Ascent Strength+Embodiment

Something in you knows-
this life no longer fits
You can’t explain it
But staying the same
Would cost you something sacred

So you soften
You listen
You move towards what you cannot yet to see

this is how it begins
Not with clarity
but with courage 🤍

-Rebirth rituals
Lacey Heels

There is a version of this journey no one really talks about.

The part where becoming… feels like breaking first.

Where building the life you asked for
comes with the death of the life you carried deep within your heart.

Where you’re grieving people who are still here,
versions of yourself you had to let go of
and a reality that no longer fits…
you were the one who chose to leave it.

But still… the world doesn’t stop.

Your kids still need you.
Your body still needs you.
Your work still asks you to lead, to give, to show up.

So you do.

Not because it’s easy…
but because you refuse to go back, you refuse to let fear be the thing that stops you this time

This part though? It’s the good part. It’s the part that builds you.

It’s the moments where it would be easier to collapse…
but you steady yourself instead.

Where your heart is heavy, your mind is tired,
and you still choose to move forward even just a step

This is grit.

Not the loud performative kind
But the quiet kind… it’s in the moments no one sees.

And what you’re building here…
is someone unshakeable.

Becoming someone who can feel it all
and still rise.

So if you’re in it right now…
GOOD

Stay with it.
Let it shape you.

Because this version of you…
the one being built in the fire…

She’s the one who you’ve been waiting for all along 💪🤍