In this episode, I’m breaking down what identity actually is — and why it stops so many of us from rising into the next level of our lives.

Most people think they’re stuck because they're unmotivated, undisciplined, or “not ready yet.”

But the truth is simpler:

Your brain is wired for external safety…

but transformation requires internal safety.

Your current identity was built to protect you.

It knows how to survive, stay hidden, avoid threat, and operate from old patterns.

So when you reach for more — more success, more visibility, more money, more confidence — your brain creates disconnection. Not because you’re broken, but because it’s trying to keep you safe in the only ways it knows how.

And that’s exactly where this new work was born.

Over the past seven days, the names for each stage of my method revealed themselves. I watched myself move through situations that would’ve shut me down in the past… and instead, I moved through them with clarity and speed. I noticed where my brain wanted to slip into shame, collapse, or old identity — and I returned to myself instead.

That’s when I realized:

these are the 5 pathways every human must walk to come home to who they truly are.

This is The Return of You™ Method.

In this episode, I share:

What identity actually is

Why your brain disconnects when you try to grow

Why internal safety is the foundation for becoming the next version of yourself

How the 5 Pathways revealed themselves in real time as I moved through my own triggers

How I used them to return to my truth instead of staying stuck

Why these pathways now define my entire coaching philosophy

I am, fully and finally, stepping into what I am meant to teach:

I am an identity coach.

I help your nervous system feel at home in the identity you want to show up as —

so you can go from stuck to unstoppable.

Inside my world, you either become the version of you that you already know is inside you…

or, if you don’t know her yet, she’ll be revealed through this process.

And yes — there’s now a workbook that goes along with this work.

It’s not homework.

It’s an enhancement.

A way to deepen the experience, if you choose, of coming home to yourself.

If you’re ready to understand why you get stuck…

and how to return to the real you again and again…

This episode is the beginning.

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