: We're humans with physical bodies, and that's just how we've evolved to be to operate.
• 1:14:16
  SPEAKER_00: Our circadian rhythm is very real, so just making sure that we are getting up with the sun, so getting up when the sun is out and doing our activities earlier in the day, so that when it starts getting darker, you're not feeling unmotivated to kind of continue and go outside and get started because that can be like really demoral demoralizing, I think.
• 1:14:42
  SPEAKER_00: Honestly, like it would be so demoralizing.
• 1:14:44
  SPEAKER_00: It's like I have this thing to do, and it's already getting dark out, and I don't want to go, so I think that's really important right now.
• 1:14:53
  SPEAKER_00: But yeah, I already um I'm just looking at my notes, I already touched on not feeling guilty for saying no to more activities because if you if you're feeling like that, like you're saying more and more you're finding yourself saying no to activities, obviously, not shutting down completely.
• 1:15:10
  SPEAKER_00: The goal is to be balanced always, whatever season we're in.
• 1:15:13
  SPEAKER_00: But if you're finding yourself saying no more often to activities, don't feel guilty and don't let people make you feel guilty for that either, because it literally just means that you're in tune with the season, and probably they aren't, and they will probably struggle.
• 1:15:28
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, let me let me not stop talking crap.
• 1:15:32
  SPEAKER_00: But seriously, if somebody's trying to make you feel guilty right now for turning inward or saying no to certain activities because you want to spend more time inward, then they will have a rude awakening come when like winter really, really is here, and it's like, where do you think you're about to go?
• 1:15:55
  SPEAKER_00: There's like an impending snowstorm in two hours, like a blizzard.
• 1:16:00
  SPEAKER_00: So, no, you have to sit your butt at home and not be scared of not having anything to do or anywhere to go.
• 1:16:10
  SPEAKER_00: Like, if you if you're finding yourself, and I know everybody's obviously everybody's home life and home situations are different, so especially if you're someone right now who is feeling like home is not a safe space, like I am so sorry.
• 1:16:23
  SPEAKER_00: I know what it's like, I've experienced that in the past before, especially in the season, like you can feel so hard when you're just feeling naturally more inclined to turn inward and you're finding that home is not really a safe space.
• 1:16:35
  SPEAKER_00: I totally understand.
• 1:16:38
  SPEAKER_00: But if your home truly is a safe space and and you're finding that you're kind of dreading being at home because you're resistant to change and you have a hard time slowing down, then that's probably something to take a look at because it's important to be balanced and be able to flow through change because the seasons are normal, but yeah, it's really important right now to help our bodies.
• 1:17:06
  SPEAKER_00: There's only so much that we can do or control with the season.
• 1:17:13
  SPEAKER_00: We can't control how much sunlight we're getting, we can't control that the days are getting shorter, and so I think right now it's important to control the things we can control, like helping your body, so sleeping, making sure you're getting enough sleep every night.
• 1:17:27
  SPEAKER_00: And I'm talking to myself too, you guys, moving your body.
• 1:17:30
  SPEAKER_00: Something that I found really, really has helped me with my chronic seasonal blues and just the winter uglies is staying active and moving my body in ways that are satisfying to me, so not in ways that I torture myself.
• 1:17:46
  SPEAKER_00: Like if I hate going to the gym, if you hate going to the gym, don't go to the gym.
• 1:17:50
  SPEAKER_00: Find an activity that you love and that actually inspires you and motivates you to want to do that activity because I'm just thinking about just the regulation that'll bring to your body and the feel-good hormones, and that how that will in general just helps your mental health.
• 1:18:10
  SPEAKER_00: So, yeah, helping our bodies, eating well, making sure that we're really we're really watching our diets.
• 1:18:16
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, this should be something that we're doing always, but especially right now, getting sunshine where you can, maximizing on that, and also vitamin D for where you can't.
• 1:18:28
  SPEAKER_00: So I know that.
• 1:18:29
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, I think this should be a really interesting post.
• 1:18:32
  SPEAKER_00: Actually, there are certain foods that naturally have lots of vitamin D and certain things that we are deficient in.
• 1:18:41
  SPEAKER_00: Like I know mushrooms, for example, has a lot of vitamin D in it, and it's like the perfect season for mushrooms right now.
• 1:18:49
  SPEAKER_00: I'm just thinking of like a cream of mushroom soup, and yeah, maybe getting a vitamin D supplement.
• 1:18:56
  SPEAKER_00: Um, another thing that helps is like infrared saunas because that light, that infrared, is actually really therapeutic, and I'll have to do more research about it, but I think I've read or heard somewhere that it kind of mimics, obviously it's not the sun, right?
• 1:19:11
  SPEAKER_00: The sun is the best case scenario, but it mimics certain aspects of how the sun affects us, like the the how it's therapeutic for us and just helps our brain, etc.
• 1:19:22
  SPEAKER_00: I think infrared light I've read somewhere or heard somewhere that it it kind of leans into that.
• 1:19:29
  SPEAKER_00: So maybe infrared saunas if you have access to that, etc.
• 1:19:32
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe it's an infrared mask that you're doing more as you're having your cozy nights in because you said no to that plan, and so you're gonna stay in and have a cozy night autumn, or you're gonna have a cozy autumn night with your infrared mask.
• 1:19:47
  SPEAKER_00: See, see how we leave that in there, perfect.
• 1:19:51
  SPEAKER_00: But yeah, you guys, this is a time for change, so don't push against it because it's gonna happen whether you want to or not, and if we push against it, we're just gonna find ourselves being unproductive and burning out and just kind of feeling stunted.
• 1:20:06
  SPEAKER_00: So just go with it, lean into it, observe the changes because they are necessary and they're giving you valuable information and what is meant to be in your life and what is not.
• 1:20:18
  SPEAKER_00: So just cleanse right now.
• 1:20:20
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe it's cleaning out your your pictures, your photos, um, going through your followers list on social media and really weeding out who you need to be, who you want to be following or who you don't want to.
• 1:20:35
  SPEAKER_00: It's who knows?
• 1:20:38
  SPEAKER_00: Whatever needs to be cleansed in your life right now.
• 1:20:41
  SPEAKER_00: I think since this is the season of cleansing and shedding, just kind of taking initiative and leaning into that.
• 1:20:47
  SPEAKER_00: So right, I know that I have it on my bucket list to do just what I just told you guys.
• 1:20:52
  SPEAKER_00: Go through my Instagram follow list, clean house, go through my notes, clean house, go through my wardrobe, clean house, um, let go of the things that I don't really need, or I'm not finding myself reaching out for anymore, and keeping the things that I do, and all of that.
• 1:21:10
  SPEAKER_00: And biggest thing of all, stay grounded.
• 1:21:14
  SPEAKER_00: So, I think all of these things can really help us to stay grounded, like when we're focusing on our actual physical body, so being in touch with nature, going outside, taking stock of your surroundings, really like leaning into your senses.
• 1:21:31
  SPEAKER_00: So, what do you smell, what do you see, what are you hearing, what do you feel, etc.
• 1:21:37
  SPEAKER_00: Um, yeah, and staying grounded and taking care of your body, whether that's through movement, your diet, your sleep, etc., the people that are around you really protecting your peace and really turning inward and gearing up for all of the shadow work and psychological and subconscious motivations that are about to surface, etc.
• 1:21:58
  SPEAKER_00: It's time to nurture our inner life in our inner world.
• 1:22:03
  SPEAKER_00: And I love it.
• 1:22:04
  SPEAKER_00: I know it's intense and it's very serious and kind of foreboding, but I think it's a beautiful thing and super super rewarding and the true seeds that bring meaning into your life and the the roots that take shape in your life, which comes spring in with in summer.
• 1:22:23
  SPEAKER_00: I can't even speak right now, come spring and summer that you can really build upon and kind of hit the ground running.
• 1:22:29
  SPEAKER_00: So now's the time to do the real inner work, the the nurture the roots, the things that keep us standing when things are stripped down to the bare bones.
• 1:22:38
  SPEAKER_00: So yeah, again, I always say this.
• 1:22:43
  SPEAKER_00: I've officially arrived at the end of the salon because I feel like there's a lot of stuff that I did not say, and I feel like I haven't said everything I wanted to, so that's how I know I've arrived to the end of the salon and that it was a good yap session.
• 1:23:01
  SPEAKER_00: But truly, you guys, I really hope that this was helpful in terms of helping you guys to lean into the season and giving you suggestions on how you can stay grounded in the season and connect to it and not feel like the change is kind of taking over you without you really having any control.
• 1:23:22
  SPEAKER_00: We do have some control, we might not have total control, but we do have some control.
• 1:23:26
  SPEAKER_00: And since life is about balance, anyways, that's all we can do.
• 1:23:30
  SPEAKER_00: Control what we we can and release the rest that we can't.
• 1:23:35
  SPEAKER_00: So I truly, truly hope that this was helpful.
• 1:23:37
  SPEAKER_00: I hope that you guys are having a good transition.
• 1:23:40
  SPEAKER_00: Truly, I know that things may be getting intense right now, or maybe be maybe feeling melancholy, etc., and just kind of dreading the energy that's coming.
• 1:23:51
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you're more of a yang personality, and I totally understand that.
• 1:23:56
  SPEAKER_00: And the yin energy kind of scares you because of the unknown and the seriousness, etc.
• 1:24:01
  SPEAKER_00: But life is about being whole, and so now is the perfect time to balance and to hone in on the parts perhaps that you're not that strong in, or perhaps this is your season.
• 1:24:13
  SPEAKER_00: If this is also your season, the mode that you feel like you thrive best.
• 1:24:19
  SPEAKER_00: I love that for you.
• 1:24:20
  SPEAKER_00: Truly, truly, I love that for you.
• 1:24:22
  SPEAKER_00: I think I'm somewhere in the middle.
• 1:24:25
  SPEAKER_00: I think, yeah, I I really want to aim to be able to go through anything and just be able to be balanced through whatever season I'm in.
• 1:24:33
  SPEAKER_00: So I think I I I'll say, I'll claim it that I'm in the middle somewhere, and I I'll claim that for all of us that we're all balanced, but I hope you guys are having a good and amazing transition into this season.
• 1:24:46
  SPEAKER_00: I hope that you enjoyed this salon session, and until then, you guys, I have so much more that I want to yap about.
• 1:24:55
  SPEAKER_00: So I'll be back in another salon session, and I hope that you guys will join me in the next one.
• 1:25:00
  SPEAKER_00: I love you guys until next time.
• 1:25:03
  SPEAKER_00: Bye.
• 1:25:04
  SPEAKER_00: Happy autumn.