Spring is here, and with it comes the urge to bloom big and move fast. But what if your roots aren’t ready?

In this first episode of Unfolding: Audio Letters from the Middle of Becoming, I’m talking about what it means to slow down, ground yourself, and root deeply—especially when the world feels buzzy, wobbly, and like your brain has 47 tabs open.

We’ll explore:

🌿 What spring energy stirs up (and why it can feel so intense)

🌀 The connection between astrology, transitions, and feeling unsteady

🧘🏽‍♀️ Simple rituals to help you ground right now

This is your reminder to root first—so you can bloom from a solid place.

Welcome to the first episode

of Unfolding a podcast.

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I'm so glad you're here.

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I am Erica Voell and I help women in

midlife stop overthinking clear old

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patterns and make confident decisions

they actually trust so that they can

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stop putting everyone else first,

finally honor their word to themselves

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and say no to what drains them.

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Today's episode is all about the

pace of spring and that urge to

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bloom before we've actually rooted,

and if you've been feeling wobbly

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or buzzy or like you're supposed to

be doing more, this one is for you.

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It is spring here in Kansas City.

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Definitely.

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And the tulips are up, the

trees are budding, the flowers

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are blooming, and the pollen is

flying everywhere through the air.

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We're all a little sniffly, but what we

all love about spring is what we can see,

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the color, the growth, the aliveness.

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But what we don't see is the part below

the surface, and that's just as important.

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The season isn't just about blooming,

it's about the young plants growing roots

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deeper as they push up through the soil.

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Every client session I have, I start

with a grounding meditation, and

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sometimes I go with an idea of what's

needed based on their energy that I

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tune into before the session and other

times something completely unexpected

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comes through once we get on the call,

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And lately, what keeps coming up again

and again is the need to root down

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and spring gets us so excited to grow.

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Bloom, build, do.

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But without those solid roots beneath

us, any kind of growth is really shaky.

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Think about those trees that

topple over in the strong winds.

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A tree with roots can't stand through

those strong winds, and honestly, some

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days lately feel like a windstorm,

both literally and figuratively.

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Also the astrology This year is so wild.

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Even if you don't follow it closely,

you've probably felt it like big

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energetic shifts, retrogrades, slow

moving planets entering new signs.

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For example, Pluto only changes

signs every couple of centuries, and

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we moved into a new sign recently.

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I had heard that 2025 could be a

major astrological year, but I really

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didn't know what it would feel like

until we're in it, especially now.

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'cause I mean, look, the news, the state

of the world is like shifting a break

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next speed some days, and it's a lot.

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And if you've been feeling unsteady,

buzzy or like your brain has 47 tabs

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open and none of them are loading.

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Pretty common right now.

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You're not alone.

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This is your reminder to come

back to what studies you.

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And the more established your roots are,

the more easily you can bend in the wind

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without breaking just like the trees do.

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I have been working with my own

coach and as we've been working, I'm

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feeling called to revisit some of the

teachings from my coaching program,

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especially the ones that are tied to the

seasons and the five element theories.

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I am also struggling with this shallow

roots and spring in the five element

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theory is the season of wood, but

it's also the season of planning.

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And I've come to realize I'm trying

to move forward and grow without

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stopping to make a plan and get

those roots established and surprise.

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Actually, it's no surprise my

nervous system has been fraying.

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So now I'm taking a step back and I'm

planning so that I can establish those

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roots so that then I can move forward.

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This is nothing new for me.

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People who know me know that I like

to plan, quote unquote plan, and yet I

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get a little planning done and then I

get so excited about the project that

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I just jump in and I move forward.

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And I figure things out as I go.

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I don't know how many times I've been

sewing and making a dress only to realize

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if I had read the directions, I would've

ripped out a whole lot fewer seams.

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My grandpa was an electrical

engineer and he would joke and say,

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you only need the directions when

things aren't coming out just right.

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And I know I've picked that up from him.

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I have also learned that I have to

start at the beginning with making

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IKEA furniture or else we'll end up

with a bookcase that is not a bookcase,

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it's something completely different.

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So what are some things that

you can do to ground yourself

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during this season of growth?

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You can sit in the grass.

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Lean against a tree

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Also turn off your phone.

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Getting away from a

screen is so important.

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Taking some deep, long breaths and plan

your week so that you know what to expect.

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And you're not just flailing around.

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We don't need to rush into the

blooming season that comes later.

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We really just need to build

the kind of roots that will hold

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us so that we can sway and bend

in the wind without breaking.

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I think about all these trees around

Kansas City, we get a really bad

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windstorm, and how many of them

topple over because they have not

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established those really strong roots.

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Thanks so much for listening

to my first episode today.

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If this episode resonated with you, I

would love to hear what landed with you.

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Feel free to send me a message or like

the podcast or share it with someone

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who needs a reminder that rooting

before they grow and they bloom.

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'cause you don't have to rush and

you don't have anything to prove.

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You're right where you're meant to be.

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Take care.

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I'll talk to you next time.