Dissolution: When Life Asks Us to Let Go
We’ve been here before, those moments when life unravels in ways we never imagined.
I remember when our yoga business collapsed, and we had to sell our first family home. That home held our memories, our laughter, our roots. But it was also collateral for the SBA loan, and when the business fell, so did our home. We put on brave faces for the kids as we packed up our lives and left Colorado, our community, our sanctuary. In many ways, we said goodbye to the version of “us” we had always known.
A few years later, another layer peeled away. The belongings we had stored with hope for a future return had to be released. I cried watching our beloved wooden toys, skis, carefully chosen furniture, and art (the things that carried so much of our story) be given away. It felt like another quiet death.
And I continue to witness this theme of dissolution. As our children grow more independent and need fewer snuggles. As my skin begins to shift, and my blood ceases its monthly rhythm. As I grieve the loss of my father and my lifelong protector.
We often see death as final, but this kind of death is different.
It is the shedding of identities, roles, and parts of ourselves. It’s a threshold that invites us into deeper truths and new understanding. It is uncomfortable, disorienting, and profoundly human.
Turbulence arises when we resist this natural shift. Like fighting against a powerful ocean current, it only exhausts us and pulls us under. But when we surrender, when we allow ourselves to be carried by the current, we start to see that what’s fading is simply making room for something new.
This is the essence of dissolution.
As women, this cycle lives in our very biology. We bleed, we release, we create. The wisdom of dissolution is ancient; it’s written in the myths, in our blood, in our bones.
So I invite you to pause and ask:
What are you being asked to surrender?
Is there a part of you, a belief, a role, an identity, that no longer fits?
Are you holding on simply because the unknown feels too vast?
What if you could trust the process?
What if letting go is the very path to becoming more fully yourself?
Creation begins where something else has ended. Dissolution isn’t the end, but a sacred unraveling that clears the way for your next becoming.
If you want a safe space to soften into what’s letting go without rushing what comes next, I’m here with you.
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