09/01/2026
🍂🌿 Hello, September! 🌿🍂
A new month brings new opportunities to learn, move, connect, care for ourselves, and pay attention to the world around us. September happens to recognize quite a few things that fit beautifully into the work I already love doing at Self Care Sunday.
🧘 National Yoga Awareness Month — Yoga is so much more than flexibility or fancy poses. It can be breath, movement, body awareness, grounding, connection and simply meeting yourself where you are.
💜 Pain Awareness Month — Pain can affect every part of a person's life, and it isn't always something you can see from the outside. This month is a reminder to listen to our bodies, believe people when they say they're hurting, and recognize that support can look different for everyone.
🌿 Healthy Aging Month — Aging isn't something we need to fight. Our bodies change, our needs change, and caring for ourselves through those changes matters. Movement, rest, touch, community, time outdoors, nourishment and nervous-system support can all be pieces of that puzzle.
🍄 National Mushroom Month — Now THIS is my kind of observance. 😂🍄 If you've ever walked through the woods with me, you already know we're stopping to investigate the mushrooms. September also kicks off my fall Walking With Purpose season, with our first walk happening September 19th at 9am. We wander, explore and learn about whatever nature puts in our path.
🐝🍯 National Honey Month — As a beekeeper and certified nature nerd, you KNOW I couldn't leave this one out. Honey is incredible, but the tiny creatures responsible for making it are even more fascinating. Here's to our honey bees, native bees and all the pollinators doing important work around us every day.
💜 National Recovery Month — Recovery deserves compassion, community and support without shame. There is no single picture of what recovery looks like, and every step forward matters.
🫂 September is also Su***de Prevention Month, an important reminder that checking in on one another matters. Sometimes the person who seems to be carrying everything just fine is carrying far more than we realize. Be kind. Reach out. Listen. Make space for people to be human.
So here's to September. 🍂
Move your body. Rest your body. Get outside. Learn something new. Check on your people. Notice the mushrooms. Thank the bees. And remember that caring for yourself and caring for your community don't have to be separate things. 🖤🌿🐝🍄
— Self Care Sunday LLC
