Shadow Work by Season: Summer

 

Summer – Own Your Light or Stay in Someone Else’s Shadow

Let’s be real.

Summer doesn’t care if you’re ready. It shows up loud, blazing, and unapologetic. The trees are full. The sun is high. Nothing is hiding.

And that’s kind of the point.

Spiritually, summer is the season of showing up. Not perfectly. Not performatively. Just honestly. It’s about embodiment—actually living what you’ve been processing for months. And for a lot of people? That’s a little terrifying.

Being Seen Is a Whole Different Kind of Work

It’s one thing to journal about healing, or pull tarot cards about transformation. It’s another thing entirely to stand in a room, fully yourself, and not shrink.

Summer says, “Hey, it’s time to stop playing small.”
Not because you need to prove anything. But because hiding is costing you more than it’s saving you.

You’ve done the shedding. You’ve done the silence. Now it’s time to be the version of you that all that inner work built.

Even if it’s messy.
Even if people don’t get it.
Even if you’re still figuring it out.

Spoiler Alert: You Don’t Need to Be Less

This idea that you’re “too much” is old. Boring. Done.
You’re not too loud. Or too intense. Or too emotional. You’re just not built for shrinking yourself anymore.

Summer is when you:

• Take up more space: physically, emotionally, spiritually
• Speak like your voice matters (because it does)
• Let your joy, anger, power, and pleasure take up room

This isn’t about being extra. It’s about being free.

Shadow Work for Summer: Stop Editing Yourself

Ask yourself:

• Where do I still make myself smaller to make other people comfortable?
• What truth am I scared to say out loud?
• Who do I become when I stop apologizing for my energy?

These questions aren’t just about self-expression. They’re about self-respect.

Ritual for Summer: Burn the Filter

Here’s something simple and powerful:

• Light a candle or small fire (safely, obviously).
• Say this out loud:
  “I release the lie that I am too much. I honor the truth of who I am becoming.”
• Write down one real, bold truth about yourself. Say it out loud. Let it land in your body.
• Then go do something, anything, that aligns with that truth. Big or small.

The ritual isn’t about theatrics. It’s about claiming your space in the world.

This Is the Season to Be Loud

You don’t have to overexplain. Or tone it down. Or keep asking if it’s okay to take up space. It is okay. More than okay. It’s necessary.

Let summer remind you that your light doesn’t need permission.
You don’t owe the world a watered-down version of yourself.
You are not here to fit in. You’re here to be true.

So stop editing.
Start living.
And let them meet you at full volume.