Somatic Coaching and Seasonal Rhythms: How Letting Go Guides Business Growth
As we move through late fall and inch toward winter, nature offers one of the clearest metaphors for personal and professional transformation. In last week’s Ritual Circle, we explored how the seasons can mirror the cycles in our own lives and businesses—and why meaningful change always begins with an ending.
Most of us crave new beginnings: clarity, alignment, inspiration, purpose. But very few of us are taught how to navigate the part that must come first:
Letting go of what is no longer in alignment.
Just as winter cannot begin until fall ends, we cannot step into a new chapter without honoring what has reached completion. This is true in life, in relationships, in creativity, and in business. As a somatic coach, I see this pattern in nearly every season of growth.
Why Letting Go Is Essential for Personal and Business Growth
Late fall invites us into a powerful kind of honesty. It asks:
What is no longer aligned?
What feels complete?
What is quietly asking to be released?
When we release what no longer serves us, we create room for something more aligned to enter. This is foundational in somatic coaching, where the body becomes the guide for what is ready to shift or end. When we get quiet and drop in, we allow space for what wants to emerge next.
Before new beginnings, there must be endings.
Insights from Transitions: Why Endings Come First
In the book Transitions, William Bridges reminds us that meaningful transformation always starts with an ending. Many people try to skip this step and jump straight into a new project, a new identity, or a new offer—but without clearing what’s no longer aligned, new beginnings simply don’t take root.
Bridges writes that the most important question is:
“What is it time to let go of?”
This question is uncomfortable, but it is the doorway to true transition. Without an ending, the beginning has nowhere to land.
The Fear of the Unknown: Why Letting Go Feels So Hard
Letting go is hard because we almost never know what will grow in the space we create.
And that uncertainty is why we cling so tightly to things that aren’t fully in alignment.
We fear that if we release something:
nothing new will come,
what comes next won’t be enough, or
we’ll lose stability, identity, or direction.
As women entrepreneurs and creatives, this fear can be even more amplified, because our businesses are often deeply intertwined with identity, intuition, and personal values. This is where somatic coaching becomes essential—it helps you feel into the truth beneath the fear so you can navigate endings with clarity and trust.
Liminal Spaces: Why the In-Between Is Powerful
Liminal spaces are scary—and, just like winter, they are often longer than we want them to be.
They stretch us.
They ask us to sit with the unknown longer than feels comfortable.
But these in-between seasons are where the deepest inner work happens.
Winter teaches us that:
letting go comes before clarity,
and the unseen work beneath the surface is essential.
In winter, trees drop their leaves and allow all of their energy to drop into their roots.
Everything We Release Becomes Nutrient for What’s Next
In nature, nothing is wasted.
Everything breaks down and becomes nourishment for what comes next.
The same is true for the endings in your life:
Old offers you’re done holding
Clients you’ve outgrown
Habits that drain your nervous system
Identities that once fit but no longer do
All of it becomes compost.
All of it nourishes the next season of your life and work.
Self-Awareness: Only You Can Know What’s Ready to Die
One of the insights that came up in our Ritual Circle was this:
Only you know what is ready to be released.
From the outside, something might look successful or stable. But your body always knows when the season of something is complete. This is the heart of somatic coaching: learning to trust that inner wisdom again.
The Cost of Clinging vs. The Freedom of Release
When we cling to what is already dying, that is when we struggle the most.
Once we release:
grief can move
the body can soften
the nervous system can exhale
and the next chapter begins to reveal itself naturally
Winter doesn’t ask you for certainty.
It asks you for trust.
Endings open up space for possibility.
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