Ki Notes

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is real—and often overlooked in Black women. Learn the signs and discover tools to care for yourself this season.

If you are entering your own season of wonder and reimagining—seeking a home for your mind, body, and spirit; if you are in the liminal space—fall is the perfect time to begin. Autumn symbolizes midlife in the life cycle. Creatively, it is a season of abundance and gathering: a time to reap the benefits of what you have sown materially, mentally, physically, and spiritually. The harvest is ready. It is the season to gather, focus, turn inward, and let go.

In recent years, we've been inundated with reminders to rest. We certainly recognize its importance and desire to do so, but the questions persist: how do I find time for it, what exactly is it, and how do I go about it?