Friend, have you ever looked up in the middle of your life and felt like a stranger was living it?Like the woman you used to be is somewhere you cannot quite reach, and you have been quietly searching for her ever since — retracing your steps, looking in all the usual places, wondering if you left her somewhere in the loss?That is exactly where this episode meets you. And I need you to know: what you have been calling lost is actually layers.When my mom made her transition to heaven, I thought I had lost myself right along with her. What I found on the other side of that grief changed everything about how I understand identity, becoming, and what it actually means to get to know yourself in a new season of life. And today I am sharing all of it with you.IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT:➡️ Why feeling like a stranger in your own life after a major transition is not loss — it is layers rising to the surface➡️ The difference between the core of who you are (which never left) and the new parts of you this season has been calling forward➡️ Why getting to know yourself is not a crisis — it is a practice most of us have never stopped long enough to doSELF LOVE 2-STEP REMIX — Step 1 — Name what stayed. Write down at least three things about you that have never changed no matter what season you have been in. Your values. What you will not compromise. What makes you laugh even on a hard day. Start with your favorite color if that is all you have — because you still know it, and that is proof you are still in there.Step 2 — Name one new layer. One thing this season has revealed that was not on the surface before. A new limit you are holding. A new way you love. A new thing you care about. You do not need the whole list. One is enough to start. Name her. Honor her. She showed up for you.Step 3 — The YOU Step: You get still. You get quiet. And you ask yourself — what is my heart telling me to do next? Whatever comes up, that is your next right aligned step. Not the whole plan. Just the next move. Trust her, Friend. She already knows.LOVE NOTE — The truth this episode is anchored in ~You are not who you used to be. And that is not a sign that something went wrong. That is a sign that you have been living. The seasons have been doing exactly what they were designed to do — building something in you that had to be built through the going, not around it. The woman you are becoming is not a lesser version of who you were. She is a fuller one. And it is time to reintroduce yourself.GET YOUR JOURNAL PROMPTSWant to go deeper on this episode? Journal prompts are waiting for you — designed to help you get clear on your desires, honor yourself now, and start stepping toward your next level with intention and without guilt.👉 Get YoursLET’S STAY CONNECTED📍Come share what shifted for you after this episode. Drop a review, comment on a YouTube video, or hit reply on the weekly Love Notes newsletter.💌Not on the Love Notes list yet? Join at the link below — it is the best way to stay connected and keep the encouragement coming straight to your inbox every week. 👉 Subscribe Here📺 New videos DAILY on YouTube: @EO_E 🎙️ New podcast episodes every Tuesday and Thursday 🌐 encourageovereverything.com🎵 Music: It's Easy to Love You💖💖 Confident and Empowered Women with Letitia Hopkins drops every Tuesday and Thursday. Subscribe so you never miss an episode. If today's conversation shifted something for you, leave a review — your words help other women find this podcast and there is a woman out there right now who needs exactly what you just heard.

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