Summer is a time of adaptation to accommodate garden tending (watering, weeding, pruning) and earlier daily walks due to the heat. These schedule changes can be a tricky shift within a full-time schedule—but summer beauty is always worth it! ☀️
Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help.
May Sarton
Women may be the one group that grows more radical with age.
Gloria Steinem
Last week was my personal deadline for several complicated decisions (beyond the necessary summer changes).
Choices were set into play, but this week is feeling jumbled as I implement changes and adjust to a new perspective, a beneficial focus (a practice) for my well-being.
There’s nothing you can do now to change what has already happened. If you spend time worrying about it, you’ll lose sight of the present and stumble into a cloudy future. You can’t go back and make a new start, but you can start right now and make a brand new ending.
James R. Sherman
The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.
Gloria Steinem
I feel myself entering (slipping and sliding?) into a new season—one that I knew about—and yet, its details are often met with reluctance. 🙄
There are adaptations I must make in order to accept what cannot be changed (along with the mourning for what cannot be); there is also goodness I must acknowledge.
For the June full moon, I am promising myself to press into the details of my life right now. To resist longingly looking back, or defaulting to past patterns.
- This is my time to fully live [my one life]—not anyone else’s, even for love. ❤️
- 💭 My thoughts must be given to what is MINE to experience—not worry about what I cannot change or miscellaneous what-ifs and 🌀 fears.
- 💢 I will focus on experiencing fullness (in spite of circumstances).
- 🧘🏻♀️ My body is my 🧭 compass: I will prioritize movement, 💤 rest and play! 🤸🏽🤸🏽🤸🏽
What is this season like for you, Braveheart?
- Do your dailies include elemental activities and tasks that feel like investments (renewing you with inspiration, energy and affirmation)?
- Compile lists, take stock of what you do/are within the hours of your dailies.
- Identify what is working and enriching—name what is missing.
Prompt: reflect + write for this full 🌕 moon:
- Set aside time and space for this ritual.
- When you begin, notice of your breath.
- (Close your eyes, if that is comfortable for you.)
- Ask yourself: What do I need right now? 💗
- Pause, giving your full attention to listening …
- Write down whatever comes to your mind.
- Resist filtering your words. 💗
- Then consider some teeny, tiny actionable steps to begin living more of what you need and desire.
- Compile an affirming statement to speak aloud as you set an intention to honor more of what you need (without apology or justification.)
- Revisit your notes throughout the phases of the moon (until the next full moon).
Attention is the beginning of everything.
Change and awareness are elements of a Divine ongoing process.
Thank you kindly for your presence here, Braveheart. 💗
I appreciate your interest and support.
~love & good wishes~
2025 Right Brain Planner theme is [Chapters 📖 The Magic of Your Story Unfolding]. I publish cyclical resources + quarterly guides with art and instructional content. ✨
Right Brain Planning Basics | Day One Guide | Guide 3 (available July 2025) | Guide 4
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