Expansion isn’t always light and ease. Sometimes, it aches. Sometimes, it asks us to grieve who we were before we stepped into who we’re becoming. This piece explores the unseen pain that can follow breakthrough, and why your grief might be a sign of real change.

You’re not sabotaging yourself. You’re protecting yourself—just in a way that’s no longer serving you.

The clarity you’re waiting for might come the moment you set the boundary you’ve been avoiding.