Hey there, friend—

Have you ever felt like you’re doing “all the right things” on your personal growth journey—but something still feels… off?

Maybe you’ve worked with coaches, journaled for years, learned to sit with your emotions, and cleared out patterns you didn’t even know you had—and yet…

There’s still a quiet ache.

A sense of not-quite-there.
A foggy “what now?” lingering under the surface.

What I’ve seen—over and over again in my two decades of guiding women through inner transformation—is that we move through seasons of inner work.

Not in a straight line.
Not in a checklist.
Not in an organized symphony.

But in cycles. Spirals. Rhythms.

And if you’re unaware of which season you’re in, you’ll likely judge yourself for being “behind”… when you’re actually right where you need to be.

Let’s explore these seasons together—and help you locate yourself inside your own becoming.


✨ Season One: Healing Hidden Wounds

This is the season of deep tending.

You’ve hit a wall with the coping strategies that used to work—achievement, caretaking, perfectionism, emotional avoidance—and suddenly, it’s all breaking open.

You’re feeling your feelings more than ever.
You’re uncovering old memories, family dynamics, nervous system responses.
You’re not just reading about healing—you’re in it.

This season can look like:

  • Releasing suppressed emotions

  • Beginning trauma-informed work or shadow integration

  • Feeling raw, tender, or disoriented

What you need most in this season: safety, compassion, slowness.

This is not the time to rush ahead or force breakthroughs. It’s the time to root down, gather your tools, and let your body and psyche rewire themselves in relationship with your truth.


🌸 Season Two: Reconnection + Identity Recalibration

You’ve done a good amount of healing. You understand your patterns. You’ve even released some old ones.

But now… you’re between worlds.

You no longer relate to the old version of yourself.
You’re outgrowing identities that once defined you—mother, wife, achiever, helper, people-pleaser, good girl.
But you haven’t yet stepped fully into the new you.

This is The Identity Gap—the in-between.

It’s not resistance. It’s not self-sabotage.
It’s the sacred recalibration of who you actually are, without all the layers you’ve been taught to carry.

This season can feel like:

  • Restlessness or confusion

  • Loss of ambition or clarity

  • Questioning everything that used to feel certain

What you need most: Permission to pause. Honest reflection. Safe mirrors.

This is where community and mentorship matter deeply. You’re becoming—but you don’t have to do it alone.


🌟 Season Three: Inner Mastery + Expansion

You’re ready to embody your truth.

But not from the old, performative energy of hustling or proving.
This time, you’re leading from essence.

You want your work, your relationships, your creativity, your decisions to flow from deep alignment—not force.

This season may look like:

  • A pull toward purpose-aligned leadership or legacy work

  • Rewriting how you relate to power, pleasure, and personal agency

  • Navigating expansion without burning out

What you need now: Devotion. Discernment. Structure to hold the bigness of your becoming.

This is the work of mastery—not perfection, but anchored embodiment.


So… What Season Are You In?

Pause. Breathe. Reflect.

  • Are you tending to pain that’s been buried for years?

  • Are you floating in the in-between of who you were and who you’re becoming?

  • Are you preparing to expand into more of who you already are?

None of these are “better” than the others.
Each is essential. Sacred. Necessary.

The key is to honor the season you’re in, rather than forcing yourself into a chapter you’re not ready for.


Want to Explore This More?

This is the kind of conversation we’re having regularly inside my private Facebook group, WITHIN by Tris Thorp—a space I’ve created for women who are walking these exact phases of the journey.

 In May, I’ll be releasing a full masterclass inside the group on The Identity Gap—what it really is, how to know if you’re in it, and how to move through it without collapsing back into old patterns.

Come be part of the conversation now—because your next season starts with seeing where you are today.

👉 Click here to join the group

You’re not moving through this alone.

With grace and truth,
Tris