September 2025
Theme of the month: Burnout
What is burnout?
It’s when your spark has fizzled. You’re exhausted, flat, snappy, foggy, and disconnected. You might still be functioning but it feels like you’re dragging yourself through every task. Burnout can show up physically, mentally and emotionally.
Signs to watch for:
- Waking up tired
- Constant brain fog
- Losing interest in things you used to enjoy
- Snapping at people or withdrawing completely
- Dreading work, social plans, or day-to-day tasks
- Aches and pains that linger
- Overwhelm that doesn’t shift, even with rest
What to do when you’re burnt out
- Stop. Breathe. Slow it all right down.
- Drink a big glass of water—add a pinch of sea salt.
- Eat something warm and grounding.
- Move gently. Stretch, walk, sway.
- Say no to anything you don’t have energy for.
- Ask for help (yes, you’re allowed) and try the lovely exercises in this month’s guide.
Days of importance this month
Autumn Equinox – September 22nd
This marks the first day of autumn. It’s an exciting time to reflect on where you have been this year, what you want to change, what you want to carry forward into Christmas and the new year beyond. Get some friends together and celebrate or honour in a way that suits you best.
Moon dates
Full Moon – Harvest Moon 7th
Release and let that shit go
New moon – 21st
Time to set intentions and work towards your dreams, ideas and goals
Oil of the month: Peppermint
This is a super multifaceted oil, bringing calm, soothing illness and keeps your memory on top form.
Oil of the month: Peppermint
This is a super multifaceted oil, bringing calm, soothing illness and keeps your memory on top form.
Its incredibly for calming real big emotional outbursts, so if you are experiencing some tough shit, shake a few drops into your palms, drop to botanical breath and feel that powerful little oil chill you right out in seconds. Similarly of you have teens or kids at home finding things tough lash that diffuser right on with 20 drops of peppermint oil and 10 drops lavender in the main part of the house and let the big family chill commence
Great for soothing sore tummies and calming sickness. It deters bugs, helps clear achy heads, can ease congested chests, help keep your memory on top form, help keep your teeth clean and white. Spiritually it has cleansing, purifying and refreshing super powers. Its cooling effect makes it lovely to diffuse on hot days.
How to use peppermint
5 drops mixed into 15ml of any carrier oil you want then gently massaged into your lower abdomen while sipping a peppermint tea can quickly ease constipation
Spiders hate Peppermint, so if you don’t like our 8 legged friends, a small water bottle filled with water and some peppermint oil and sprayed round windows and doors will keep them far away from you.
Easy ways to grow and use peppermint
Peppermint grows quickly and requires very little looking after. Plant up in pots on your windowsill. Don’t plant out directly into your garden, unless you want a garden full of mint. Mind, if you do want a garden full of mint, craic right on my loves.
Pick and hang your fresh mint stems/leaves and hang for at least 24 (ideally 48) hours, stuff into a sterile jar half way (don’t overfill) and cover with your chosen carrier oils. I love 50% castor oil, 50% peach kernel oil. Castor oil is a powerful healer and peach is so light it helps pull that goodness deep within the dermis, leaving a good head space of about 5cm. Place the jar on a sunny windowsill and shake weekly. After 3 weeks, decant. If you are making the balm this month, sub the castor oil out of this beaut and use as your carrier oil as and when needed.
For peppermint tea, snip small young leaves into boiling water and leave to infuse, add a squeeze of fresh citrus if you fancy for a cooling, calming and refreshing tea blend.
Blend of the month: Breathe easy balm
Melt a table spoon each of coconut oil and shea butter in a bowl over boiling water carefully.
Blend of the month: Breathe easy balm
Melt a table spoon each of coconut oil and shea butter in a bowl over boiling water carefully. Once melted and melded together add 5ml of castor oil and gently and slowly mix. Take off the heat and Stir in 10 drops peppermint, 10 lemon and 10 eucalyptus and slowly meld together. Decant into a 30ml tin.
Allow to cool slowly.
Smooth into sore poorly chests not forgetting a slick to the soles of the feet before bed, melt a small amount into hands and deeply inhale.
This will clear colds/stuffy symptoms and reduce hayfever symptoms.
Dab a small amount into temples and just before the hair line on your forehead to ease headaches and cool tempers.
Suitable for children over 12 and adults. For children younger than 12 reduce the essential oil to 5 drops per oil and always patch test before use.
This balm will keep for 6 months.
Hero product of the month: Organic Facial Cleansing Balm
Root & Renew members get 10% off this month.
Hero product of the month: Organic Facial Cleansing Balm
This beautiful facial cleansing balm is perfect for removing makeup and the day’s impurities. It’s dreamy to leave on as a mask and adding a slick on to the cheeks and nose give protection from harsh cold winds in the winter. I carry this everywhere, adding a dot to sore skin whenever its needed. Remember to lash it in the fridge when its hot. The cooled wonder balm is so good gently massaged into hot skin after a day in the sun.
Frequency medicine of the month: The Universal Reset
This frequency creates a clean, perfect fifth your nervous system naturally wants to sync with.
Frequency medicine of the month: The Universal Reset
Tuning forks are usually played close to the body so you feel the vibration, but they work brilliantly online too because what does the heavy lifting is the pure, steady tone your ears hear. When I record two forks together – like C 256 Hz and G 384 Hz – you get a clean, perfect fifth that your nervous system naturally wants to sync with (entrainment), giving calm, clarity, and that “ahh” reset without needing the fork on your skin.
For online use, keep the volume low, use headphones or a single speaker, sit or lie down, and breathe slowly; the 15-minute recording in this month’s Botanical Sound Seed is perfect for daily repetition that plants the sonic imprint.
In person I can add the tactile bit by using a weighted tuning fork against energy point or pain sites which is class, but it’s not essential, the audio alone does the job. If you feel floaty after, sip water, pop both feet on the floor, and don’t listen to it while driving.
No faff, just clean frequency doing its thing.
Monthly ritual or release
Get into nature, get grounded and settled (check your journal for more info on grounding).
I want you to write a list of every feeling that’s felt hard to feel over the last 4 weeks. Try to keep it bullet point.
So for example it could be stress/exhaustion/anger/resentment. If feelings of shame come up when we are doing this, that’s okay my loves, just keep curious and there is no blame or shame here. We are all just meatsuits trying to do the best we can!
Next I want you to write an empowering word next to each of your hard words. So for example next to stress you could write calm. So you don’t want to feel stress you want to feel calm, yeah?
Next let’s just think about each situation, what one thing could you have done to feel calmer? Let that play out in the head, it could be rather than engaging in an argument when we were dysregulated, we could carve our space and step back. Let that filter into your mind and allow it to calm that memory. Instead of engaging you step back and allow things to diffuse. Feel how that feels. Go through as many words as you feel you can, reframing those hard to feel moments (read up on reframing in your journal).
Botanical Sound Seed
The Universal Reset (tuning forks 256 Hz and 384 Hz)
This month’s Botanical Sound Seed is The Universal Reset delivered on two tuning forks sounded together at 256 Hz (C) and 384 Hz (G). Played as a perfect fifth, they create a stabilising field that acts like a reset button, clearing overnight stagnation, calming the nervous system, and nudging you back to your natural rhythm. The paired tones support clarity, emotional regulation, and steady focus in a grounded, body-first way. Think of it as a vibrational tune-up: small daily exposure plants a resonance in your system (a sonic imprint) that your body begins to recognise as home.
How to use the recording
- Daily, 1 x 15 min cycle, sit or lie down, breathe slowly in for 4 out for 6. Headphones or a quiet room work best.
- Pair with your affirmations or a single journal prompt while the tones run.
- Weekly deep reset: follow with the 3-hour track for sleep or long meditation.
- Aftercare: drink water, place both feet on the floor, take a short walk if you feel floaty. If the sound feels intense, lower the volume or pause. Not while driving.
Sound files to download
For September’s Renew & Restore, Andy Littlewood from ZeroFiveZeroFour has produced two music pieces using sound files I created in the studio along with his own beautiful additions.
Andy also created images you can download and use as a soul-cleansing screen saver.
3 Hours (Restore)
This piece weaves together the calming tones of 384Hz and 256Hz with the gentle sounds of crickets, soothing pads, and the soft rhythm of a rain stick, creating a peaceful atmosphere designed to ease stress, support deep rest, and help the mind and body recover from burnout and restore balance with your nervous system.
10 min (Reset)
This 10-minute journey begins with grounding tones for the Root Chakra, gradually rising into a steady pulse aimed at opening the Heart Chakra, before opening into the spacious energy of the Third Eye Chakra to encourage clarity and open-mindedness. Wrapped in the natural soundscape of birds in a forest, creating a calm and nurturing space for balance and reflection to reset and regenerate.
Screensavers
Click to download and save these images.
Crown Chakra
Heart Chakra
Throat Chakra
Third Eye Chakra
Solar Plexus Chakra
Sacral Chakra
Root Chakra
This month's experience
Schedule your JOY!
The summer holidays are always pitched as a dream in the UK. The kids are off and its time to have FUN. Well its not always that way. Whether you are able to take time off with the kids, whether you have to work and juggle together, whether you don’t have kids but it still costs you four times the amount to go on holiday.
All in all, regardless of the boat you are in, August can be hard AF dealing with all the things and everyone is out of routine.
A day just for you
Your task this month is to spend some time with the family calendar and I want you to earmark a day per month just for you. Not your mates, not helping someone else, not a day to do fucking washing and the big shop. For you. To do something you’ve never done before. Maybe it’s starting a childhood hobby. Maybe it’s a sport you’ve watched from the sidelines thinking to yourself you’d never have the balls to get up there OR maybe just go to a park with a nice book, a flask of tea and a blanket for an hour reading, then go and hug a tree that’s caught your eye. These things could cost money but also they could be free.
Think about:
- Starting a new hobby or sport
- Watching a sunrise/sunset
- Spending some time in a park
- Going for a hike
Write a letter of truth to yourself
In 6 months it’s April. Get comfy, carve some time and breath some oil. Cleanse with smudge, oil or frequency and spend sometime thinking about what you want to be in April. WHERE do you want to be? HOW do you want to be? What do you NO LONGER want to be? Visualise what it’s going to look like, feel what it’s going to feel like and allow those feelings to drench your very being.
Write a letter to yourself. Its really important here that you write as if you have achieved these things, the tone of the letter is congratulatory, FEEL the pride as you write, get as much detail as you can into it. When you feel ready, seal your envelope and put it in your bedside drawer as close to your head as you can get. Next put a reminder into your phone for a date in April to open your letter.
BURNOUT RECOVERY TAKES TIME. Go slow. Refuel. And remember you don’t need to earn rest.