A Journey to Happy Happy

Autumn

A Journey to Happy Happy is your reminder that life doesn’t have to be perfect… for you to feel good. Hosted by Autumn—spiritual mentor, mom, and founder of Awaken With Autumn—this podcast is a space where real life meets real connection. Through storytelling, spirituality, and honest conversations, you’ll be guided back to presence, self-trust, and the kind of joy that exists in the middle of it all. “Happy Happy” isn’t about ignoring your emotions or pretending everything is perfect. It’s about being fully human… and still choosing joy when we come together. Each episode invites you to slow

  1. 6d ago

    🍂 The Root System Is the Fruit System

    What if the season where nothing seems to be growing is actually the season where everything is being built? Last week, we stood with the trees and witnessed the beauty of letting go. But this week, Spirit brought me a message that changed the way I look at everything that comes after the release. The root system is the fruit system. Beautiful soul, what if you aren't behind? What if you aren't starting over? What if everything you've been nurturing in the unseen is preparing to become something greater than you ever imagined? In this special 10:10 Portal episode of A Journey to Happy Happy, we're going beneath the surface to explore what it truly means to be rooted in your truth, your faith, your practices, and the people who remind you that you were never meant to do this alone. I'm also opening my heart about my own season of motherhood, the grief of losing pieces of the woman I once knew, and the beautiful realization that sometimes we aren't losing ourselves at all. We're simply growing roots in places we've never grown before. Inside this episode, we're exploring: ✨ The spiritual symbolism of the 10:10 portal and what it means to step into a new chapter. 🌳 Why the root system is the fruit system, and how what we nurture within ourselves shapes what grows around us. 🤍 The four roots: Truth, Practice, People, and Faith in the Unseen. 🌱 Why seasons of stillness aren't necessarily seasons of stagnation. 🦋 How motherhood, identity shifts, and life's transitions can lead us into deeper connection with ourselves. 💫 A guided root-reading meditation to help you recognize what you're truly rooted in. 🌸 Why your willingness to bloom might become the very seed that helps someone else grow. And here's something I hope you carry with you long after this episode ends: "You are not behind. You are not late. You are rooted. Something is being built in the dark that will feed people for years." Your blooming isn't just for you, beautiful soul. The world needs what your tree carries. So take a breath, open your heart, and come explore what happens after the release. Because the journey is the joy. And you deserve Happy Happy. 🤍 🌸 Awaken with Autumn — Readings, Heart Restoration & Coaching https://www.awakenwithautumn.com 🦋 What Finds You — Your Personal Signs & Synchronicities Journal https://whatfindsyou.app Discover the app and its optional Astrology Lens: https://www.awakenwithautumn.com/what-finds-you-app 📖 Embody Manifestation — Guided Workbook https://a.co/d/00hyxVSZ 🎙️ Subscribe to A Journey to Happy Happy https://www.youtube.com/@awakenwithautumn1 If this episode spoke to your soul, share it with someone who needs the reminder that their unseen growth still matters. Until next time, keep choosing joy in the middle of it all. The journey is the joy. 🤍 #1010Portal #SpiritualAwakening #DivineTiming #SpiritualGrowth #AwakenWithAutumn #AJourneyToHappyHappy #TrustTheProcess #Intuition #HealingJourney Continue your journey with me

  2. Oct 6

    🍂 The Trees Do Not Grieve Their Leaves | What October Is Asking You to Release

    October has a way of showing us what release can look like when we stop treating letting go like failure. The trees do not question whether they are losing too much. They do not compare their timing to the tree beside them. They do not apologize for the leaves that have finished serving their season. They simply let them fall. In this episode of A Journey to Happy Happy, we are talking about the quiet transformation that can be happening inside of you even when your outside world still looks the same. Because sometimes we convince ourselves that nothing is moving simply because the change has not become loud enough to see yet. But look closer. The boundary you finally held.The reaction you no longer have.The version of you that you have outgrown.The relationship you stopped forcing.The rest you finally allowed yourself to take.The belief you are beginning to release. Those are not small things. Those are the leaves on the ground. They are evidence that you have already become someone different. October reminds us that release is not the opposite of growth. Release is part of growth. What falls away does not always mean something went wrong. Sometimes it means that season simply completed what it came here to do. And maybe the thing you are grieving, questioning, or trying so desperately to hold onto was never the tree. Maybe you were always the tree. In this episode, we talk about: 🍂 Why October can become a powerful invitation into release🍂 The transformations happening that your mind may be calling “nothing”🍂 Why slow change can be almost impossible to recognize while you are living inside of it🍂 The difference between witnessing your growth and performing your growth🍂 The identities, relationships, beliefs, and patterns we sometimes keep long after their season has ended🍂 How to begin keeping “receipts” of your becoming🍂 Why you are allowed to be mid miracle and mid mourning at the same time And I am leaving you with a simple invitation for this month: Name one leaf you are ready to stop carrying. Then write down three pieces of proof that show you are already becoming someone new. Because transformation does not always arrive with fireworks. Sometimes it simply changes the temperature of the room. Sometimes it looks like leaves on the ground. And sometimes the greatest evidence that your life is changing is realizing that you are no longer the person who walked into this season. You are not stuck. You are becoming. And like every October before this one, the proof is falling all around you. 🍂✨ Pasted text “What falls away was never the tree. And you, love, have always been the tree.” Pasted text ✨ Awaken with AutumnSessions, coaching, offerings + everything happening in my world:https://www.awakenwithautumn.com 🔮 What Finds YouYour private space to document signs, synchronicities, intuitive moments + the breadcrumbs finding you:https://whatfindsyou.app 📖 What Finds You — The Bookhttps://amzn.to/4x51vPU 📚 Embody Manifestation Workbookhttps://a.co/d/0j6p2MS 🌈 Awaken Within — A 49 Day Chakra Journeyhttps://a.co/d/03PoLHvP 🤍 Interested in Private Coaching + Mentorship?Apply here:https://form.jotform.com/262526217797063 ✨ Book a Discovery Callhttps://calendly.com/awakenwithautumn/discovery-call Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/033KgNdKFjUnrQJmGUP2e0?si=bdc47f796c394eb0 Apple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-journey-to-happy-happy/id6788375450 YouTubehttps://youtube.com/@awakenwithautumn1 💌 Contact: autumn@awakenwithautumn.com If this episode found you in the exact season you needed it, send it to somebody who may need permission to loosen their grip too. The journey is the joy.Happy Happy. 🤍 🤍 COME DEEPER INTO MY WORLD🎙️ LISTEN + WATCH A JOURNEY TO HAPPY HAPPY

  3. Sep 29

    You Are Not Lost. You’re in the Threshold | An Equinox Message for Your In-Between Season

    Have you been feeling somewhere between who you were and who you’re becoming? You may not be lost. You may be standing in a threshold season. After a full circle of Equinox Threshold readings, one message kept coming through: we are releasing the version of ourselves that learned how to survive, and learning how to actually live. In this episode, I’m sharing what it can look like to trust the wisdom you’ve gained, stop carrying what was never yours to hold, tell yourself the truth with compassion, and let good things be good. We’ll talk about why an ending doesn’t automatically mean you failed, how small grounded choices can shape a new chapter, and how the words you repeat can influence what you notice and give your attention to. I’ll also share a gentle practice for the in-between: What are you ready to stop carrying? What truth are you ready to name? What is one honest next step? If you’ve been tired, questioning what used to fit, or waiting to feel completely ready before moving forward, let this be a reminder: you are not starting from nothing. You’re bringing everything you’ve learned with you. You are not lost. You’re standing at the threshold of a life that asks you to trust yourself more deeply—and make room for more joy, support, truth, and peace. Connect with Autumn: Explore coachingExplore What Finds YouVisit the websiteOpen the What Finds You app

    You Are Not Lost. You’re in the Threshold | An Equinox Message for Your In-Between Season
  4. Sep 22

    The Energy of Performing Is Retiring | Playfulness, Acceptance & Abundance

    Why do we shrink ourselves to fit rooms we've already outgrown? In this episode, we're retiring the energy of performing — and remembering that playfulness is the frequency of abundance. I'm talking about what abundance really is (it's bigger than money), why fear always wants the guarantee before you're allowed to be excited, how resentment is actually information, and the one practice that will show you exactly where you're still auditioning for belonging. This one is an invitation to stop making your life an audition — and to let joy be part of your purpose, not a distraction from it.What would playful me do right now? Wear the thing.Create the idea.Dance in the kitchen.Celebrate the first step.Let yourself get excited before you know how everything is going to work. The energy of performing is retiring.The energy of proving is retiring.The energy of abandoning yourself to belong is retiring. You don't need permission to be happy. The journey is the joy.And you deserve Happy Happy. 🤍 ~Your private space to document signs, synchronicities, personal meaning, patterns, reflections—and now explore your Astrology Lens with Sage. Start here:https://whatfindsyou.app ~Learn more about What Finds You:https://www.awakenwithautumn.com/what-finds-you-app ~A 7-Phase Guided Workbook to Release Limiting Beliefs, Align Your Energy, and Activate Your Highest Timeline. Get your copy:https://a.co/d/00hyxVSZ ~Explore your energy, reflection, healing, and self-connection through the chakra system. Get your copy:https://a.co/d/03PoLHvP ~Explore private sessions and ways to work with me: https://www.awakenwithautumn.com/book-online For deeper personalized support, intuitive guidance, self-trust, healing, and creating a life that actually feels like yours: https://www.awakenwithautumn.com If this episode found you at exactly the right time, send it to someone who needs permission to stop performing and start living. The journey is the joy. Happy Happy. 🤍

  5. Sep 15

    What If Hope Changes Everything? | How Perspective Can Change Your Life

    What if your life could begin to change… before your circumstances changed at all? This week, my family lost an incredible earth angel — a woman who faced battle after battle and still found reasons to be grateful, hopeful, excited, and deeply alive. And losing someone who lived that way changes the way you look at your own life. In this episode of A Journey to Happy Happy, we’re going deeper into hope, perspective, grief, duality, and the way one simple question can completely shift the way you experience your life: “Okay… but what if?” What if it works? What if this isn’t the end? What if the thing falling apart is actually redirecting you? What if you haven’t met the happiest version of yourself yet? What if there are people you haven’t met, places you haven’t stood, opportunities you haven’t received, and memories waiting for you that don’t even exist yet? Because hope isn’t pretending everything is okay. Hope is being able to stand inside uncertainty and say: “I don’t know what happens next… but I’m willing to believe something beautiful is still possible.” We talk about the duality of being human — how grief and gratitude can exist at the same time, how moving forward doesn’t mean forgetting, and why joy after loss does not dishonor the people we love. Sometimes the people we lose don’t only leave holes in our lives. Sometimes they leave instructions. Love harder.Say it now.Take the picture.Make the call.Stop waiting.Get excited again.Notice your life while you are actually living it. And maybe that childlike wonder we feel around Christmas, birthdays, surprises, signs, traditions, and little moments of magic was never something we were supposed to grow out of. Maybe we were supposed to carry it with us. So if you’re grieving, feeling defeated, questioning your path, or simply wondering what comes next… this episode is for you. You don’t need certainty today. You don’t even need proof. Sometimes you just need enough hope to ask: “But what if something beautiful is still possible?” And if you can’t find that hope today… borrow some of mine. 🤍 Your story is still being written. There are still blank pages. There are still memories waiting for you. And maybe your happiest day hasn’t even happened yet. ✨ Stay curious. Stay hopeful. Notice your life while you’re living it. And always remember: The journey is the joy. 🌙 Awaken With Autumnhttps://awakenwithautumn.com ✨ What Finds You — Signs, Synchronicities + Connectionhttps://whatfindsyou.app 🎙️ A Journey to Happy Happy on YouTubehttps://youtube.com/@awakenwithautumn1 Inside Awaken With Autumn, you can also explore my Heart Restoration Sessions, private coaching + mentorship, What Finds You, and the Embody Manifestation workbook. Connect With Me

  6. Sep 8

    Was That a Sign? Signs, Synchronicities & Self-Trust | With Autumn Grimes & Norma Q.

    What if the signs showing up around you were never random? The repeating numbers. The animals. The songs that play at exactly the right moment. The dreams. The feathers. The strange coincidences that make you stop and think… “Okay, Universe… was that for me?” In this special interview, Norma Q. sits down with Autumn Grimes, spiritual mentor, intuitive guide, founder of Awaken with Autumn, creator of What Finds You, and host of A Journey to Happy Happy, for a conversation about signs, synchronicities, intuition, self-trust, and the spiritual breadcrumbs that can quietly guide us through our lives. Autumn shares the unexpected story of how What Finds You was born—including the intuitive nudge that stopped her from creating the course she originally planned, a trip to Florida, an unforgettable encounter with a shark, and the realization that what she was building needed to become something completely different. At the heart of this conversation is one powerful idea: Your signs are personal. A cardinal, feather, number, dream, song, or synchronicity does not have to mean the exact same thing for you that it means for somebody else. The deeper work is learning to notice what was happening inside of you when the sign appeared. What were you thinking? What were you feeling? What had you just asked for? What was happening in your body? What story were you telling yourself? That is where your own spiritual language begins to reveal itself. Inside this episode, Autumn and Norma explore the FOUND Method, documenting signs as evidence, recognizing patterns, strengthening intuition through self-trust, asking the Universe for signs, reflecting on what you receive, and allowing spirituality to become something you experience through your mind, body, and soul—not simply something you intellectually understand. You’ll also hear about Sage, the reflection companion inside What Finds You, which was created not to tell you what your signs mean, but to ask questions that help bring you deeper into your own inner knowing. Because the goal was never to make you dependent on another person, teacher, reading, book, or app to understand your intuition. The goal is to eventually trust yourself. Maybe your soul already knows. Sometimes your mind simply needs the evidence. And maybe the thing you almost dismissed as a coincidence… really was a sign. ✨ Document your signs, synchronicities, emotions, reflections and patterns while strengthening your own intuitive language: https://whatfindsyou.app Learn more about What Finds You: https://www.awakenwithautumn.com/what-finds-you-app The philosophy behind the FOUND Method and the perfect place to begin if you want to understand the deeper meaning behind documenting signs and discovering your own universal language: https://amzn.to/4x51vPU My 7-phase guided workbook created to help you identify limiting beliefs, shift your perspective, align your energy, and begin embodying the version of you who is ready for what comes next: https://a.co/d/00hyxVSZ Explore readings, Heart Restoration, coaching, spiritual mentorship and more: https://www.awakenwithautumn.com I’m deeply honored to have been named one of the Top 8 Best Psychics in Chicago: https://bestchi.club/psychic/ If this conversation found you at exactly the right moment… maybe that’s your first piece of evidence. 🤍 Notice what finds you. Document it. Get curious. Trust yourself. The journey is the joy. Happy Happy. 🤍

  7. Sep 1

    The Breakthrough Was Built in the Quiet: Discipline, Presence & Becoming Seen

    What if the life you’ve been praying for is already being built through the way you’re showing up right now? In this episode of A Journey to Happy Happy, I’m celebrating something that still feels completely surreal: Awaken with Autumn was named one of the Top 8 Best Psychics in Chicago for 2026. 🥹✨ BestCHI currently lists Awaken with Autumn at #7 on its Top 8 ranking.  But this episode isn’t really about an award. It’s about everything that happened before anyone was watching. The readings I showed up for while still questioning myself.The moments I chose my calling even when I was afraid.The dreams I continued building before there was visible proof they were working.The tiny promises I kept to myself when nobody was applauding. Because people see the recognition. Spirit showed me the repetition. In this episode, we’re talking about the relationship between discipline, presence, and devotion—and why I believe discipline has been deeply misunderstood. True discipline isn’t punishment.It isn’t working yourself into exhaustion.It isn’t proving how badly you want something. Discipline is self-devotion. It’s remembering what you said mattered after the temporary emotion passes. And presence is what allows us to actually experience the life our devotion is creating. We talk about: ✨ Why your gift can be divinely given while still requiring your participation✨ Showing up even when fear and self-doubt are still present✨ Why motivation alone cannot carry your purpose✨ The difference between discipline and self-abandonment✨ Why discipline without presence becomes pressure✨ Why presence without action can remain beautiful intention✨ Receiving recognition without making recognition the source of your worth✨ Why invisible progress is still progress✨ My three-part Devotion to the Now practice: Arrive. Choose. Receive.✨ How signs and synchronicities can bring us back into the life already unfolding around us If you are creating something right now that still feels invisible—a business, a dream, a new version of yourself, a healing journey, a book, a calling, or a deeper relationship with your intuition—I want this episode to remind you: Do not confuse invisible progress with no progress. Roots grow in darkness before the world ever sees the bloom. Sometimes what eventually looks like one giant breakthrough is really a thousand quiet choices finally becoming visible. You don’t have to force your entire future into existence today. You only have to meet this moment with enough presence to hear what is asking something of you—and enough discipline to answer. The present is the gift.Discipline is how we honor it.Devotion is how we become available for it. 🤍 The journey is the joy. You deserve Happy Happy. 🏆 See the Top 8 Best Psychics in Chicago recognition:View the BestCHI Top 8 ranking ✨ What Finds You — Your Signs & Synchronicities Apphttps://whatfindsyou.appDocument the signs, synchronicities, emotions, and meaningful moments finding you—and begin recognizing the unique language through which life speaks to you. 🤍 Awaken with Autumnhttps://awakenwithautumn.comExplore readings, mediumship, healing, coaching, and ways to work with me. 📖 EMBODY ManifestationMy 7-phase guided workbook created to help you release limiting beliefs, align your energy, and begin embodying the version of you capable of holding the life you desire. https://a.co/d/064vYsek ✨ All of my current links in one place:Awaken with Autumn Linktree 🎙️ A Journey to Happy HappyFollow the podcast so you never miss a new episode—and if this episode found you at exactly the right moment, send it to someone whose breakthrough may still be growing in the quiet. 🤍 Remember:People may see the breakthrough. They rarely see the repetition that built it. The journey is the joy. ✨ ✨ CONNECT WITH ME + EXPLORE MY WORK

  8. Aug 25

    People Are Portals: The Energy You Leave Behind Matters

    What if every person you meet is a doorway—and your presence is one too? In this episode of A Journey to Happy Happy, we’re talking about the energy we carry, the imprint we leave on others, and the incredible transformation that can happen when we choose to lead with love. Some people open us into fear, doubt, and contraction. Others make our nervous system soften, remind us what is possible, and somehow help us remember pieces of ourselves we had forgotten. And whether we realize it or not, we have the ability to be that kind of presence for someone else. We’ll explore what it really means to become a portal for love without abandoning your boundaries, pretending to be positive, or believing you need to heal everyone around you. This is about awareness. Presence. Responsibility for the energy we bring into our relationships—and recognizing when our own wounds may be speaking louder than our truth. You’ll also hear a simple practice to begin asking: What am I carrying into this moment?What do I want my presence to open here?And what energy am I leaving behind? Because the goal isn’t perfection. The goal is presence. We’ll also explore how the people, emotions, interactions, and patterns that find us can become part of our own intuitive language—and how noticing what expands us, contracts us, or continuously repeats can strengthen our connection to ourselves. Your presence matters.Your energy matters.Your love matters. And you may never fully know how one moment of kindness, safety, honesty, compassion, or simply being there changes someone else’s journey. People are portals. And so are you. 🔮 What Finds You — Your Personal Sign & Synchronicity JournalDocument the signs that find you, notice the patterns, strengthen your intuition, and begin discovering the unique language the Universe uses to communicate with you.https://whatfindsyou.app 📖 Embody Manifestation — by Autumn GrimesA guided journey to release limiting beliefs, align your energy, and begin embodying the version of you who is ready to receive what you’ve been calling in.Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Embody+Manifestation+Autumn+Grimes 🤍 Awaken with AutumnExplore sessions, coaching, spiritual resources, offerings, and more.https://www.awakenwithautumn.com ✨ The journey is the joy. Happy, happy. ✨ CONNECT + EXPLORE

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A Journey to Happy Happy is your reminder that life doesn’t have to be perfect… for you to feel good. Hosted by Autumn—spiritual mentor, mom, and founder of Awaken With Autumn—this podcast is a space where real life meets real connection. Through storytelling, spirituality, and honest conversations, you’ll be guided back to presence, self-trust, and the kind of joy that exists in the middle of it all. “Happy Happy” isn’t about ignoring your emotions or pretending everything is perfect. It’s about being fully human… and still choosing joy when we come together. Each episode invites you to slow

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