The Inner Harvest: What Are You Gathering This Season?
“To everything (turn, turn, turn), there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.”
Autumn invites us to remember that truth. There is a time to grow, a time to flourish, and a time to gather the fruits of what we’ve sown. As the fields turn golden and the air cools, we’re called to pause and ask ourselves: What am I harvesting from within?
This season of harvest isn’t just about crops or abundance — it’s about reflection. It’s a moment to look back at the seeds we planted; our efforts, dreams, and lessons, and recognize how they’ve taken shape in our lives.
The Meaning of an Inner Harvest
Poets and philosophers have long used harvest as a metaphor for gratitude and awareness. Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “Each moment of the year has its own beauty.”
And just as farmers gather what has grown, we too can gather the quiet growth within us; the resilience built through challenge, the clarity found in stillness, and the wisdom earned through experience.
Think of women like Maya Angelou or Jane Goodall; women who tended their inner fields with patience and purpose. Their harvests were not about achievement alone, but about recognizing the deeper evolution that happens beneath the surface.
As this season shifts, consider what you’ve been cultivating - personally, emotionally, and spiritually. What has come to fruition in your life this year?
Nurturing Your Own Harvest
The beauty of this season lies in the balance between abundance and release. It’s a time to celebrate growth while also clearing what’s no longer needed.
Here are a few ways to nurture your own inner harvest:
Pause for reflection. Create space in your week to notice your wins. Not just the big ones, but the subtle shifts in how you show up for yourself and others.
Give thanks. Write down three things you’re deeply grateful for this year. Not as a list, but salute to your own resilience.
Let go gracefully. Just as trees shed their leaves, release old stories, obligations, or patterns that no longer serve you.
Ground yourself in ritual. Light a candle at dusk, take a mindful walk, or rearrange a corner of your home to reflect calm and gratitude.
How Coaching Deepens the Harvest
Harvest is more than reflection, it’s a transformation. Coaching helps you turn awareness into aligned action, clarity, and a renewed sense of purpose.
At Santamita, our work is rooted in this rhythm; helping you harvest what’s within, so you can live a life of joy and abundance. Through our signature 8-week online course, A Life I Designed, and our upcoming True North Retreat, we guide you to uncover the wisdom you’ve already gathered and design the next chapter of your life with purpose and intention.
Both experiences begin with the same invitation: a moment to pause, reflect, and ask what your life is ready for next.
Reflection Questions to Ask Yourself
Harvest invites us to slow down and look inward and to notice not just what we’ve accomplished, but how we’ve grown through the process. Before the next season begins, take a quiet moment to pause. Brew a cup of tea, light a candle, and let these questions guide your journaling or evening reflection:
1. What are you most proud of having cultivated in your life this year?
2. Where have you experienced the greatest growth; even in unexpected places?
3. What are you ready to release before entering a new season?
4. How can you celebrate the abundance that already surrounds you?
Step Into Your Next Season
Every harvest marks both an ending and a beginning. As you gather what this season has offered, remember—it’s never too late to plant new seeds for the life you desire.
If you’re ready to nurture new beginnings, explore our upcoming experiences designed to help you realign and grow:
A Life I Designed — our signature 8-week online course. Learn More!
The True North Retreat — a 5-day immersive experience coming in 2026. Learn More!
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