When You’re Ready to Evolve: Letting Go of What No Longer Fits
There comes a moment, sometimes loud, sometimes quietly aching, when something you’ve built, loved, or identified with no longer fits. Not because it was wrong. But because you’ve shifted.
Maybe you can’t name it yet. Maybe it feels like a slow unraveling, or a quiet knowing. But beneath it all is the truth: You’re being invited into a deeper version of yourself.
The Threshold We Often Avoid
We talk a lot about growth, but we don’t always talk about the moment before the growth. That liminal space where you’ve outgrown what was… but haven’t yet stepped into what’s next.
That’s the place where fear speaks loudest. Where doubt creeps in:
“What if I’m being dramatic?”
“What if I ruin something that’s working?”
“What if people see me differently?”
But this space, uncomfortable as it is, is sacred. It’s where we get to ask:
Who am I now?
What feels aligned?
What am I no longer willing to shrink for?
My Own Evolution (and What It Taught Me)
Recently, I rebranded my entire coaching platform. What was once Alignment Mindset is now Arc & Anchor.
Not because the old name was broken. But because I wasn’t the same person who created it.
That change didn’t happen overnight. It took a lot of listening. A lot of honesty. And a willingness to admit that something true was rising, even if I didn’t have all the words for it yet.
What emerged was a new name, yes. But more than that, a new embodiment of the mission I’ve always held: To empower others to live an intentional life by rediscovering who they’ve always been. Before the trauma, before the conditioning, before the programming.
That shift also brought a new name for the podcast. What also began as Alignment Mindset has now become Ride Your Tide, a name that feels more fluid, more honest, and more reflective of what this journey is really about: Living in tune with your truth, your rhythm, and riding your wave.
What Rebranding Really Means (For All of Us)
You don’t have to be a business owner to rebrand your life.
Sometimes rebranding means:
Letting go of old identities or roles
Renaming your values
Redefining success on your own terms
Choosing a new rhythm, even if it looks “less realistic” to the world
At its core, rebranding is a way of saying: “I am now a more honest version of myself… and that’s a beautiful thing.”
You’re allowed to change. You’re allowed to grow. You’re allowed to tell a new story, even if the last one made sense for a while.
If You’re Standing at the Edge of Your Own Shift…
I hope you remember this:
You don’t need permission to evolve. You don’t need to justify what no longer fits. You don’t need to shrink yourself into a version that feels easier for others to understand. Your only job is to be honest with yourself.
That’s where your truth lives. That’s where your next chapter begins.
If You’re Feeling the Shift…
If this speaks to something you’ve been feeling, I explore it more deeply in the latest episode of the podcast, Ride Your Tide, where we unpack what it really means to grow beyond who you’ve been, and step into what’s next. Episode #044: The Rebrand: How to Know When You’re Ready to Evolve
I hope this message gave you a little more space to breathe, and a little more courage to trust your own evolution.
You’re not alone. You’re remembering.
All my love,
~ Austen 🫶🏼
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