August – Strong, Still, Quietly Ready

August is a strange, suspended sort of month. The urgency of summer has softened. The light begins to shift, imperceptibly at first, and there’s a quiet hum beneath the surface, a sense that change is coming, but not quite here. It’s a pause. A breath. A threshold.

For many women, this time of year isn’t just about seasons. It’s about transitions that run deeper. Perhaps, like me, you're holding space for a child waiting on A-Level results, watching them teeter on the edge of who they have been and who they are becoming. Or perhaps you remember that feeling yourself. The waiting, the not-knowing, the magnitude of a moment that seemed both monumental and invisible all at once. Or the start of a new school, new term, new friends not yet met.

The Wisdom of the Pause

It’s in this pause that so much of our quiet strength resides. The courage to not rush the outcome. The patience to sit with uncertainty. The grace to support someone you love through a change you can’t control.

The Season of In-Between

August asks us to wait. And in the waiting, there is wisdom. This is the season of in-between: no longer what was, not yet what will be. It can be uncomfortable – but it can also be expansive. A time to reflect, to soften, to prepare. Not for a dramatic overhaul, but for a slow and steady return to self.

You don’t need to fix, force, or forge ahead. You only need to listen to your breath, your body, your instincts. Movement can help here. Not as a task to complete, but as a way to come home to yourself. A walk. A stretch. Ten quiet minutes of breathing-led movement to anchor you in now, not next.

If you are parenting through this season – whether literally or metaphorically – know that your presence is powerful. You don’t need all the answers. You only need to hold the space. 

And if this moment feels like a threshold for you, too, then take heart. If this season feels still, know that stillness is not stagnation. It is strength in its quietest form. The shift is coming – it always does. But for now, let August be what it is: a pause. A permission. A place to simply be.

Strong. Still. Quietly ready.