Ep 125: When You’re Not Who You Were Anymore

Ep 125: When You’re Not Who You Were Anymore

From Unlearning by Shayna Naus

March 25, 2026 · 13 min · Season 1 · Episode 125

About this episode

This episode explores the transitional phase many women experience when they feel disconnected from their past selves while still becoming someone new.

You’re in the in-between. That space where who you used to be no longer fits… but who you’re becoming doesn’t feel fully anchored yet. In this episode, we explore the season that so many women find themselves in—but rarely have language for. The moments where: – clarity is followed by doubt – expansion is followed by contraction – and nothing feels as certain as it once did This isn’t confusion. This isn’t failure. This is what it feels like when your life is expanding faster than your nervous system feels safe to hold. Inside this conversation, we move through: – why growth can feel destabilizing (even when it’s aligned) – the hidden pattern of over-responsibility and holding it all together – what it really means to lead from embodiment instead of effort – why receiving can feel harder than doing – and how to navigate this season without rushing out of it If you’ve been questioning yourself lately… if things feel unclear, stretched, or heavy in a way you can’t quite explain… this episode will meet you there. Softly. Honestly. And without trying to fix you. Because nothing has gone wrong. You’re becoming someone your old nervous system hasn’t fully caught up to yet. Be sure to…

People in this episode

Host: Shayna Naus

Topics covered

  • personal growth
  • self-discovery
  • nervous system
  • embodiment
  • women's experiences
  • emotional clarity

Keywords

  • growth
  • self-improvement
  • clarity
  • doubt
  • expansion
  • contraction
  • nervous system
  • over-responsibility
  • embodiment
  • receiving

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