"Positive Disintegration": Why It Feels Like You’re Falling Apart Before You Decide to Stay or Go
About this episode
The episode discusses the concept of positive disintegration and its significance during times of personal upheaval, particularly in the context of considering divorce.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit stayorgo.substack.com Episode 94: In this episode, I start by inviting us to slow down together. I recorded this on February 8, 2026, and I could feel how loud life has been lately. Instead of showing up with a tidy bow and a perfect lesson, I let this be a real conversation between me and you. A place to breathe, to soften, and to tell the truth about what it feels like when your inner world is rearranging itself. Because today we are talking about falling apart, and why it might be the most honest thing your soul has ever done. I’m introducing you to a concept I just found this week and immediately knew I needed to bring to you: positive disintegration . The kind of breakdown that isn’t a failure, but a signal. A sign that the strategies you used to survive, the roles you learned to play, and the fantasies you clung to are no longer able to hold back what you already know in your bones. In other words, it’s not that you are breaking. It’s that your denial is breaking. And something truer is trying to come through. We talk about why our culture fears endings, grief, and death, and how that fear shows up…
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