In today’s episode, I’m talking about creating space for healing and growth, letting go of the hands that held us, and reframing scarcity in the aftermath of challenging chapters and big life transitions. The truth is, creating space is a necessary part of growth, and with growth comes outgrowing. Not always, but often. Since releasing my memoir, Unravel, so many people have reached out to me about finding the courage to let go of relationships that no longer serve them and how to move past the fear of experiencing loss when we start to evolve beyond our present level of living. In this conversation, I hope to normalize the experience of outgrowing the people and communities in our lives without making ourselves or anyone else wrong or bad. I know you’ll gain a lot from these lessons!

What to listen for:

“It’s really important to understand that this is not a judgment on ourselves or other people. It’s simply a statement of fact. When we grow, we outgrow things. We know this to be true in a lot of ways, but when we weave in relationships and other people, there’s a lot of story around it, both internal and external.”

“Space means having the room to be with yourself, process what you’ve been through, process who you are now and who you’re becoming, make sense of things, get clarity, and find what’s aligned for you… without the feedback of people who are trying to control and maybe even manipulate the situation in their favor or based on their comfort.”

“You’ll realize that the people that you thought would be there actually aren’t, and this is painful. This is heartbreaking. This is hard. It’s confusing. There’s a lot of emotion that comes up with it, but it’s actually very normal.”

“I had to release that relationship because I couldn’t hear myself anymore. And I didn’t feel like the support that I was getting was actually supportive of what I needed in the moment and supportive of me growing into who I needed to be and healing in the ways that I needed.”

“Suddenly we’re alone. And now we’re going to be alone until the end of time. That’s a story rooted in fear. That’s not true. It’s a lie. It is something our subconscious does because it wants us to go back to the known and familiar.”

Resources:

Access our free workbook for how to make the impossible happen, and our powerful 8-part Journey Mapping™ sampler program and begin uncovering the purpose of your path at www.TalesFromTheJourney.tv/Free/.

Read my memoir, Unravel: Rising Up and Coming Back from a Season of Living that Damn Near Killed Me at www.TheUnravelBook.com.

Tales from the Journey™ is a Stephenie Zamora Media Production.