[00:00:00] Hello. I'm back. Did you miss me? I am just hopping on to do this June solstice episode because it just doesn't seem fair. I've done the other solstice and the equinox, and perhaps in a way, this is a great way to segue from this podcast focus into what I'm going to be doing next. And no, I'm not, I am not going to announce just yet what I will be changing this podcast to.
It isn't happening as quickly as I thought it would, but you know what? That's okay. Maybe it's all supposed to happen right now. So today is Saturday the 20th, and tomorrow is the June solstice on June 21st, summer in the Northern [00:01:00] Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere. And it really doesn't matter which hemisphere you are in.
If it is summer, it is the longest day of light, and if it is winter, it is the longest day of darkness. And either way, it is a threshold into another phase, another cycle. And what I love about the solstices is that it is that time to be reminded that everything has a cycle: the Earth, nature, weather, seasons, and ourselves.
Everything has its own cycle and its own season, and there is always a time to look back and look forward, and a [00:02:00] time for change, and the importance of change, to slough off what we no longer need, what no longer serves us, and to grow into a new season of ourselves and our lives, and to let go and look forward So I love that about the solstice.
And if you have been listening, in December I spoke about writing intentions for the next six months as well as three months if you are going to look back at the equinox and how perfect it is that we have these every three-month time to look back and every six-month time to look back at the person we've become.
So if you did write down any intentions of what you wanted to happen from December until now, I [00:03:00] suggest you look back at that. Look back at what you've written. Look back at the solstice, and if you also wrote down anything at the equinox, look at both. Look at what you wrote or anything if you remember.
If you didn't write anything down, but you do remember the episode and you were thinking on intentions for the next six months, the next three months Think back to that and what you were thinking and what you wrote down and what you may have revisited if you did revisit at the equinox. What is it that you wanted to happen?
What is it that you wanted to let go of? What is it in your own life, in your surroundings, in your world, in your career, love life, all of the different places of your life, your health, all of those, you know, buckets . Is there anything that you really wanted to change [00:04:00] that did change? Or perhaps it didn't, and that's okay, because all of it is okay.
If you found that something else came up that was more important or things in our lives that come up that take the reins, sometimes that changes everything for us, right? We cannot see what will happen in our lives in the future. So you cannot, first of all, beat yourself up if you had all these intentions and none of them happened.
That's okay. The importance is if you still are looking at those intentions and you still want them to happen, then I would suggest writing them again for this solstice. Because it isn't about beating yourself up and putting yourself down for something not happening. It is about acknowledging who [00:05:00] you are and who you have become within those six months.
And on that note, to acknowledge what has grown, what has changed, and to honor what you are working on and choosing what comes next. So that is really what I want us to, to do first is the importance of looking back and to see how far you've come, and not just any list that you made, but really sit with yourself and think how you have changed since December.
It's really important to honor that first, to honor that person. And you, you perhaps, you know, what you th- once again, what you thought you needed perhaps wasn't actually something you really needed to change or to do [00:06:00] or to accomplish. Perhaps you found something else that you needed, and that's what you honed in on.
That's what you embraced, and that's what you should celebrate- So some prompts maybe to think on, on that note. And here... And, uh, then I'll go into some of the other prompts as well that I wrote down and that I gathered from some other people that I follow and listen to as well who spoke about the solstice that I really liked, and I just kind of tweaked it into my own way of saying it.
Um, but the first one is: What has happened in my life that I haven't stopped to celebrate?
And to really sit with that and acknowledge yourself and [00:07:00] celebrate yourself
The next one, what keeps showing up that I can no longer ignore?
What keeps showing up that I can no longer ignore? I love this one because sometimes we get these pings and these winks every day of something that's like, "Hello. Hello. Are you not seeing this? This is a pattern you've created that isn't great for you," or, "How come you keep ignoring this? I'm going to keep showing this to you until you start doing that thing."
So if you can really sit and think about in the past six months what really keeps showing up in [00:08:00] your face that you really need to create an intention around and to start doing or to stop, to stop. Always remember that intentions are not just about something to start. It's also about something that you need to stop.
And of course, this is gradual, by the way. It isn't some instant... If you've been listening, you know that I am all about the slow burn of just making things happen, but you really should not think that this has to happen overnight. You're giving yourself six months, by the way, until December to make these things happen.
Next one: What is true about me now that was not true six months ago?
And then [00:09:00] what part of my life is asking to be lived more fully?
I love that one. What part of my life is asking to be lived more fully? And that could be another one that just keeps showing up in front of you It keeps every day something k- keeps saying, "Hey, you need to do this more. You need to do this more. L- live your full life. Keep leaning into this. This is what lights you up.
This is what makes you happy. You need to do more of this." What makes you feel full? What makes you feel alive? I love that And whether this is the summer solstice for you or the winter solstice, summer solstice, this is [00:10:00] the culmination of, you know, the brightest day, if you could think about it that way.
That now means that we're going into darker days. And then winter solstice, you're going into more light. Now, dark and light doesn't mean bad or good. It just means that's where the shift is going But both solstices is a... They're about celebrating light. They're about celebrating the sun, no matter which way the darkness or the light is going.
So some really great solstice rituals that I've read about are, you know, sitting in the sun, absorbing the sun's light, and really feeling it into your body. Being [00:11:00] outside, burning bonfires, and lighting candles, of course. Even for summer solstice, light candles around your house and really bring in light everywhere.
Uh, make sure all your windows are open and that you really... And this is for winter as well, but really bring in the light through your entire house as much as you possibly can. Be outside as much as you possibly can. Also, if you write down anything you want to let go of and then burn that list, that's a really great solstice ritual.
Another one, and I think this one is more for the summer solstice, but is charging water in the sun for the entire day, so from sun up to sun down to charge the water. And then some people, I think, you know, pour, [00:12:00] uh, water their plants with that charged water. They spray it on their face or, you know, there's different things, but I've heard that one as well.
And, and journaling, of course, and setting intentions for yourself. And some more, I guess, journal... This would be more journal prompts, but when you're thinking on setting intentions, one of them is what is the next true version of myself? And it's not the finished version, not the perfect version, but the next version to be revealed based on all you are now, all you have accomplished your entire life and the last six months, the last three months Once again, celebrate yourself, but [00:13:00] what is the next version of you based on all you have done and who you are now?
How do you want to grow? There is no timeline to growth and change within ourselves and within our lives, and if part of that does mean getting rid of things within yourself, within your environment, and also within relationships, sometimes we have to end relationships. Sometimes we have to end careers.
We have to end to be able to begin sometimes. And once again, that could be a slow burn, that could be instant. If that's something that while you're thinking on all of these prompts or anything that comes up for you right now, if you need to move, if you are fed up with something and you just say, "All right, that's [00:14:00] it, I'm done," hey, that works, too.
It works if it works for you. Do not think that you need to do anything that anyone says on social media or anyone close to you who says, "You gotta do this, and you gotta do that, and it has to happen now." If you don't feel it in your body that it needs to happen now, then it doesn't need to happen now.
But if it is something that you know has been festering inside of you, that bothers you every day, and once again just shows up in your face every day, like, "Hello," knock, knock, knock, "This needs to change. You need to bring this in. You need to let go," all of that, let yourself feel it, and then move towards what you need to do to make it happen.
Obviously, if you need to move but you have no idea where and there's no way that you can right [00:15:00] now, well, of course, don't do that. But perhaps that nugget of the thought will then grow into, "Well, now I need to start looking for a place to live. It needs to start happening. I need to look for that new job.
I can't quit right now, but I am going to actively start looking for a new job. I'm going to actively start writing. I am going to put myself out there." Anything that pops up for you, I say write it down. But give yourself time with this. This isn't something you have to do on the 21st and then that's it.
This can be something that the entire week you work on. Doesn't matter. There's no timeline. It's all about the small steps. Small steps with trust and listening to what is truly calling [00:16:00] to you. And so I think that is it I hope you are able to celebrate the solstice. It is, once again, a really wonderful threshold into a new beginning, a new time, some change.
Clean out your house if you want to. Uh, once again, go outside, barbecue. It also happens to be the v- very beginning of Cancer season, so being around family and home. It also, in the United States, is Father's Day, so there is a lot going on on June 21st. And celebrate, celebrate Cancer season and fathers, and if your father is no longer with you, honor him in some way as well.
Bring the solstice into [00:17:00] how you honor your father. If you do not have a good relationship with your father, then put that aside, put that down, get rid of it, slough it off, and celebrate the sun and celebrate yourself So happy solstice to you. And once again, I will be announcing what's going on with the podcast when I'm ready to do so.
Let's just say that is definitely on my list of things that I am going to be doing. That is going to be a big transformation change for me is everything that I'm working on, and I am feeling ready to move forward to the next phase and the next cycle of that for me, of my future, and I'm very excited for it.
So if this really is the last episode f- of The Average 90s Gal podcast [00:18:00] leading into my next phase, I thank you so much for listening, and I appreciate every single one of you who have been listening. Or if this is the first time you've heard this podcast at all, I hope you go back to other episodes and you enjoy those as well.
And for anyone who is going to continue on and continue to listen, I thank you as well. I truly, truly appreciate you. Happy solstice, and have a wonderful remainder of 2026. Bye-bye.
