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September 2025
ISSUE 09
YOU DON’T NEED TO LEAP. YOU JUST
NEED TO STRETCH.
Expansion is not always comfortable.
It can feel exhilarating but also unfamiliar,
daunting, and stressful.
We often say we want change… until it starts
happening.
Then we feel the wobble. The stretch. The fear
of being too much or not enough.
But there is another way.
We can expand through small, sustainable
changes, taken with consistency.
Not dramatic, adrenaline-fuelled overhauls,
but steady shifts that help us build
momentum, courage, and resilience.
Think about it:
Something you do with ease today—maybe
even automatically—once felt difficult and
clunky.
Maybe it was stepping into a new role with
more responsibility.
Becoming a brand-new mother to a tiny
baby.
Or something seemingly smaller, like learning
to cook a new dish that is now part of your
weekly rhythm.
Expansion asks us to step outside our
comfort zone.
To do things that feel strange or intimidating.
To take emotional, relational, or practical
risks without a guarantee of success.
And when the leap feels too big, we retreat.
We slide back into the familiar, into routines
and roles we have outgrown, simply because
they feel safe.
Expansion stops not because we were not
capable, but because the risk felt
overwhelming.
