Not your typical love-and-light bullsh*t. Just my subtle (okayyyy, sometimes NOT-so-subtle 😘) way of calling you OUT & calling you BACK to yourself, all while reminding you you're not alone in any of this.
Can you trust what’s left when everything falls away?
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Reader, the trees are teaching again. Every October, they let go without hesitation, releasing everything they don’t need so they can survive the winter ahead. I’ve spent the last few years learning that same lesson the hard way. My version of “falling leaves” looked like outgrowing jobs, relationships, and identities I once thought defined me. It looked like setting down roles that felt heavy but familiar. And for a long time, it felt like loss. There’s something disorienting about watching everything you thought you were built on begin to fall away. But in that emptiness, I started to see what was real, what was mine to keep, and what was never meant for me in the first place. That’s the beauty of this season: when everything external falls away, what’s left is truth. Stillness STILL make me anxious. I am working on not filling silence with plans and projects AND learning to honor the slower rhythms. This is my nervous system’s version of a long exhale. So this week, I’m inviting you to join me in the pause. Step outside. Feel the air shift. Notice what’s being stripped away in your own life and how maybe, just maybe, it’s revealing something stronger underneath. When the leaves fall, the tree doesn’t apologize for being bare. It trusts its roots. Can you? |
Jess Leone
Not your typical love-and-light bullsh*t. Just my subtle (okayyyy, sometimes NOT-so-subtle 😘) way of calling you OUT & calling you BACK to yourself, all while reminding you you're not alone in any of this.
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