Lately I’ve been talking to many people about the unfortunate side of healing, and growing into a different version of yourself. If you are doing the deep inner work, you know it’s like shedding your old skin/your former self. Such an intense and transitional time! As your shedding this skin you honestly just feel LONELY. It’s intense what can start happening when you hold people accountable for their actions…including yourself! I keep blabbing about how having boundaries isn’t easy but skipped over that huge part- loneliness. However, when I look back and evaluate situations, I realize that I was lonely all along. I just never had the courage to sit with it. Instead I let that noise infiltrate the nooks and cranny’s of my life, as it helped me escape from having to address anything! I may be more alone- literally. But freedom can seem overwhelmingly lonely when you are surrounded by people who have grown to think they like what is shackling them. Once again, we’ve replaced merely being comfortable with actually living authentically. So ask yourself: Were you actually really lonely, but surrounded by noise? Because nothing is worse than being surrounded by people, only to realize you truly were alone the whole time. Choose freedom, friends! Choose “loneliness” over mediocrity, and complacency. Love you!