About this episode

This episode discusses the 5 Stages of Identity Transformation for those experiencing layoffs, loss, or significant life changes.

Are you going through a layoff, a loss, or a life change that has left you wondering who you even are anymore? I want you to know that you are not broken. You are transforming. In this episode of Deciding to Soar: Living Life Your Own Way , I share a framework I call the 5 Stages of Identity Transformation. Whether I am working through issues in my own life or working with clients navigating career shifts, chronic illness, grief, divorce, or a spiritual crisis — I keep seeing the same pattern. And I want to give you language for what you're living through, because when you can name it, you can move through it. So, in this episode, I share: • Why your discontent is your soul signaling that something no longer fits • How disruption reveals what can never go back to the way it was — and why that's sacred, not shameful • What the detangling process really looks like as you separate your authentic self from who you were conditioned to be • Why the disconnection stage feels like wandering in the wilderness — and how to stay grounded • How I define direction — and why it's about alignment, not perfection This episode is for anyone in a season of transition who is exhausted from…

Topics covered

• identity transformation
• layoffs
• life changes
• self-discovery
• personal growth

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