September 2026 Collective Reading | It’s Time to Admire the Woman You’ve Become

When was the last time you looked at yourself—not to criticize her, fix her, compare her, or figure out what she needs to work on next—but to actually admire her? Not just for what she’s accomplished. For who she’s become. For the things she survived that nobody really saw. For the times she had to pick herself back up. For the boundaries she finally learned to hold. For the patterns she started questioning. For the ways she chose differently. For the courage it took to keep moving when she had absolutely no idea what was waiting on the other side. Admiration is the word Spirit brought forward for September, and this collective reading feels like an invitation to stop moving the goalpost. Because so many of us are really good at noticing what still needs work. We heal one thing and immediately look for the next thing to heal. We reach one milestone and start thinking about the next one. We compare where we are to where we thought we would be by now. And somewhere in all of that becoming, we forget to turn around and look at the woman who actually got us here. This month, Spirit is asking you to see her. In this September collective reading, I channel messages around navigating challenges without losing yourself inside of them, recognizing the difference between your inner critic and your deeper truth, releasing expectations and control, reconnecting with your body and intuition, and finding compassion for yourself even when life feels messy, uncomfortable, or completely out of balance. And maybe most importantly, we explore what it means to admire yourself while you’re still becoming. You don’t have to wait until everything is healed. You don’t have to have the perfect body, relationship, career, bank account, family, or life. You don’t need to reach some imaginary version of yourself before you’re allowed to be proud of the woman standing here today. You can still be in the thick of it and admire yourself. You can still have healing to do and admire yourself. You can have absolutely no idea what comes next and still look at yourself and say, Wow. Look at how far I’ve come. Maybe September isn’t asking you to become someone new. Maybe it’s asking you to finally see the woman you’ve already become. And to give her the admiration she deserves. --- Let's stay connected!!! bio.site/therachelgossett