Order Is a Portal - Fall Rhythm and the Medicine of Rearranging

The Fall Shift Is Here

Whether you go to school, send your kids to school, or homeschool (like we do),

the energy of fall is already arriving. Yippee!

New planners. Fresh pencils.

That collective shift from the wide sprawl of summer into something

more structured, more rhythmic, and more intentional.

New schedules are being created.

Closets are being cleaned (maybe?).

Something in us is trying to make sense of the mess -

maybe even a bit excited by the smell of the books and supplies-

and something else in us is resisting it entirely.

Whatever you're feeling is normal.

Your system actually thrives between the poles.

It needs a bit of chaos. It needs a bit of order.

What it doesn’t need is your internal war with either one.

What If Healing Means Losing the You That Coped Through Chaos?

When people begin “healing” and moving toward what they’d consider to be their “better self,” many fear what that better self will require.

• Will I have to be more disciplined?

• Will I have to give up the identity?

• What happens when my pain isn’t running the show anymore?

• Who am I if I’m not fixing something?

  
  

These are real questions.

They deserve space.

And this season, this early-fall energy of rhythm-making, is a potent time to explore them.

It’s not just about which calendar system 

or homeschool curriculum

or meal prep method you pick.

It’s about whether the structure you’re choosing actually supports the self you’re becoming.

What Step 6 Taught Me About Being Ready

In Step 6 of my 12 Steps in the Direction of Cure program,

I write about being entirely ready for the vital force to remove your disturbances.

“If you want to get well, you have to be willing to let go of what made you sick.”

That means your body, your mind, your patterns, and yes - even your schedule.

Being ready doesn't mean you're gearing up for perfection contest.

It just means that you're prepared for the shift.

It’s noticing the ways your current rhythms reflect old identities

and imagining what your life might look like if your energy were freer,

your emotions more regulated, and your body less bound to the past.

What are you ready to let go of?

(The heat at least, am I right?)

Creating the New Self: Step 9

In Step 9, we begin to root that identity into the now.

"It isn’t just about feeling better.


It’s about living intentionally

because you’re no longer just surviving."

We explore what it means to be well.

Not just for a few hours after a remedy, but sustainably.

We reflect on:

• daily habits

• screen time

• nourishment

• movement

• relationships

• and rest

  
  

Not to create rules that restrict, but to build rhythms that resonate.

The point isn’t to put your self in a cage with a lock.

It's to create a cozy container.

Something that holds you, without holding you back.

Why This Season Feels So Charged (And How to Work With It)

There’s a reason so many people feel the urge to clean the pantry, join a co-op, buy a new calendar, or finally get their life together in late July and August.

From a homeopathic perspective, shifts in rhythm often activate old symptoms,

because your vital force is trying to reorganize itself around a new season,

both literally and metaphorically.

If you’ve ever had a resurgence of fatigue, inflammation, insomnia, or mood swings during times of transition - this is why.

The chaos-order polarity is not just psychological- it’s physiological.

When you attempt to bring new order,

the body often has to stir up the old material that’s been operating in the background.

This Is a Good Thing. It Means the Vital Force Is Listening.

If you’re working with a homeopath,

your system is already reorganizing under the surface.

This is where healing meets creative design -

and it’s why this season is so rich for personal change.

But structure alone won’t heal you.

It must match who you're becoming.

If your rhythms are still built to support the “you” who was in survival mode, you’ll burn out.

If your systems are still rooted in performance, self-punishment, or martyrdom, you’ll resent them.

What Helps Now

Let your remedy take the lead.

Instead of trying to force yourself into a new system, ask:

What do I, in my current state, want to do with my life?

Often, a well-selected remedy will start pulling you toward different routines, different foods, different values.

Let it.

Don’t override it with a Pinterest schedule you found in a panic.

Get curious about what feels like a good fit for you.

Track regression honestly.

If old symptoms start to surface - especially around structure

(e.g., control issues, discipline, fatigue, irritability)

it may mean your body is attempting to reorganize.

Don’t suppress the flare. 

Stay present and consult your homeopath if you need to.

Don’t romanticize the chaos.

Sometimes we self-sabotage new rhythms

because we’re emotionally attached to the version of us that was always overwhelmed, disorganized, or “in the weeds.”

Let that identity go gently.

You’re not betraying yourself by healing.

(though it will probably feel that way)

Let structure emerge—don’t impose it.

Rhythm should feel like a current rising from within,

not something you white-knuckle yourself into.

If you’re rebelling against your own plans,

ask whose expectations you’re actually trying to meet.

Know this: Your future self wants you just as bad as you want it.

Your Miasm Is Showing

Psoric: Avoids structure because it feels limiting.

Lives in the land of potential and procrastination.

Routines feel like betrayal of their freedom.

Anxiously wonders if they need a plan when they should be sleeping.

“I’ll figure it out later.”

Sycotic: Loves a plan… as long as they’re in charge.

Builds complex systems to cover up the internal mess.

Structure is image management.

“If I’m put together, maybe no one will see how insecure I am.”

Syphilitic: Rebels against order entirely.

Thinks if everything’s going to fall apart eventually, why not torch it now?

"Burn it down. It was flawed anyway.”

Tubercular: Romances the idea of rhythm but rarely sticks to it.

Fluctuates between inspired structure and sudden escape.

“I’m starting a new system! (Again.)”

Cancer: Creates order as a form of emotional control.

Over-schedules and over-gives in hopes that everything will stay safe.

“If I manage everything, maybe nothing will break.”

Adjuncts + Rituals for Restructuring Season

Here are a few soul-stretching ideas to support your shift from the old order into something more alive:

🍲 Make a transition meal. Roast a chicken. Bake a loaf of bread.

Let the warmth anchor your new rhythm.

Light a candle while you eat and name one thing you're releasing and one you're inviting in.

🎥 Watch "Julie & Julia." It’s about discipline, creativity, identity reinvention, and food.

It’s chaotic structure at its finest.

✍️ Write a letter from your future self. The one who’s already built the rhythm you're craving. What’s she saying to you? What does her day feel like?

📵 Turn off your phone at 8pm for a week. Watch what rises in the space.

📓 Name your non-negotiables. Just 2 or 3. The ones that stabilize you, not perform stability to others.

🧘‍♀️ Try a movement practice at the same time each day. Even if it’s 3 minutes of stretching in silence. Consistency, not duration, is the healing.

Enjoy the process!

In Service to the Highest Good,

Lindsay

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