Overlap Season Blues When Summer Fun Meets Fall Fears

Feeling caught between summer’s last hurrah and the back-to-school rush? You’re not alone—it’s officially “overlap season!” 

In this episode, Kim and Jill dive into the unique stressors of transitioning from carefree summer days to prepping for a new school year. They discuss how external pressures—like early supply shopping and looming sickness season—can disrupt our ability to stay present, sharing practical ways to shift your mindset and embrace change with less anxiety.

Key takeaways include:
- Strategies for managing seasonal stress without losing your sense of fun
- How proactive self-care can prevent winter blues and common illnesses
- The power of celebrating small wins during stressful transitions

Ready to reclaim joy in overlap season? Tune in now for uplifting insights—and get excited about upcoming in-person classes!

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Hello, lovely listeners, and good morning, Kim. Good morning, Jill. Good morning, everyone.

Oh, it's overlap season. Ha ha. Overlap season. Yeah. Jill came up with this one, and I'm like, oh, my goodness. It totally is. It's like another season within the seasons. The wind down and in North America, anyway, wind down in the Northern hemisphere, I should say wind down of summer and the beginning of school, and it's literally an overlap season that's like you have these two colliding and people are like, am I, like, chilling out, doing nothing and, you know, favoring the end of summer? Am I gearing up and stressing out for the start of the school year?

Kim, you came up with another name, which I think is amazing. It's the start of depression season. It's the beginning of depression season. It really is. I've had some people reach out recently that are looking to boost their immune systems already because last year they were sick or the year before. They always get sick in the wintertime or start up on, like, how much vitamin D do I need to start taking now? They're like already into the winter months thinking about the old. They're into the old patterns and they want to change the old patterns.

They do. So they're being proactive. So I have to honor that. But it's like, wow, we can't even be in the present moment anymore. Can't even still be in summer. Like, it's crazy.

Yeah, a lot of—there's a lot of what I say, external pressure and a lot of messaging around stress and sickness that is amping up right now. And I think it's bringing awareness to it, you know, and just looking at it and then saying intentionally consciously, what are you going to focus on? What are you going to put more of your energies into? And it's great to do the prevention piece.

If the focus and the energies are on the prevention piece, if they're on the resistance of getting sick piece, you're actually putting more onto the getting sick. Same thing kind of like with the overlap season here with end of summer and start of school. It's like start of school for some people is kind of exhilarating, thrilling; for other people—and my experience has been for more people—it's a very stressful, difficult time of year.

It is all the—all the lists that they have for these kids, and then you have to shop so early; otherwise you're not going to get what's on the list. You don't even have time anymore to enjoy your—the last part of the summer; it's like you just get in the groove. You just have like, okay, we have our patterns going of: okay, you grab this, you grab that. Let's go to the beach.

And now it's more: oh well now we have to try and fit this in before that store's out of stock.

Yeah. And I will—I've noticed that—the official summer season has literally gotten shortened—just drives me crazy—has gotten shortened to right after the fourth of July. And people are like: hey summer's over; it's time to start—like they'll give another week-ish or so at most—but then by that it's like: oh it's time to start—like by mid-July—and I'm like: really? Give it till at least the end of July if not early August.

But like you said Kim—a lot of these pressures and stress that are on people this time of year—they can't stay focused on summer because they are legitly concerned that—you know—the supplies are going to be gone because they've been gone before.

And then that causes stress for—a domino stress effect—and then I think if we're not paying attention—this overlap season—this kind of startup depression season builds throughout the year right into—you know—the winter season—right into sickness season.

And I think we can do a lot to prevent it though if we just give it a little time and attention.

These are two magical ingredients: Time and attention.

Exactly.

And everything that you're going to need—even if you can't find it in stores—everything that you're going to need—you actually already have.

May not have it physical in your hand when you're say walking into school or going into winter months for colds and flus and blah blah blah—but for most part most people have everything you need—or it's already in your environment—somebody may have it—you might be gifted something—the school actually might have what you need.

Say we have back stress.

Yeah.

And so if you go to find something and it's not there rather than say a stress reaction just to—even if you can shift one of them—and just go: okay it's out of stock—and then say your kid's having a meltdown because that would happen with some kids when they don't have thing everyone else would have—it now becomes something that—you know—you and your child can experience together because it's not first time in life we're not going to get what we want at that moment.

And then like you said Kim Tudor—to hold that space for that everything we need is here—and watch it show up in just amazing forms or just get resolved in a more harmonious way—less stress less—you know.

Yep.

And planting those seeds now—it's kind of opposite of seeds we planted in spring to sprout—

Yes—we're planting new seeds now—we have a second—a second planting—we're planting our winter wheat—

Yep—

Yeah—we're just planting that thought—that we have everything we need right in front of us—it’s always there when we need it—

Yeah—and staying calm staying assured in that energy—

Okay this is out of stock but we have what we need—it’s going to show up or we'll find it—

And playing in that energy—and having overlap—this new overlap season—you know create more entertainment rather than stress—

Sounds funny but it can create some entertainment—

So they can—

And same thing when you said someone about preventative for—for sickness health season—same thing—if you're entertained by that—I mean just think about how much you're amping up preventative work you're doing by being entertained by it as opposed to being stressed out and drudgery and oh my gosh there's like—you know—I’m being pulled between summer being fun and knowing what's coming—that’s just stressful—

Yep

I'll go with commit

Yep

Yep

It's kind of like—I will pick on myself—in past I would get a lot bronchitis type stuff in winter months—and I would actually dread winter months because that would come—and once I found some certain things helped me out—it’s almost like ooh if I'm going do this—I wonder if I'm not actually going get it this year—

So you almost get a little bit curious—like I'm going give this a shot because I feel like my gut feeling my intuition is telling me this would work—and then you get through whole season—and guess what there's no bronchitis—and you're at end season now you're going into summer month hey wait sec—I didn't have that happen—I didn't have experience—it gets fun—

Yeah

And I've noticed already last couple weeks people been talking about sickness coming back—and I—it corresponds with this overlap season—it corresponds with moving from being serious and fun and playful and enjoyment of life—to these stressors—and—you know—it does correspond

And so we can't change external stuff—the seasons changing school starting—we're not trying change those things—but we can do what you described Kim

Right—we can do our reaction can be different our choices our actions can be different—and those can have profound effects on our life

And funny thing is though—is when we have preventative stuff like described Kim—it actually can take while realize hey what did worked

Yeah—a quick reaction society

Mm

And sometimes when we do prevented

Yep

And sometimes when we do preventative stuff—we literally just don’t even acknowledge at all

So fact acknowledged wonderful

So be sure take some time acknowledge any anything doing anything doing this time year minimize this stress this overlap season or ensure start kind depression stress state lessened this year celebrate even tiniest little

Yes

Yeah sweet

And I'm just throw in there because popped up head Jill I putting classes together for in person so if listening this can get excited announcements come out soon

Yes when they're going start?

Oh yeah—in person yeah—it’s exciting—it will be wonderful awesome Well thank you Kim yeah thanks Jill thanks everyone All right until next time