Seasons of Change: Let Nature Be Your Guide 🦋

Life, by its very nature, is uncertain. Yet within that uncertainty, we all experience key milestone moments that mark significant change; becoming parents for the first time, starting a new school or job, moving house, getting married or divorced, saying goodbye to loved ones.

And it’s not only our external world that shifts. Our bodies, too, move through powerful seasons of change; from childhood growth and puberty, through pregnancy, peri-menopause, and menopause, to recovery from illness or injury, and the natural process of aging.

Each time life changes course, you enter a transitional journey; one that can be beautifully supported by the wisdom found in nature’s own cycles.

This blog explores how the rhythms of the seasons via the Chinese 5 Elements model offer both a practical framework and a deeper sense of reassurance as you navigate change.

Think of the Seasons as metaphors for the phases of any transition. They may, or may not, reflect what’s unfolding outside your window, but they mirror the inner landscape of your life:

• Summer - when life feels in full bloom

• Late Summer - a time for grounding and enjoying the fruits of your labour

• Autumn - the gentle release and letting go

• Winter - a time of reflection, rest, and renewal

• Spring - the stirring of new beginnings

  
  

We’ve been taught that success means staying in ‘Summer’ all the time; always thriving, achieving, producing. But what if real growth happens when we honour every season, especially the quiet darkness of Winter?

I invite you to see change not as something to resist, but as an invitation to deepen, to listen, and to grow into your next Summer, wiser and more aligned than before. Below is the seasons of change spiral created by Carol McClelland Fields, PhD, BCC.

Seasons of Change - Let Nature and the Five Elements Be Your Guide 🍃

Do you have a sense of where you are on the Seasons of Change Spiral?

Each season and each Element brings its own rhythm, emotion, and energetic invitation. By tuning into nature’s cycles, we can understand our own cycles of change more deeply - physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

As you read, notice which Season and Element most resonates with your current state. Trust your inner knowing — it already understands the wisdom of the cycle you’re in.

🍁Autumn: The Metal Element

Theme: Letting go, reflection, and finding meaning

Emotion: Grief transforming into gratitude

Organs: Lungs and Large Intestine

You may be in Autumn (Metal) if you sense that something is shifting - an ending, a release, or a call to simplify. Perhaps you’re letting go of what no longer serves you, or waiting in uncertainty for something new to take form.

Focus your attention on:

• Acknowledging what is changing and allowing space for release

• Creating healthy boundaries and cultivating order

• Breathing deeply - exhaling the old, inhaling new possibilities

Avoid detours like:

• Denying what needs to be released

• Holding on to people, habits, or stories out of fear

• Trying to control what’s naturally falling away

In kinesiology terms, balancing the Metal element can help restore clarity, self-worth, and the ability to breathe through life’s transitions.

❄️Winter: The Water Element

Theme: Rest, reflection, and renewal

Emotion: Fear transforming into wisdom

Organs: Kidneys and Bladder

You may be in Winter (Water) if you feel tired, withdrawn, or craving stillness. It’s a time to rest, recharge, and reconnect to your inner wisdom - to trust that growth continues even beneath the surface.

Focus your attention on:

• Deep rest and nurturing your reserves

• Listening to your intuition and inner truth

• Allowing stillness to restore your strength

Avoid detours like:

• Forcing productivity when your body needs restoration

• Distracting yourself from fear rather than facing it

• Rushing ahead before your energy is ready

Balancing the Water element helps restore courage, trust, and the deep knowing that life will flow forward again.

🌱 Spring - The Wood Element

Theme: New growth, vision, and expansion

Emotion: Frustration transforming into creativity and flow

Organs: Liver and Gallbladder

You may be in Spring (Wood) if you feel the stirring of new ideas and energy — yet perhaps also impatience or resistance as you re-enter life with a new direction.

Focus your attention on:

• Clarifying your vision and setting gentle goals

• Moving your body to release stagnant energy

• Taking small, aligned steps forward

Avoid detours like:

• Holding yourself back out of fear of failure

• Becoming rigid or overly forceful

• Ignoring your inner guidance or timing

Balancing the Wood element supports flexibility, vision, and a renewed sense of purpose.

☀️ Summer — The Fire Element

Theme: Joy, connection, and full expression

Emotion: Over excitement transforming into balanced joy

Organs: Heart and Small Intestine

You may be in Summer (Fire) if you feel energised, creative, and ready to share your light - a time when relationships, projects, and ideas blossom fully.

Focus your attention on:

• Following your joy and staying heart-led

• Celebrating your growth and achievements

• Cultivating warm, authentic connections

  
  

Avoid detours like:

• Burning out by doing too much

• Losing focus in the excitement of new possibilities

• Over-giving without replenishing your own energy

Balancing the Fire element helps maintain inner harmony, healthy relationships, and the ability to shine without depletion.

🌾 Late Summer - The Earth Element

Theme: Nurturing, integration, and balance

Emotion: Worry transforming into trust

Organs: Stomach and Spleen

You may be in Late Summer (Earth) if you’re consolidating change and finding your centre after a time of movement. It’s a moment to nourish body and mind, and to ground yourself in what you’ve learned.

Focus your attention on:

• Nourishing your body with wholesome food and care

• Practising gratitude for how far you’ve come

• Creating balance between giving and receiving

  
  

Avoid detours like:

• Overthinking or worrying about what’s next

• Neglecting your own needs while caring for others

• Becoming stuck in indecision

  
  

Balancing the Earth element enhances stability, self-nurture, and emotional harmony - helping you digest both food and life’s experiences with ease.

🌿 Finding Flow with the Seasons and Elements

Whether you’re navigating change in your relationships, health, work, or sense of purpose, understanding your current Season and Element helps you bring compassion and rhythm back into your journey.

By aligning your body’s energy with the cycles of nature, kinesiology helps release blockages, calm the nervous system, and restore balance - allowing you to move through life’s transitions with more ease, insight, and vitality.

✨ If you’re ready to explore where you are in your personal cycle and support your body’s natural flow through change, book a Kinesiology session with me. Together, we’ll help you restore balance, energy, and trust in your inner rhythm.