Dominique Fray-Aitken

Growth is often described as becoming more —more confident, more certain, more capable. But sometimes, growth looks like letting go. Letting go of roles you once relied on. Letting go of identities that helped you survive. Letting go of versions of yourself that were necessary at one point, but no longer fit. This can feel unsettling — especially when those earlier versions carried you through difficult seasons. The selves we don’t thank enough Many people carry a sense of discomfort, or...

January has a way of making people feel late. Late to start. Late to change. Late to become who they think they should be by now. There’s a quiet pressure in the air — subtle, but persistent — that suggests you should already be moving faster, clearer, more decisively than you feel able to. But what if nothing has gone wrong? What if you’re not behind at all — you’re transitioning? Transition is not stagnation Transition is an in-between space. It’s the psychological pause between who...

January often arrives with a quiet pressure. New goals. New habits. New versions of ourselves to construct before we’ve even caught our breath after the year that was. For many people, the new year doesn’t feel like a clean beginning — it feels more like continued carrying. Fatigue still hums in the body. Unanswered questions remain. Emotions haven’t magically settled just because the calendar turned. And that’s okay. You don’t need to erase who you were to become who you are becoming. You...