I’ve started a new ongoing series within the podcast and I’m excited! Observations & Fresh Perspectives is me living my life, as I do — observing deeply, contemplating quietly, and letting fresh perspectives arrive in the pause. Underneath my everyday living I’m questioning, getting curious, watching, and feeling into things. And then I share what lands. This isn’t teaching. It isn’t me trying to convince you of anything. It’s a playful, honest offering — something that may wake you, shake you, or simply plant something new. What you do with it is entirely yours, because at the end of the day, all I want for you is to you to trust you. I want you to listen to the wisdom within your own body, to feel the empowerment within. Whats true for you? Daylight Savings, Aura Rings The clocks changed. The collective groaned. I got curious. Drawing on my decade as a pediatric sleep consultant and my own deep personal journey, I reframe the darker, slower months as the most biologically and transformational potent time of year — the womb season, the gestation before creation. And why many of us cannot sit in it. Plus a candid take on Aura rings and what it really means to outsource your body wisdom to data. Timestamps * 00:00 — Introducing the series * 02:30 — Why sleep is the foundation of everything * 04:00 — The collective narrative around daylight savings * 07:00 — The dark is not the enemy * 10:00 — Melancholy as a birthplace of creation * 12:00 — What pregnancy taught me about trusting the dark * 16:00 — Practical sleep wisdom for this season * 19:00 — A polarizing take on daylight savings * 22:00 — Aura rings & outsourcing your body wisdom Journal Questions * These questions came directly from my reflections throughout the episode. Sit with them in the quiet of this season: * Where in my life am I resisting the desire to slow down and what am I afraid will happen if I actually do? * Have I disentangled my sense of worth from my productivity? What would it feel like to rest and still believe I am enough? * Can I love myself enough to sit in the unknown, to be in the dark without grasping for what’s being created? * When I wake up in the morning, do I check in with my body first or do I immediately reach for data, notifications, or external validation? * What is this season asking me to gestate? What might be growing in the dark of my life right now that I’m not yet meant to see? Human Design curious? Grab your free chart and 20 page download. Ready to explore this topic deeper, together? Sage In The Trees is the deepest healing in an hour you’ll receive all month. This is the place you come when your soul is asking for presence and conversation - yours and mine, sitting together. We’ll talk, share, listen - not to fix or solve, but to be held and hold space for what wants to emerge. Let your body exhale, drop your shoulders, share freely and find your rhythm again. A shared space for conversation that feels softer, slower, until you feel like yourself again. You’ll leave more relaxed in your body, clear in your way forward, solid in your truth. With love, Valerie This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit soulfulspaces.substack.com/subscribe
