When Growth Doesn't Look Like Progress
An honest reflection on non-linear growth, unexpected detours, and learning to trust my own path.
How can it be possible to recognize all the ways you’ve grown, acknowledge everything you’ve accomplished, and still feel like you’re back to square one?
Well that’s where I’m at, existing in this strange in-between. The liminal space that exists when you’ve left so much of your old self behind, but the vision you have for your future hasn’t quite arrived yet.
The truth is, my career has been anything but linear these past few years. I’ve offered so many different services; from energy healing, to coaching, to social media management and content creation, to spiritual business strategy. (seriously all over the place — but I love it!)
I’ve had work opportunities enter my reality out of thin air at the right moments, and I’ve also had them disappear in order to teach me lessons (not as punishment, but for my own growth).
Sometimes I compare where I am now in my career to where I was a year ago, and feel like I’ve regressed. But then, I remember everything I’ve learned and the skills I’ve accumulated from each and every single “detour”.
Like I said, my path isn’t linear — it wasn’t designed to be. Human Design has given me the language for what I always struggled to accept about myself. That as a Manifesting Generator, I’m meant to be multi-hyphenate, to explore all of my passions, to pivot and change paths when things feel stagnant, to skip steps and move fast when it feels right.
The world tells you to pick one thing and niche down. While I know that I’m not designed to function that way, I’ve still been operating as if I should — and it’s really cost me.
I keep trying to be consistent, to fit inside a box, to have that perfectly packaged offer — but that’s not me. I am such a multi-dimensional being and my business has to operate the same way.
I am here to show up, express my insights, and share value from my experiences. I am here to offer a safe space, a container for the right people to come in and seek support — not in one way, but in a multitude of ways.
And that’s exactly what I aim to do moving forward. It may look messy to some or not make logical sense, but the path to my dream life has never been “logical”. My path is one of intuition, alignment, and authenticity.
I’m honestly not sure who I’m writing this for. Maybe it’s my own personal reminder for when I forget to live the way I was designed.
And maybe it’s a reminder for you too: that your life doesn’t have to look the way you “think” it does, and that there’s magic in living the way you were divinely designed to live.
Until next time…
xx Talia