Sometimes there’s a moment when the life you’ve been living no longer feels like the life you’re meant to keep carrying.
Can you relate?
It’s not dramatic or loud. It feels like something familiar is loosening or unraveling, something deeper beginning to take shape beneath the surface…

Lately, I’ve been in that space.
Maybe you have too.

There’s been a shift happening inside me, asking me to look honestly at the ways I’ve been showing up and the identities I’ve been holding onto. Not because they were wrong, but because they’re no longer true for who I’m becoming.

The body knows when it’s time to soften out of an older version of yourself.

What I keep coming back to is this: what doesn’t feel good doesn’t feel good for a reason.

For a long time, I stayed inside familiar patterns even when my soul was whispering that I had outgrown them. You can love what you do and still realize you don’t love the way you’ve been doing it. That truth has been asking for my attention.

As I slow down and listen, I notice how often distraction has filled the space where my clarity should be. Silence has become one of my greatest teachers – the place where my intuition becomes impossible to ignore.

The end of the boss babe era

A big theme rising for me is the quiet ending of the boss babe era – the season of over-performing, constant output, and pushing for growth at any cost. Many of us built our work and identity during a time when success meant being everywhere, doing everything, and being seen all the time. But holding an identity after it stops feeling aligned becomes incredibly heavy.

In this week’s podcast episode, I open up more about this transition – the exhaustion of maintaining a persona that no longer reflects your insides, and the relief that comes when you allow an old identity to fall away. It’s a tender conversation, and one I know many of us are moving through collectively.

A new rhythm

The more I tune in, the more I feel the desire for a different pace.

More softness.
More presence.
Less performance.
Less pressure to be anything other than myself.

If you’ve been feeling tired, uninspired, or uncertain about what’s next, it doesn’t mean you’re off track. It often means something deeper is asking to be acknowledged.

What this season is showing me

These themes keep rising to the surface as I move through this shift, and I dive into the depths in this week’s podcast episode:

• Letting old identities fall away so new ones can emerge
  
• Seeing how distraction pulls us away from our truth
  
• Noticing the collapse of performative online personas
  
• Honoring silence as a spiritual practice
  
• Choosing alignment over constant outward growth
  

A closing reflection

Wherever you are in your own transition, I hope you give yourself permission to listen.
To rest.
To soften.
To let the old version of you fall away without rushing the next one.

These seasons aren’t ending, they are doorways. 

If you want to explore these themes more deeply, the new podcast episode is ready for you.

Listen to the full episode now!

→ Listen to “Girl Boss Era Is Dead”

On Spotify Here
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If this resonates with you, I’d love to hear your thoughts. DM me on Instagram @laurenoflove and let me know what landed. Your medicine matters.