Hey beautiful souls,
It's Joanne here and welcome back to Aligned with Purpose.
Today I want to have a bit of a heart-to-heart about something I've been navigating behind the scenes and I know so many of you are feeling it too.
This is all about what happens when your purpose starts to evolve and you realize you're being asked to let go of old identities that no longer fit.
If you're feeling a bit lost right now or like the version of you that once felt aligned just doesn't anymore,
This one's for you.
You know when I first stepped into my purpose work I thought I'd arrived,
I thought once I'd found the work that lit me up,
That was it,
The path was clear,
The destination was all mapped out.
But what I've come to realize is purpose isn't a one-time discovery,
It's a living,
Breathing relationship and right now I'm in the middle of shedding an older skin.
The version of me that built a coaching business around one message,
She served her purpose beautifully but I can feel like the edges are fraying.
There's this gentle,
Insistent whisper asking me to step into something even truer,
Even more aligned and that whisper it's both exciting and terrifying because to follow it I have to let go of who I thought I was.
Here's the truth that no one tells you about purpose evolution,
It's a grieving process.
You're not just shifting your work or your focus,
You're saying goodbye to versions of yourself you have outgrown.
The people pleaser who built her worth around productivity,
The perfectionist who thought every pivot needed a plan,
The healer who believed she had to be fully healed before she could help others.
We hold on to those identities because they feel safe and even when they are keeping us small.
And purpose,
It asks us to keep softening,
Keep shedding and keep trusting.
I'm practicing right now to embrace change and it is a process.
So if you're in this space where you feel a calling to create something new but you're scared to let go of the old,
Here's what's helping me.
Sitting with the discomfort instead of rushing to fill the void,
Letting my values guide me not my fear of what people may think.
Reminding myself that evolving isn't failure,
It's proof that I'm growing and the most important is staying in dialogue with my purpose.
Asking every morning what do you want me to know today?
Who do you want me to become?
And then I just listen.
So if you're letting go right now of an old dream,
An old title or an old way of being,
Know this,
You are not lost.
You are in just a beautiful messy middle of becoming.
Who you're meant to be next and I'm right here with you and I'll keep showing up to share this unfolding journey so that you know you're not alone.
Thank you for being here,
For walking your path and for trusting that even when you can't see what what is next,
Your purpose is still holding you.
