Blog #100. The Coming Year of Evolution

Dear Friends,

Welcome to Part 1 of the Evolution Series, based (loosely) on Charles Darwin’s wisdom and the 100^th WonderCrone blog!

100 blogs! Evolution in action.

We began the year with a four-part series of flow — reflections on how we gently return to ourselves. Now, in February, we begin the deeper work: understanding how we evolve.

The women I know do not want more pressure. They want guidance. They want steadiness. They want a way to live that feels aligned with the truth of who they have become. And this is where Darwin quietly enters the chat.

You do not need a degree in evolutionary biology to appreciate Darwin. For almost twenty years, I have returned to his writings, not as a scientist but as a woman trying to understand how life changes us, shapes us, and asks us to respond. Darwin was interested in birds, finches, barnacles, the wonder of diversity, and how small variations — edges, quirks, oddities — help species adapt and thrive.

As it turns out, that is exactly what women in our third chapter are doing: adapting, adjusting, refining, and evolving.

So consider this February a new kind of beginning. Not a January-style reinvention sprint — but an invitation into a deeper, wiser way of growing.

In many parts of the world, February looks like nothing is happening. But look again: roots are stretching, seeds are swelling, systems are preparing. In Mexico, we celebrate Candelaria, the festival of flowers. Nature evolves long before it blooms. Humans do too.

If you feel like your year has started rocky (like mine!) — that is not a failure. That is evolution doing what it does best: working beneath the surface, away from spectacle, toward something truer.

For all his talk about survival of the fittest, Darwin never said anything about rushing. Evolution doesn’t sprint. It doesn’t leap. It doesn’t force transformation on a schedule created by planners and vision boards. Evolution happens from the inside out — slowly, subtly, with exquisite attention to the environment.

Change begins by noticing. That’s where we begin, too. That was Darwin’s gift. It was simple, brilliant, and, if I am honest, not my default setting. But it can be learned.

Over the coming weeks, we will explore how women in our third chapter can evolve with the same intelligence found in the natural world:

·       through curiosity,

·       through variation,

·       through responding to what is real,

·       through discerning what environment we need now,

·       through adapting with purpose instead of panic.

Evolution is not about becoming someone else. It is about growing toward who you already are.

If you want to join me, let’s start here:

1. Notice what is no longer working. Not with judgment — with precision. Your life whispers before it shouts.

2. Notice what draws your attention. Interest is not random. It is a compass.

3. Notice where you feel ease. Ease is not laziness. Ease is structure. It tells you where you fit now.

4. Notice what gives you energy. This is where evolution gathers speed.

Because once you notice, you begin to see. Once you see, you begin to adapt. Once you adapt, you begin to evolve. And that, my friends, is the work now and into our third chapters. Share your evolution at WonderCrone.com