Moving between seasons is not unlike the process of a mediation. Moving from preparation and building rapport, to an exploratory phase, to bargaining, and always with the flexibility to move back and forth as you progress. Preparing oneself for winter feels particularly hard with all that is going on globally, and the weather has jumped from summer to winter with reminders of autumn in-between. We can’t rush the process as much as we may want to. Mediation, as with the changing seasons, is a path which when well navigated can lead us to brighter times.