Episode 13: Your Autumn Harvest

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by Claire Melvin

Discovery Corner® Podcast Show Notes

Episode 13: Your Autumn Harvest

It’s September and Discovery Corner® is one year old. In this anniversary episode, mindset and menopause support coach Claire Melvin invites you to pause, acknowledge everything you’ve grown this year, and reset with intention for the final four months.

You’ll discover:

Why September is the perfect moment to harvest and not restart from scratch;
Four harvest questions to help you gather what’s grown, preserve what’s working, release what hasn’t worked and plant for spring;
How to build on August’s one thing rather than abandoning it;
The one autumn intention framework and the Olympic rowing question that makes decisions easy;
Why perimenopause makes autumn planning different and what to build in from the start; and
A practical autumn toolkit including accountability, a word for the season and how to protect what’s working.

Whether you’ve had the year you planned or the year your body had other ideas for, this episode will leave you feeling clear, full of self- compassion and ready for what comes next.

Here are 3 key takeaways from this episode:

Stop and acknowledge what you’ve actually done.
We’re brilliant at finishing something and moving straight on to the next thing. September is the moment to pause, notice the harvest – the habits built, the goals reached, the things quietly let go of – and say well done before moving on.
The harvest framework: gather, preserve, release and plant.
What’s ready to bring in? What’s working and is worth protecting? What can you let go of without carrying it into the next four months? And what are you planting now that won’t be ready until the spring (or even beyond)?
Set one autumn intention and let it guide your decisions.
Not a crazy to-do list, but one clear focus for the next four months. Write it down and put it somewhere visible. Does it make my boat go faster? If not, it can wait.

Here are some resources and links mentioned:

I talked about the concept ‘Does it make my boat go faster?’ I wrongly attributed it, but the book by Ben Hunt-Davis MBE can be found here: https://willitmaketheboatgofaster.com/book/

Join me for another journey of discovery…

Claire Melvin is a certified menopause support coach and mindset coach, helping women navigate midlife with more clarity, confidence and calm.

After 25 years working in a corporate environment, she now channels that experience into supporting women through perimenopause and menopause, so they can move through this stage of life feeling informed, supported and back in control, rather than lost or dismissed.

Claire is a White Ribbon Champion and Mental Health First Aider, and hosts the podcast Discovery Corner®, where she talks openly about the twists and triumphs of midlife.

Outside of coaching, Claire can be found on a canal path, coffee in hand, in a downward dog pose, or halfway through her latest creative project.