In this short instructional video, the presenter (Speaker A) expands the Autumn Blues Course by using nature’s seasonal cycles as a metaphor for personal rhythm. She outlines four stages—spring (preparation), summer (growth and abundance), autumn (harvest and slowing down), and winter (restoration)—and shows how these map onto parts of the day (morning as spring, late morning‑mid‑afternoon as summer, late afternoon as autumn, night as winter). She warns that skipping or mis‑ordering any stage creates friction and stress, much like a washing‑machine cycle. The core activity asks viewers to identify three things they love doing only in autumn (e.g., decluttering, walking in nature, kicking leaves) and to consider planning seasonal activities for the whole year, encouraging a calendar of month‑by‑month seasonal joys. She invites viewers to email her their ideas, promising a playful, supportive tone.
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Hey there and welcome to day 2, and as you can see, we've come outside today because we're going to be continuing on our theme of biology. So I'm wondering, how have you been getting on listening to your inner Neanderthal? And what we're going to be talking about today is someone that's even older than Neanderthal. We're going to be talking about good old Mother Nature. She knows a thing or two. And what Mother Nature has done has created cycles. So if you think of a cycle, let's say washing machine, it wouldn't make sense if you rinsed before you washed or spun before you washed. There is a cycle and each stage of the cycle has a purpose, and that's true in nature too. We are in the 3rd stage of our cycles for The first one being spring. Purpose of spring is to sow seeds, to get ready, to get prepared. Then we hit summer. Summer is all about fast growth, abundance. Then autumn. Autumn is about harvesting, slowing down, gathering. And then we have winter. So winter is all about restoring, recuperating, rejuvenating, Ready to then spring forth again. And it works! She knows a thing or two, this Mother Nature lady. And actually, the same cycle also can be applied to a day. If you think nighttime is like the winter, it's about restoration, it's about recuperation, then the first 4 hours or so, 7 to 11, give or take, is about springing. It's getting ready, it's preparing for the day. Then our most productive time of day, our summers, are from late morning through to mid-afternoon. Then we hit autumn, time of slowing down, recuperating from the day, until we hit the winter again. So a bit like with a washing machine, if you don't do the cycles in the right order or you try and miss an element of the cycle, it doesn't work. And that's what we try and do. A bit like the same as with Neanderthal, you try and force push against nature and it creates friction, it creates stress. So we try and go straight from winter into summer to be really productive straight away, you miss out on spring, or you try and avoid autumn, you don't slow down, you don't harvest, or you don't sleep well enough, the winter isn't long enough to restore. So today's activity is all about working out what activities work best in this cycle and doing those. So, I have 3 things that I do in autumn. So, one of them is I declutter. It helps to kind of get rid of all the summer stuff, pack them away, get the winter stuff out, and chuck out anything that I haven't worn over the summer because obviously I don't need it. I also come and walk in nature, which I can't do in the summer because it's teeming with deer around here and my dogs go crazy. And this next one, I'm, you know, it's a secret between you and me. Can we keep a secret? I will quite often kick leaves. I allow my inner child to be unleashed and to play. So there are things that I do in this season that I can't do in the other seasons that makes the season work. So that's what I'd like you to do as your activity, to think of 3 things that you love doing at this time of year that you can only do at this time of year. Maybe you love Halloween, maybe you love fireworks, so throw yourself in 110% to really enjoy that because it not only gives you something to look forward to, it starts to boost that energy. It starts to address the drain that, that other friction that we had was causing. And if you want to extend this activity, Think about the whole year. What can you plan to do in winter that will make winter a bit better? What can you do in spring that you can look forward to? Have a whole calendar, and if I was to really challenge you, I'd say every month of the year, plan something that is seasonal to that year that you love doing, that's going to make you look forward to that season. So that's it for today. Think about those 3 things, and if you want to email me back and share them with me, I'd love to hear because maybe you can give me some ideas. And you know, if you want to go out and kick some leaves as well, I won't tell anyone. See you tomorrow. Have a wonderful day. Bye-bye for now.
