Unfolding: That Spring Buzzing 🐝

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Welcome to the first episode

of Unfolding a podcast.

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I'm so glad you're here.

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I am Erica Voell and I help women in

midlife stop overthinking clear old

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patterns and make confident decisions

they actually trust so that they can

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stop putting everyone else first,

finally honor their word to themselves

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and say no to what drains them.

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Today's episode is all about the

pace of spring and that urge to

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bloom before we've actually rooted,

and if you've been feeling wobbly

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or buzzy or like you're supposed to

be doing more, this one is for you.

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It is spring here in Kansas City.

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Definitely.

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And the tulips are up, the

trees are budding, the flowers

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are blooming, and the pollen is

flying everywhere through the air.

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We're all a little sniffly, but what we

all love about spring is what we can see,

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the color, the growth, the aliveness.

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But what we don't see is the part below

the surface, and that's just as important.

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The season isn't just about blooming,

it's about the young plants growing roots

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deeper as they push up through the soil.

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Every client session I have, I start

with a grounding meditation, and

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sometimes I go with an idea of what's

needed based on their energy that I

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tune into before the session and other

times something completely unexpected

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comes through once we get on the call,

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And lately, what keeps coming up again

and again is the need to root down

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and spring gets us so excited to grow.

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Bloom, build, do.

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But without those solid roots beneath

us, any kind of growth is really shaky.

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Think about those trees that

topple over in the strong winds.

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A tree with roots can't stand through

those strong winds, and honestly, some

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days lately feel like a windstorm,

both literally and figuratively.

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Also the astrology This year is so wild.

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Even if you don't follow it closely,

you've probably felt it like big

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energetic shifts, retrogrades, slow

moving planets entering new signs.

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For example, Pluto only changes

signs every couple of centuries, and

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we moved into a new sign recently.

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I had heard that 2025 could be a

major astrological year, but I really

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didn't know what it would feel like

until we're in it, especially now.

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'cause I mean, look, the news, the state

of the world is like shifting a break

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next speed some days, and it's a lot.

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And if you've been feeling unsteady,

buzzy or like your brain has 47 tabs

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open and none of them are loading.

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Pretty common right now.

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You're not alone.

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This is your reminder to come

back to what studies you.

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And the more established your roots are,

the more easily you can bend in the wind

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without breaking just like the trees do.

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I have been working with my own

coach and as we've been working, I'm

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feeling called to revisit some of the

teachings from my coaching program,

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especially the ones that are tied to the

seasons and the five element theories.

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I am also struggling with this shallow

roots and spring in the five element

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theory is the season of wood, but

it's also the season of planning.

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And I've come to realize I'm trying

to move forward and grow without

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stopping to make a plan and get

those roots established and surprise.

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Actually, it's no surprise my

nervous system has been fraying.

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So now I'm taking a step back and I'm

planning so that I can establish those

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roots so that then I can move forward.

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This is nothing new for me.

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People who know me know that I like

to plan, quote unquote plan, and yet I

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get a little planning done and then I

get so excited about the project that

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I just jump in and I move forward.

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And I figure things out as I go.

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I don't know how many times I've been

sewing and making a dress only to realize

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if I had read the directions, I would've

ripped out a whole lot fewer seams.

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My grandpa was an electrical

engineer and he would joke and say,

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you only need the directions when

things aren't coming out just right.

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And I know I've picked that up from him.

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I have also learned that I have to

start at the beginning with making

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IKEA furniture or else we'll end up

with a bookcase that is not a bookcase,

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it's something completely different.

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So what are some things that

you can do to ground yourself

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during this season of growth?

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You can sit in the grass.

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Lean against a tree

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Also turn off your phone.

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Getting away from a

screen is so important.

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Taking some deep, long breaths and plan

your week so that you know what to expect.

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And you're not just flailing around.

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We don't need to rush into the

blooming season that comes later.

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We really just need to build

the kind of roots that will hold

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us so that we can sway and bend

in the wind without breaking.

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I think about all these trees around

Kansas City, we get a really bad

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windstorm, and how many of them

topple over because they have not

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established those really strong roots.

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Thanks so much for listening

to my first episode today.

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If this episode resonated with you, I

would love to hear what landed with you.

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Feel free to send me a message or like

the podcast or share it with someone

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who needs a reminder that rooting

before they grow and they bloom.

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'cause you don't have to rush and

you don't have anything to prove.

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You're right where you're meant to be.

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Take care.

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I'll talk to you next time.