Spring has sprung, and I’ll tell you... it comes with a season of transformation. But before we really enter into the season of spring, there’s something important to consider: What seed beneath the soil is germinating for you? What’s quietly building underneath the surface? In springtime, the seed is preparing. It’s building energy. It’s building vitality. It’s getting ready to break through the soil. And before your breakthrough, I want to walk you through a simple three-part framework I use every springtime... a way to think about transition, growth, energy, and preparation as you move toward the fullness of summer. ### Nature Reveals What We Often Miss One of the reasons I love using nature as a lens for the human transformation process is because we’re not actually separate from nature. There’s wisdom embedded in the changing seasons. Whether it’s spring, summer, fall, or winter, every season carries its own consciousness, its own energetic invitation. There are transition points in nature... and there are transition points in us. Here in Canada, the snow is melting. And as the snow melts, something interesting happens. We start seeing everything that got left behind. The things we forgot to put away last fall. The things we avoided. The messes that were hidden underneath the snow. Sometimes even the smells of spring can be surprisingly putrid. Parks reveal what sat buried all winter long. Spring has a way of exposing things. And strangely enough, that exposure is part of the preparation for growth. ### The Three Energies of Spring When I look at springtime, I notice three major emotional and energetic themes constantly showing up: #### 1. Nostalgia There’s a natural remembering that happens in spring. “I’ve been here before.” “I remember this feeling.” “I’ve gone through this transition before.” There’s a familiarity to spring. A memory. A revisiting. #### 2. Hope & New Opportunity There’s also a natural sense of possibility. You may not be fully in motion yet, but you can feel something awakening. There’s hope. Excitement. Opportunity. Vitality beginning to rise again. You can sense new growth wanting to emerge. #### 3. Regret or Resentment And then there’s the third piece. The awareness of what didn’t get cleaned up. The things you carried too long. The habits, patterns, emotions, clutter, or circumstances that never fully got resolved. Spring exposes lingering energy. And part of us knows: “If I carry this into summer, it’s going to weigh me down.” ### The Triangle of Transformation I almost think of these three energies like a triangle: Nostalgia Regret Hope And right in the center of that triangle...... is your presence. Your energy. Your awareness. Your ability to consciously organize yourself within the season you’re entering.
