What if you gave your past self a funeral?
Not a tragic one.
Not a shame-filled one.
A formal, dignified ceremony.
Picture it. There’s a coffin.
There’s music — maybe something unexpected, even joyful.
Because this is not about loss. This is about completion.
Because here’s a truth most of us were never taught:
You cannot evolve while clinging to the version of yourself who got you here.
That version of you — served a purpose.
She kept you alive.
She helped you survive seasons you didn’t yet have the tools to navigate.
She did the best she could with the awareness she had — at that time.
But she is NOT meant to walk with you into your next chapter.
And here’s why.
A seed cannot grow until it is broken.
An egg: if broken from the outside, life ends. But if it is broken from the inside, life begins.
Growth always requires an internal rupture.
Not destruction. Transformation. Just like a caterpillar that doesn’t become a butterfly by trying harder —
it becomes one by surrendering to the process of becoming. What looks like an ending is actually a rebirth.
You see, we get stuck because we keep trying to drag our old identity forward —
the old coping mechanisms, the old stories,
the old survival strategies — into a season that demands something new.
So today, I want you to imagine this:
You’re standing at this ceremony.
You’re not mourning her — you’re honoring her.
You thank her. For the nights she stayed awake figuring things out.
For the ways she learned to endure.
For how she carried responsibility BEFORE she was ready.
For how she kept going even when she felt unsure.
And then — with compassion, not criticism — you let her rest.
Because clinging to who you were is often the quietest form of self-sabotage.
Real evolution requires a conscious decision:
“I release the version of me who needed to survive… so I can step into the version of me who is ready to create.”
ready to serve without shrinking,
ready to take up space without carrying guilt
ready to lead without asking permission,
Ready to be as a human being, not a human doing.
This isn’t about erasing your past.
It’s about rewriting her role.
She is no longer the main character.
She is the soil.
And soil isn’t meant to be carried — it’s meant to give life to what comes next.
Let me say something you’ve probably thought… but would never say out loud.
You’re exhausted — not because you’re doing too little…
but because you’re still trying to be someone you’ve already outgrown.
The version of you who learned to survive on adrenaline.
The version of you who kept pushing because slowing down felt unsafe.
The version of you who thought,
“Once I get through this season, then I’ll breathe.”
Except the season never ended.
And here is the part your nervous system already knows — even if you haven’t named it yet:
That old version of you? She was brilliant at survival. She kept you functioning. She kept you safe.
She powered through on coffee and willpower.
She learned to ignore her own needs because tending to everyone else felt safer than facing her own exhaustion.
But she was never meant to be permanent.
And I know this part of you is whispering things like:
“Other moms handle this better than I do.”
“Why does this feel so hard if I wanted this life?”
“I’m scared that if I let go of who I have been, everything will fall apart.”
Here’s the reframe I want to offer you:
What if nothing falls apart…
and everything finally falls into place?
She doesn’t disappear.
She becomes the foundation — not the driver.
Because the woman you’re becoming doesn’t need to hustle for her worth.
She doesn’t need to earn rest.
She doesn’t need to prove she’s doing “enough.”
She needs space to emerge.
And that’s what this episode is about.
Not fixing you. Not motivating you.
But helping you release the identity that carried you here…
so you can consciously step into the one your future self is quietly waiting for.
So take a breath. This is the moment you stop carrying who you were… and make room for who you’re becoming.
