How To: Transition Your Summer Wardrobe to Fall When You’re Not Over Summer Yet

Summer is and has always been my favorite season. I love the warm weather, beach trips, lazy pool days, frozen drinks, rooftops, late summer nights and – of course – my birthday. When summer unofficially ends after Labor day, I start mourning it even though the weather stretches on for several more weeks (hello, global warming). The start of fall is bittersweet for me. I DO love fall – the colorful leaves, hot latte szn, cinnamon spice everything – but I have never really understood the hype of fall fashion. Literally EVERYONE I know is obsessed with it and waits all year for it! I must be the only one who feels like summer fashion is where it’s at: bright colors, lots of skin showing, and all the tropical vibes. It is just screaming Alana!! Since the weather takes a long time to catch up to actual fall, September is…

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Learning to Bloom Even When the Flowers Aren’t

When I moved to the West Coast, I had to internalize the rhythm and the feeling of the seasons. Since the weather is nice almost year round, there is barely any indication that the seasons have shifted at all. Now that I am back on the East Coast, where the weather will LET you know what season we are in, it is definitely easier to keep track. However, this week’s blizzard (on the second official day of Spring) is proof that the correlation between weather and season is not always accurate.What I have found to be a more important indicator than weather, though, is the ebb and flow of energy that take place, which naturally coincide with the seasons. Like the phases of the moon, there are four distinct seasons. In the Winter, we are naturally more introspective, storing energy and “hibernating”; it is a time of initiation, setting intentions,…

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