Seasons of Change : Using Nature's Wisdom to Grow Through Life's Inevitable Ups and Downs

The seasons of the year are used as the framework for a thoughtful and well-grounded book on handling life transitions. McClelland explores the purpose of every season, and helps readers assess what season or stage of development they are currently dwelling in. From there, she shows how nature's seasons can be used to initiate oneself into the next level of spiritual and personal development. For example, McClelland writes that the signs of autumn are getting news of a change, feeling your feelings, waiting, and worrying. The tasks of autumn are, therefore, acknowledge change, get support, create your own refuge, review your options. Whereas spring signs are bursting with energy, experiencing spring storms, struggling with reentry. Spring tasks include trusting your own timing, birthing the year, stretching and growing, coming of age. --Gail Hudson