Since November 2023, I’ve had several conversations with my parents and had written a letter to my dad about how I didn’t want to continue working for their small business and how I felt pulled to keep pursuing my own purpose and path. The conversations were not easy, in fact, I would cry and feel myself shaking as I expressed myself. In this episode, I talk about the reasons why breaking a pattern, programming, or a cycle is uncomfortable and hard. As I experience this period of transition, I feel excitement and fear of the horizons opening up as well as the sadness and gratitude of a period of my life closing. I’m letting the complex emotions dance and move through me, not missing a single beat. This is what it feels like to be alive.

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