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Wellness Wisdom Weekly - Your Guide to Living Well After 50
Wellness Wisdom Weekly - Your Guide to Living Well After 50
October 2025 Issue 25
October 2025 Issue 25
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Walk outside on a crisp October morning, and the air itself seems to announce change. The once-green canopy of trees has begun its annual transformation into a blaze of orange, red, and gold. Each leaf drifts down in its own time, painting the sidewalks and lawns in colors that remind us of both beauty and impermanence.
October Newsletters
October Newsletters
Issue 25 - The Season of Change: Embracing New Chapters October begins with visible change all around us—the turning of leaves, cooler air, shorter days. This first newsletter sets the stage for embracing change as a natural and healthy part of life.
Issue 26 - Harvesting What You Planted Mid-October brings harvest season imagery—farmers reaping what they sowed. This newsletter builds on the idea of change by reminding readers that their daily choices and actions yield results, good or bad.
Issue 27 - Finding Balance as the Days Shorten As fall deepens, days get shorter and nights longer. This newsletter shifts to the theme of balance—between work and rest, productivity and peace.
Issue 28 - Carrying Light Into the Darkness With Halloween approaching, the imagery of darkness and light fits perfectly. This final October newsletter ties everything together: change, harvest, balance, and now purpose—choosing to shine positivity for others.
Welcome to Issue 25 of Wellness Wisdom!
🥗 The Season of Change: Embracing New Chapters
🥗 The Season of Change: Embracing New Chapters
Opening Story
The Gift of Change
Releasing What No Longer Serves
Seeds of New Beginnings
Practical Ways to Embrace Change this October
A Story of Personal Renewal
A Spiritual Perspective
A Challenge for the Week
Closing Prayer
Final Encouragement
Fit After 50 Blueprint
🌅 Opening Story: Lessons from the Leaves
🌅 Opening Story: Lessons from the Leaves
Walk outside on a crisp October morning, and the air itself seems to announce change. The once-green canopy of trees has begun its annual transformation into a blaze of orange, red, and gold. Each leaf drifts down in its own time, painting the sidewalks and lawns in colors that remind us of both beauty and impermanence.
When I was young in Minnesota, I used to marvel at the trees around Winona, how one week they’d stand in full green, and the next they would be dressed in radiant fire, only to stand bare by November. Change wasn’t optional—it was inevitable. And while part of me wished the leaves could just stay put, I learned to appreciate their quiet lesson: life is meant to move forward.
October is the month where change is on display for all to see.
The question is—how do we respond when it’s not the trees changing, but our lives?
🍁 The Gift of Change
🍁 The Gift of Change
Most of us resist change. We like the comfort of routines, the predictability of the familiar. But growth rarely happens without change. Just as a tree cannot hold onto its leaves forever, we cannot cling to the past if we hope to step into the future God has prepared for us.
Change often feels uncomfortable because it forces us into the unknown. Yet, Scripture reminds us:
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” – Ecclesiastes 3:1
What if we began to see change not as something to fear, but as a gift? A gift that pushes us into new opportunities, new relationships, new strengths we didn’t know we had.
🌻 Releasing What No Longer Serves
🌻 Releasing What No Longer Serves
One of the most beautiful lessons of fall is release. Trees let go of what they no longer need so they can conserve energy for the winter and prepare for spring growth.
What about us? What do we need to let go of this season?
• Maybe it’s a habit that drains your energy rather than builds it.
• Maybe it’s a negative mindset that keeps replaying old failures.
• Maybe it’s even a relationship that is more toxic than healthy.
Releasing is never easy. But holding on to what no longer serves us makes it impossible to embrace the new. Just as a tree without shedding its leaves would suffocate under the weight of the old, we too must release to grow.
This week, ask yourself: What one thing can I let go of this season to make room for something better?
🌟 Seeds of New Beginning
🌟 Seeds of New Beginning
Change isn’t just about letting go—it’s also about planting new seeds. Think of a farmer who, after harvesting, prepares the soil for spring. The leaves that fall and decay enrich the ground for future growth.
In the same way, the endings in our lives are often preparing us for new beginnings.
• Ending an unhealthy routine makes space for a healthier one.
• Closing the door on negativity makes room for gratitude.
• Saying goodbye to the old chapter clears the path for the next one.
Your mindset determines whether you see change as an ending or as the seedbed of a new beginning.
🌿 Practical Ways to Embrace Change This October
🌿 Practical Ways to Embrace Change This October
1. Journal about a past change that blessed you. Write down a time when something you didn’t want to change actually turned out for good. This will remind you that change often carries hidden blessings.
2. Release one habit. Pick one small thing—whether it’s scrolling before bed, skipping breakfast, or holding onto resentment—that you’re willing to release this fall.
3. Start a gratitude list. Every day this week, write down three things you’re thankful for. Gratitude rewires your brain to see change as opportunity rather than loss.
🌞 A Story of Personal Renewal
🌞 A Story of Personal Renewal
Several years ago, I went through a season where change was forced on me. A job I had built my life around was suddenly gone, and I felt like the rug had been pulled out from under me. For months, I resisted, fought, and grieved.
But slowly, I realized that this ending wasn’t the end of me—it was the beginning of something new. That season of change forced me to dig deeper into my values, my passions, and my calling. It eventually led to the creation of West Egg Living itself—a mission to bring positivity, wellness, and purpose into people’s lives.
Looking back, I can honestly say: if not for that painful change, I would not be where I am today.
Sometimes the hardest changes bring the most beautiful outcomes.
🕊 A Spiritual Perspective
🕊 A Spiritual Perspective
God never wastes a season of change. The very things we fear—uncertainty, endings, disruptions—are often the tools He uses to shape us.
Romans 8:28 promises: “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
All things. Not just the good, not just the easy, but all things—even the painful changes.
When we trust God in the process of change, we begin to see it differently. We see His fingerprints guiding us, even when the path feels unclear.
💡 A Challenge for the Week
💡 A Challenge for the Week
This week, I challenge you to do three things:
1. Notice the beauty of change. Take a walk outside and really look at the trees. Let them remind you that change can be breathtaking.
2. Release one thing. Write it down, pray over it, and let it go.
3. Embrace one new practice. Maybe it’s waking up 15 minutes earlier to read, or making a phone call to a loved one you’ve put off. Let this season mark the beginning of something new.
🙏 Closing Prayer
🙏 Closing Prayer
Father, thank You for the reminder in this season of fall that change is a part of life. Give us courage to release what no longer serves us, wisdom to plant seeds of hope for the future, and eyes to see Your hand guiding us through every transition. May our hearts stay open to new beginnings, and may we live each day with gratitude for the gift of change. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
✨ Final Encouragement
✨ Final Encouragement
October is a season of transformation. Don’t fight it. Embrace it. See it as an invitation to step into your next chapter with hope and courage.
The trees are teaching us something simple yet profound: change is not the end, but the preparation for something beautiful.
This week, live with open hands and an open heart. Let go. Step forward. And trust that the One who painted the leaves in gold is also painting the next chapter of your life.
Fit After 50 Blueprint
Fit After 50 Blueprint
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I love the video on this one.
I will try dinking water every hourr like I am trying to go 250 steps each hour.. Encouraging idea.
This is great information. I love the new layout. I cannot wait for the next edition!!!
Thanks Riaan.
Great article!