I recorded this Gap Year Chronicles episode on the rooftop in Ubud on our final day before flying out to Vietnam, and honestly, it became something I didn't plan. Between an ear infection that kept me out of the water for a week, some big conversations with clients, and a fair amount of my own unravelling, I found myself sitting with a question I haven't been able to shake: who are you when the old version of you stops fitting?

If you've ever felt caught between who you were and who you're turning into, gloopy, unmoored, not quite there yet, this one's for you.

in this episode:

• why identity is never just one thing: genetics, epigenetics, conditioning, and the macro and micro systems that shape who we learn to be
  

• the jar of pickles analogy and why you can't read the label from inside the jar
  

• the natural identity threshold points for women, including puberty, motherhood and perimenopause, and the invitation to be both radically self-responsible and deeply gentle with yourself in those moments
  

• the realisation I had in the shower that I am not a lone wolf at all, and what leaving Australia without my pack has actually felt like
  

• the two trapezes: why the free fall between old identity and new is terrifying and necessary at the same time
  

• why the dissolving, the grieving, and the letting go of old identities is just as valid a part of evolution as the wins
  

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