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The Autumn Residency

Welcome to a 3-month seasonal immersion in presence and pleasure.

 

A curated system—not just a checklist—to help you trade the hamster wheel for a rich, resonant personal life.  Choose your depth: The Foundation, The Mentorship, or The Collector’s Edition.

The Autumn Residency is a good fit for you if…

This isn't just a list of Fall activities, or another PDF book you download & forget about.

 

This is an invitation to reboot your life this Fall.  To step off of autopilot & out of hustle culture & reclaim your time this Autumn.

While that makes it a beautiful fit for most of us feeling the weight of the daily grind, there are some particular women will benefit the most from what's inside: 

 

The High-achievers who don't know how to stop being "on."

The Caretakers taking care of everybody else, but themselves.

And those who are ready to stop letting their life slip away without a trace. 

If you are a woman who…

  • Wants more from her life… More pleasure, more presence in her life, & desires a deeper, richer connection to her life.

  • Feels a deep longing to create and be creative in her life.  To put her own essence into her life.

  • Wants to get the zest and sparkle she knows she is still capable of back, or to find it at last!

  • Is struggling to make time for herself, and who feels like she's settled for safe & boring, like she no longer belongs in her own life.

  • Knows she's meant for something bigger than her current life, but has had trouble taking action on it, and creating a life that feels deeply meaningful.

If that sounds like you, you are exactly who

The Autumn Residency was built for! 

The Autumn Residency will guide you to...

Make the most of the Season

Step into a curated collection of seasonal experiences, dates, and rituals (designed for solo exploration or shared moments) that pull you out of the routine and ground you entirely in the present. Get out of autopilot, & step into your new life of aliveness & simple pleasure.

Get to Know Yourself more Deeply

Through intentional creative practices and fresh pursuits, you get to experience the best parts of yourself—rediscovering what you love, what fuels your passion, and what your true personal preferences are, just like you did before life got so complicated.

Make time for Yourself again

It is so easy to let your life fill to the brim with endless-to-do lists, obligations, and caring for everyone else while your tank runs on empty.  This residency give you the permission slip — and the container — to finally nurture yourself again.

Fall in Love with Fun & your Life 

Stop waiting around for joy to accidentally find you, and learn to cultivate it on purpose. Fun doesn't just wander into a packed schedule; you carve out space for it. Let this residency give you the map to bring that spark back.  Let's not just find the fun in your life—let's learn how to be the fun in everyone's life.

“This book is beautiful! I can't wait to print it and keep it with me for the year. I'm going to do one activity a week! THANK YOU!” 

— Andrea B.

 Look Inside The Residency 

The core archive of dates, journal reflections, daily practices and seasonal guidance
designed to help you inhabit your Autumn!

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What's Inside

THE ARCHIVE

55 Autumn Pleasures

Get 55 beautiful, curated ideas for how to experience the season. From simple moments to decadent rituals, you'll get ideas easily made into solo dates, friend adventures, or date nights. Beautifully formatted with photography, inspirational quotes, and atmospheric depth.

Included in the Foundation & all other tiers.

THE REFLECTION

12 Journal Prompts

Here you'll find twelve thoughtful seasonal questions—one for each week of the 3 month residency. Each prompt is carefully crafted to help you strip away the routine, reflect deeply, and get back into your own life. They are fun & juicy explorations of the season!

Included in the Mentorship & Collector's tier only. 

THE DAILY PRACTICE

16 Gratitude Prompts

Included to ground your practice, you'll find sixteen gratitude prompts designed to help you express appreciation in ways that feel rich, intentional, and entirely removed from the ordinary checklist. 

Included in the Mentorship & Collector's tier only. 

THE MENTORSHIP

6 In depth Invitations

Receive six guided, fun & deeply atmospheric invitations to play that prompt you to go further. Curated with visual storytelling, seasonal recipes, actionable item and extended ideas to help you truly live out the work.

Included in the Mentorship & Collector's tier only. 

“I’m buying one of these for all of my girlfriends! I’m not kidding.  I needed something like this in my life! It's full of pleasure and play and joy! Love it!”

— Marie P.

“Enjoyed this one immensely.  Looking forward to next seasons book. Thanks.”

— Gayle I.

“These just keep getting better and better.  So glad I found you, girl. PS  It’s so pretty too!”

— Brigette W.

Explore which path is best for you

The Autumn Residency Tiers

THE FOUNDATION

The Self-guided Digital Archive

THE MENTORSHIP

Guided Digital Immersion 

COLLECTOR'S EDITION

Digital + Keepsake Book

The core 55 Fall Ideas & Dates roadmap to reclaiming your autumn joy without the overwhelm. 

Simple, do-able, affordable.

Deepen your practice with more tools for you to get the most out of the season.

Join the Masterclass! 

 Get the FULL, collectible experience.

 

Digital & for the last time ever, the physical soft-cover spiral-bound book printed and shipped for you.

INCLUDES

55 Fall Dates & Ideas 

INCLUDES

55 Fall Dates & Ideas

12 Seasonal Journal Pages

16 Gratitude Prompts 

6 Invitations to Play  

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This is the version I highly recommend!  If you have any doubts, get this one!

INCLUDES

55 Fall Dates & Ideas 

12 Seasonal Journal Pages

16 Gratitude Prompts 

6 Invitations to Play  

Collector's Edition Soft Cover Spiral Bound Book -- with all 55 dates, journal pages, prompts on premium paper. I do all the printing and shipping for you. 

 

LIMITED QUANTITIES AVAILABLE! 

 

This will be the last year for this version of the program & the last year for one of these books. 

I only have 5 left.  Get 'em while you can!

The Foundation

Digital Archive only

$27.00

Best Value!!!

The Mentorship

Complete Digital Edition

$47.00

Limited Availability

Collector's Edition

Digital+ SPIRAL BOUND BOOK

$97.00

Presented by Desirée Sommer,
Certified Life Coach & Author

Desirée Sommer is three times certified life coach and book author who continues to hone her skills and inspire women to live joyful, fun & extraordinary lives exactly as they are, & exactly where they are!  She has over 10 years in the life coaching space helping women get the lives the deserve & love.  And she can help you too!

Hello!

I'm Desirée Sommer

I'm a Certified Life Coach for women.

 

I help women to find more love & pleasure in their lives, to wake up confident & joyful, & learn to love & appreciate themselves...

... not by hustling harder, or correcting faults, no no no!

 

.. but by being more of who they naturally are! 

 

Shine brighter, live more beautifully, achieve exactly what you want - by doing more of what you love & being more who you naturally, authentically are!

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