The Autumn Equinox serves as a reminder of the natural cycles of life and an opportunity for self-care. By tending to our physical, mental, and spiritual well-being, we can better navigate the changes that come with this season. As we embrace the balance of day and night, we also strive to find balance within ourselves, fostering a deeper connection to nature and our inner selves. In doing so, we can move gracefully into autumn, ready to face the challenges and joys it brings.

As you’re familiarizing yourself with your inner child, it’s important to engage in a conversation and determine what pronoun they prefer. Doing so ensures your inner kid feels seen and heard. From there, a relationship can build. Why does this matter? Why would you want to befriend your inner child? Because each time something substantial or traumatic happens, there is a marker within wherein that very inner child was wounded and she, he, or they may have numbed a bit more and more each time just to stay alive in the family they grew up in or this world at large. Have you had a look recently? It’s a pretty wild one.

We spend so much time trying to fit ourselves into a warped, sociocultural reality that it’s no wonder we have such high levels of depression and anxiety. We are born into families that nonverbally require us to fit in and we are conditioned by them in order to do so. Then we go to schools that require