The Shedding Season

From Collapse to Reclamation: Stepping Into the Highest Version of Myself

This year wasn’t just challenging - it was transformative in the most uncomfortable, soul-shaping way.

It felt, at times, like I was burning the candle at both ends.
Like I was spinning my wheels, working harder than ever yet somehow sinking deeper into the mud. Every time I pulled myself forward, something seemed to tug me two steps back. Navigating the collapse of long-held friendships, launching my own business, facing the end of a relationship, doctors visits, diagnoses, surgeries and watching the familiar parts of my life fall away one by one and yet, now that I’m standing on the other side, I can see it clearly:

this year wasn’t taking things from me - it was stripping away everything that couldn’t come with me into the next chapter.

What I didn’t know then is that I was in a full reclamation of self...

A shedding.
A clearing.
A becoming.

Sometimes the universe has to dismantle what we’ve outgrown before we’re brave enough to release it ourselves.

The In-Between: The Space Between Who I Was and Who I’m Becoming

I’m not the version of myself I started this year as - and I’m not yet the fully expanded version I’m stepping into. I’m in that sacred in-between space, the threshold where growth happens. It’s uncomfortable, it’s unfamiliar, it’s disorienting, but it’s also the birthplace of alignment.

This year taught me how much I was carrying that wasn’t mine. Patterns that kept me small, obligations built from old wounds, relationships sustained by habit instead of authenticity and expectations I never chose, but lived by anyway.

One by one, these pieces fell away - not because I failed, but because they no longer fit.

The Release

As I close this chapter, I consciously release what this year carved into me:

I release the pain that shaped me.
I release the patterns that kept me chained.
I release the stories that told me I wasn’t ready.
I release the fear of stepping fully into who I am.

And in that release, something powerful happens.

Space opens.
Energy shifts.
Clarity rises.
Alignment returns.

Renewed. Restored. Reclaimed.

I am choosing to step forward renewed, restored and re-aligned with the highest version of myself. Not the version that tries to survive, but the one who knows how to thrive.

This year broke me open, but it did not break me down.
It shaped me into someone more intentional, more grounded, more self-aware and infinitely more committed to living a life aligned with purpose and well-being.

A Message for Those Walking Through Their Own In-Between

If you’re reading this and find yourself in your own season of unraveling - your own collapse, your own shedding - know this:

You are not losing yourself.
You are meeting yourself.

Growth rarely looks graceful in real time, but on the other side of the storm, you’ll find a clearer, stronger, truer version of you waiting.

Keep going.
Keep releasing.
Keep honouring the transformation you’re in.

The chapter you’re stepping into is being written with every moment you choose alignment over fear and you are becoming someone extraordinary.

A Call To Action

You’ve done enough struggling in silence.
If you’re ready to break old patterns, rebuild healthier foundations and create a life that truly reflects who you are becoming, I’m here to guide you.
→ Schedule your 1:1 session and start your transformation today: Silver Lining

With you on the journey,
– Storm Reagan
Life Coach | Lived Experience Guide