Welcome back to The Greenhouse Podcast. Pull up a rocking chair on the back porch, grab your favorite warm drink, and join host Melinda Brillinger on a quiet, early Sunday morning before the world (and the rest of the household) wakes up.

Looking out at the lush, green summer canopy of an oak tree in her yard, Melinda recalls sitting in that exact same spot months earlier, staring at a set of bare, winter-stripped branches. In this episode, she dives into a profound realization about the season of "winter" in our own lives. When we compare our quiet, invisible in-between stages to everyone else's vibrant, social media "springtime" highlight reels, we easily convince ourselves that we are broken, failing, or falling behind.

But what if a bare season isn't a crisis? What if it's just a season?

Melinda opens up with beautiful honesty about the fact that her own life is often held together by "glitter, glue, and duct tape" and why she's leaning into showing the tape rather than hiding it. This episode is a gentle invitation to stop apologizing for your current capacity. It explores the foundational pillars of Seasonality and Roots, reminding us that the deep, underground work of conserving energy and anchoring yourself is just as vital as the breakthrough of the bloom.

🌿 Your Tiny Seed Action for Today: Don’t change a thing this week, and don't plan a dramatic overhaul. Just take an honest look at your current life: Where are you in an "in-between" stage? What is a version of yourself, a dream, or a transition that is quietly growing underground right now? Give yourself permission to trust your roots and wait for spring.

Connect with Melinda:

Discover Your Pillar: Ready to find out which area of your life needs the most attention right now? Head over to https://maintainingmelinda.com/quiz and find out which of the 5 Pillars in your life is asking for tending now.

Will it be:

Nourishment, Roots, Seasonality, Cultivation, or Pruning? Maybe some of all?