Reclaiming September: Self-Compassion as the Fresh Start You Actually Need (Ep 48)
In this episode of Dreamed It Then Real Lifed It, host Kelly Jackson explores the emotional transition from summer to fall, emphasizing the pressure and promise September brings. Recognizing September as Self-Improvement and National Self-Care Awareness month, Kelly encourages listeners to reclaim it as a fresh start rooted in self-compassion rather than productivity pressure. The episode underscores the importance of creating compassionate rituals, addressing emotional fallouts, and finding joy in micro moments. Kelly also introduces the concept of a Self-Love September calendar to help listeners navigate the season with ease and alignment. Tune in for practical tips on easing into new routines, embracing self-compassion, and sustaining joy under pressure.
From the Episode:
- " So what if we reframe September, not as another deadline, but as this temple for self-care and reflection?"
- "We don't need more productivity hacks. We need internal reset rituals, ones that are fueled by self-love and not self pressure."
- "Self-compassion isn't just soft. It's smart."
- "Self-compassion is your internal reset button and it rewires how you show up, how you pace, how you trust yourself, and not by changing your plans, but how you hold yourself while you're living them."
- " Play. Play is medicine. When overwhelm hits, allow delight — not as procrastination, but as nourishment — and maybe novelty is what is going to turn your joy on again."
- " ...self-compassion is not denial. It is reclamation."
- " And look, a calendar isn't an obligation. It's an ally. You gotta look at it that way."
- " Joy doesn't live in someday. It lives in the micro moments of right now."
- "You don't have to fake joy. You can borrow it from the self who already knows that you made it through."
- " You don't have to armor up and grind your way through every season of life. You can choose to meet pressure with softness, and you can choose to meet it with presence, and you can choose to meet it with joy, and maybe that feels radical."
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