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Melissa Lorin is a holistic leadership coach who helps people identify and transform the hidden blocks that keep them from leading the lives they long for. Her work blends emotional insight, somatic practices, and actionable tools to help create real, lasting change. Find her at melissalorinleadership.com.

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What If Growth Is About Removing, Not Adding More to Your Life?

“Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about un-becoming everything that isn’t really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.” ~Paulo Coelho

For years, any time I felt sadness, insecurity, loneliness, or any of those “unwelcome” feelings, I jumped into action.

I’d look for something new to take on: a class, a language, a project, a degree. Once, in the span of a single week, I signed up for language classes, researched getting certified in something I didn’t actually want to do, and convinced myself I needed to