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Growth unfolds in seasons that require patience, rest, and intentional release.

Comparing timelines ignores the unique season each person is meant to inhabit.

Transitions often bring both grief and excitement, signaling meaningful evolution.

Letting go creates space for deeper alignment and long-term purpose.

The transition from spring to summer reminds us, sometimes without asking, that new things are possible. The light comes back after long winter nights. The world gets louder with possibility. “Outside” gets new meaning. There's less permission to stay hidden and more invitation to grow.

My grandma used to always say, “There’s a time and place for everything”: a time to plant, a time to grow, a time to prune, a time to let go. I’ve come back to this reminder lately because it feels like my life, and maybe yours, is moving through one of those sacred in-between seasons. Not buried in the still of winter, and not shedding in the falling apart that autumn can bring, but in the transition seasons where soil is watered, where one thing is completing, and something new is still budding.

If you've been here with me for a while, you may have noticed I went quiet in the winter.

A Word About the Silence

I stopped posting because I stepped into the role of Senior Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the American Psychological Association (APA). It came with Conflict of Interest restrictions that I honored fully, because the work deserved my complete integrity and attention.

That chapter has now ended, and while I’m still making meaning of it, the mission hasn't changed, and the work isn't finished. And like the seasons changing from spring to summer, this transition is less of an ending and more of an ellipsis.

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As I was thinking........

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