🎤 Behind the Roar | September 20, 2025
This week’s theme of release has been weighing heavily on my heart. Letting go sounds simple on paper, but in reality? It’s anything but.
I just returned from a week at the beach—a solo trip to revive, re-energize, and rejuvenate my soul. It was a much-needed break from work and life, and in the quietness of that space I finally found clarity I hadn’t been able to grasp anywhere else.
I’ve shared before that my role at work is shifting. What I haven’t said out loud is how hard it’s been to sit in this in-between—caught in limbo while others decide the structure of my future. And the truth is, it’s not the change itself that’s been hardest. It’s the waiting.
On the beach, I realized why acceptance has felt so elusive: my career is taking a sharp turn I never expected. For years, I pictured one clear path forward. Now, that picture has been shattered, and I’ve been holding my breath, waiting for someone else to hand me a new one.
But here’s the hard truth I uncovered as the waves rolled in: waiting gives my power away. Waiting hands my future to someone else. And that is something I refuse to do.
So I’m taking my power back. I’m choosing to release myself from the pause button I’ve pressed. I’m deciding to move forward—even without all the answers. That means picking back up the projects I love, like my next book idea, which has nothing to do with my day job but everything to do with my passion and purpose. Why would I silence that out of fear of the unknown?
Here’s what I’ve learned: letting go doesn’t mean you accept or agree with what’s happening. It doesn’t mean pretending it doesn’t hurt. It means choosing not to let that situation control you anymore. Releasing—whether it’s a thought, a relationship, or an old expectation—is about clearing space for something better.
And release isn’t one-and-done. It’s a daily practice. Every day, I have to remind myself to unclench, to breathe deeper, to trust that what I set down makes room for what’s next. That’s where growth begins.
Some things are still hard for me to release—patterns, memories, even parts of the identity I thought I’d carry forever. But when I practice letting go, even in the smallest ways, I notice more space inside me for peace, creativity, and joy.
💛 If you’re walking through your own season of release, know this: you don’t have to get it perfect. You just have to keep practicing. Every time you let go, you’re choosing to move forward.
First Step Challenge
What is one thing in your life you’ve been holding on to that you know in your soul you need to release? Name it, write it down, and then practice the Rituals for Letting Go to free yourself from what’s holding you back.
— With Gratitude,
Ronda 💛
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