There comes a time when the life you’ve built — the roles you’ve played, the identity you’ve clung to — becomes too small for the woman you’re becoming.

You feel the friction.
The tightness.
The exhaustion of trying to keep something alive that your soul has already outgrown.

It’s not that it was wrong.
It’s just that it’s done.

And the longer you try to carry it, the heavier it gets.
The more disconnected you feel.
Until the weight of pretending becomes heavier than the grief of letting go.

There is a death before every rebirth.

We talk a lot about expansion. Alignment. Growth.
But we don’t talk enough about the part that comes before:

The crumbling.
The closing.
The uncomfortable in-between.

The part where you know something must die — but you haven’t yet seen what will take its place.

It’s terrifying.
And sacred.

Because this is where you’re stripped back to the bone.
To your essence.
To the truth that can’t be dressed up or diluted.

Letting go is not failure. It’s freedom.

The business you once adored.
The relationship you fought for.
The way of being that got you this far.

You can love them — and still release them.

You are allowed to outgrow what you once prayed for.
You are allowed to evolve without apology.
You are allowed to let go, not because you gave up — but because you woke up.

Let the fire come.

Let it burn through the illusion.
Let it clear the debris.
Let it purify what was never fully yours.

And when the smoke lifts, you will see:
There is life on the other side.
Not the life you planned — something wilder, freer, more true.

But you must let the old burn to make room for the bloom.

Who will you be when you stop performing?

When you no longer bend to fit someone else’s vision of you.
When you speak without shrinking.
When you create without compromise.
When you stand fully in the woman you actually are — not the one you thought you had to be.

There’s a version of you waiting in the ashes.
She’s stronger. Softer.
Untamed. Clear. Devoted. Divine.

And she is yours to become —
But only if you’re willing to let the old go.