📅 September Announcements & Soulful Intentions
Hey Soul Fam,
It's been a while.😅
Welcome to September — that weird little in-between month where summer is still hanging on, fall is peeking around the corner, and somehow everyone is already talking about pumpkin everything. 😂
For me, September is also a month of awareness — of our bodies, our minds, our relationships, our stories, and the things we don't always say out loud.
Here at Exclusively Souled, I'm leaning into awareness, connection, and intentional living this month, with a little chronic illness realness, some books, some binge-watching, some travel talk, and hopefully a bit more of me showing up around here.
And when I say “showing up,” I mean it.
I've been working on consistency, getting out of my own head, and pushing through some of that lovely combination of imposter syndrome + fear of posting that can make hitting “publish” feel like a whole ordeal. So I'm making an effort to be more present here and on social media.
Which means I need my Soul Fam to help keep me accountable. 👀
Comment. Share. Send me a message. Tell me what you're reading, watching, thinking about, or struggling with. Even a little interaction reminds me that I'm not just talking to the internet void — and honestly, that helps more than you probably realize.
So, let's get into September.
🧠 September Is Chiari Malformation Awareness Month
September is Chiari Malformation Awareness Month, and this one gives me plenty to talk about from lived experience.
Living with a condition that isn't always visible comes with its own particular brand of frustration. There's the physical reality, the appointments, the questions, the things you wish people understood without you having to explain them for the hundredth time — and then there's figuring out how to keep living your life alongside all of it.
This month, I'll be talking about some of the things I've learned along the way, including the things I wish I'd known before decompression surgery and what happens when a condition like Chiari actually makes its way into pop culture and onto our screens.
Because representation matters — but so does getting it right.
LINK COMING SOON
🌡️ September Is Pain Awareness Month
Pain Awareness Month is another important part of September, especially when we talk about chronic illness and invisible disability.
Pain can affect so much more than your physical body. It can change your plans, your relationships, your energy, your work, your creativity, your intimacy, and sometimes even the way you see yourself.
And because pain doesn't always announce itself with a flashing neon sign, there's often a whole lot of explaining, minimizing, adapting, and pretending that happens behind the scenes.
This month, I'm making room for some of those conversations — including the complicated intersection of chronic pain, intimacy, and connection.
Because we're still whole people, even when our bodies make things complicated.
LINK COMING SOON
❤️ September 4 — World Sexual Health Day
Sexual health is health. Period.
World Sexual Health Day is an opportunity to talk about sexual health, rights, consent, communication, relationships, pleasure, and feeling informed and empowered in our own bodies.
And I think these conversations become even more important when chronic illness and pain enter the picture.
Bodies change.
Energy changes.
Medications can change things.
Pain can change things.
Our relationships with ourselves can change.
None of that means intimacy, desire, connection, or sexuality suddenly stop mattering.
So yes, we're going there this month. With honesty, compassion, and hopefully without making it weird.
LINK COMING SOON
📚 September 8 — International Literacy Day
September 8 is International Literacy Day, and this one pairs beautifully with the bookish side of Exclusively Souled.
I'm a big believer in the fact that stories can take us places — sometimes literally, sometimes emotionally, and sometimes somewhere we desperately needed to go without realizing it.
That's part of why I'm spending some time this month thinking about libraries, reading, accessibility, and the possibilities that open up when we have access to words and stories.
My International Literacy Day post will bring together National Library Card Sign-Up Month, National Read a Book Day, and that simple reminder that your next great adventure might be sitting on a library shelf.
LINK COMING SOON
✍🏽 September Is Be Kind to Editors & Writers Month
Being a blogger sounds very cute until the blogger is chronically ill. 😂
Sometimes the writing flows.
Sometimes your brain has approximately three functioning tabs open.
Sometimes you have an idea you're excited about but absolutely no energy to turn it into words.
And sometimes you disappear for a little while because your body has other plans.
This month, I'll be pulling back the curtain a little on what writing looks like when you're trying to create while chronically ill — including the things writers don't always tell you about what happens when the blogger goes down.
Because behind every post is a person, and sometimes that person is writing from bed.
LINK COMING SOON
🫂 September 10 — World Suicide Prevention Day
September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day, and this year's global campaign centers on “Changing the narrative on suicide” with the call to action “Start the Conversation.”
That phrase really sticks with me.
Because sometimes the things we don't say out loud are exactly the things we need to start talking about.
Chronic illness. Mental health. Isolation. Grief. Exhaustion. Fear. The emotional toll of living in a body that doesn't always cooperate.
There can be so much pressure to say “I'm fine” and keep moving.
Maybe starting the conversation means getting honest about the things we usually tuck away.
Maybe it means checking on someone.
Maybe it means admitting that you aren't okay.
Whatever it looks like, I hope we can make more room for honest conversations and compassionate listening.
LINK COMING SOON
If you or someone you know is in crisis in the United States, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
📖 September 14–20 — Sexual Health Week
Sexual Health Week falls September 14–20 this year, and it gives us another opportunity to talk about something that doesn't always get enough attention in chronic illness spaces: intimacy.
Because chronic illness doesn't magically make us stop being human.
We still want connection.
We still have relationships.
We still have boundaries, desires, questions, insecurities, and needs.
And sometimes we need to figure out how all of those things fit alongside pain, fatigue, disability, medications, changing bodies, and fluctuating capacity.
That's a conversation worth having.
LINK COMING SOON
📺 September 25 — International K-Drama Day & Binge Day
And now for something a little less serious.
September 25 is giving us K-dramas AND Binge Day, which feels like the universe telling me to sit down and mind my business for a few hours.
I'm kidding.
Mostly.
There may be some K-drama appreciation happening around here, along with the inevitable conversation about all the things I've watched instead of doing the thing I was actually supposed to be doing.
Because sometimes you need the deep conversations.
And sometimes you need snacks, subtitles, a comfort show, and absolutely no productivity whatsoever.
Both can coexist.
LINK COMING SOON
✈️ September 27 — World Tourism Day
September 27 is World Tourism Day, and I'm always going to make room for conversations about travel that recognize that not every body gets to travel the same way.
Traveling with a chronic illness requires a little more thought.
What do I pack?
What do I need access to?
What makes getting from Point A to Point B a little easier?
How do I prepare without letting preparation steal all the excitement?
Those are some of the questions I'm thinking through this month — along with the bigger conversation around making tourism and travel more accessible in the first place.
And if you haven't read my previous post, “Accessible Tourism Is Long Overdue: Why I'm Taking Action Now,” this feels like the perfect time to revisit it.
Related Exclusively Souled Post
Accessible Tourism Is Long Overdue: Why I'm Taking Action Now
September 2026 World Tourism Day Content
LINK COMING SOON
🍂 And Before We Slide Into October...
September is also the month where I start thinking about the October Slide.
You know the one.
The seasonal shift. The shorter days. The change in routines. The way fall can hit differently when you're living with chronic illness.
I'm thinking about how I prepare for that transition — physically, mentally, emotionally, and realistically — because sometimes preparing for a season means acknowledging that it might be hard before it actually gets here.
And yes, there will be more on that toward the end of the month.
💫 What Else Is Happening Around Exclusively Souled?
A little bit of this.
A little bit of that.
And hopefully, more of me actually showing up.
This month, you may see conversations around:
- 📚 Books, libraries, literacy, and the places stories can take us
- 🧠 Chiari, chronic illness, pain, and invisible disability
- ❤️ Sexual health, intimacy, and chronic illness
- 🫂 Mental health and the conversations we need to stop avoiding
- ✍🏽 The realities of blogging and creating while chronically ill
- 📺 K-dramas, binge-worthy entertainment, and the things that distract us from our to-do lists
- ✈️ Accessible travel and what it really takes to explore the world with a chronic illness
- 🛍️ Chronic illness tools, products, and things that make daily life a little easier
- 🍂 Preparing for the seasonal shift into October
- 🤎 More Soul Fam interaction, hopefully!
Some of these ideas may become full posts. Some may turn into social content. Some may simply live rent-free in my brain for a while.
I'm still figuring it out.
And honestly? That's okay.
Part of what I'm practicing this month is letting myself create without needing everything figured out first. And as we know, I’m Not Your Typical Blogger (And That’s Okay).
So if you see me posting more, say something.
If something resonates, tell me.
If you have a recommendation, send it my way.
If you want to see me talk about something, let me know.
Help me get out of my own way.
This little corner of the internet feels a whole lot better when it feels like a conversation instead of a monologue.
I'm grateful you're here for it.
Take care of yourself. Give yourself some grace. Read something good. Watch something ridiculous. Have the hard conversations when you need to.
And, as always — Stay souled. 🤎
🔍 September SEO Topics
This month at Exclusively Souled, I'll be exploring conversations around chronic illness, awareness, wellness, books, relationships, travel, and intentional living.
🧠 Chronic Illness & Invisible Disability
- Chiari Awareness Month 2026
- Pain Awareness Month 2026
- chronic illness and invisible disability
- chronic pain and mental health
- wellness and chronic illness
❤️ Sexual Health, Intimacy & Relationships
- Sexual Health Week 2026
- intimacy and chronic illness
- intimacy and disability
- sexual health and chronic illness
📚 Books, Reading & Literacy
- International Literacy Day 2026
- National Library Card Sign-Up Month
- National Read a Book Day
- books and self-care
✍🏽 Writing & Blogging With Chronic Illness
- Be Kind to Editors and Writers Month
- blogging with chronic illness
- creating content with chronic illness
- blogger with chronic illness
📺 Entertainment & Lifestyle
- K-drama and binge watching
- K-drama recommendations
- intentional living
- soulful lifestyle blog
✈️ Accessible Travel
- World Tourism Day 2026
- accessible travel and chronic illness
- traveling with chronic illness
- accessible tourism
September's conversations are all connected by one simple idea: living intentionally while making room for the realities of being human.
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