SEPTEMBER EQUINOX 2025

Assia Richardson
Sep 20
3 min read

Updated: Sep 24

Writing this from my balcony in Encino. I just got an outdoor rug so I'm sitting cozy on that with a cup of coffee. Nike perched behind me sleeping after our morning walk. The morning air is still cool as the Sun warms us up inch by inch. I am happy and at peace.

Last season I wrote about consistency in our actions and confidence in our beliefs. I shared ways to use the solstice energy to practice consistently showing up in your life, whether for yourself or for your friends, and to discover confidence in self-belief and self-rest . How was last season for you (feel free to share in comments)?

My summer was all about consistent self-work with an increased level of confidence in the outcomes:

consistent weekly acting classes → confidence building in my actor-skillset
consistent voiceover training → confidence building from voiceover training
consistent weekly CPT & EMDR Therapy → confidence building in managing future triggers
consistent weekly pilates & hot yoga → confidence maintaining in physical strength and discipline

Maybe take a moment to reflect - write down your own recap of last season.

Today marks the September Equinox!

Hello Fall for us in the North, and Hello Spring for those in the South. As we dive into this equinox, after practicing consistency and confidence, I offer us a new phrase: be a student of your own life

Today is the beginning of a transitional or preparatory season - meaning it transitions us from hot to cold or cold to hot, preparing us for the dormancy of Winter (Northern Hemisphere) or the activenss of Summer (Southern Hemisphere). So for the next 90 days Fall/Spring will be pushing to either gather our harvest so that we can be still and restful in the Winter months, or pushing us to plant our seeds so that we can activate and nourish in the Summer months.

By this point in the year, and if you've been reading these newsletters ;) we've released grip on resistance and started using resilience as a tool, we've practiced consistency which built habits, and discovered confidence which built belief. With loose grips, resilient tools, consistent habits, and confident beliefs, I see this as perfect time to start becoming a student of our own lives because we've done the work of creating our foundation all year!

Fall is a perfect time for this shift because it invites us to gather our harvest, gather our tools and habits and beliefs, and once gathered we become more open to deepening our practice - refining our skills, strengthening our crafts, and fully embodying the lessons this year has taught us.

And like Fall, Spring can also be a perfect time for this shift because it invites us to plant our tools and habits and beliefs, and once planted we can start nurturing our practices - watering our skills, pouring life into our goals, and fully embodying the lessons this year has taught us.

Being a student in your life could look like:

Honing a skill, if you're a writer make sure you write every day, if you work in finance pickup a book on financial literacy, if you're a basketball played deepen your IQ of the game, if you build homes make yourself familiar with current building codes.
Finding new interests, if you're a homebody tryout some new hobbies outside like pottery, if you're a plant-mommy try volunteering at an animal shelter, if you're a yogi try going to a rage room, if you like bar-hopping try bookstore hopping instead.
Setting goals for 2026, if you fell off track this year write about what happpened, if your budget worked examine if you want to stick to it or adjust for something new, if relationships fell apart acknowledge your patterns in choosing people, if you discovered something new about yourself honor you and explore.

This season I'm inviting you to be a student in your own life (with me). Be actively engaged in your own growth. Whereever you want to grow, study there. Whereever you've already grown, honor there. And wherever you feel lost or stuck, be curious there and phone a friend.

I will personally be studying my acting craft, honoring my patience growth, and curious in my filmmaking process.

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