Between Chapters
Between Chapters offers thoughtful essays, practical insight, and steady companionship for those rebuilding, reorienting, or simply pausing to listen more closely. If you find yourself between what was and what’s next, you’re in the right place.
One of the things that has surprised me most about adulthood is how difficult it is to recognize our own growth.
Perhaps that is because we expect growth to announce itself. We imagine it will arrive...
Some roles come with clear expectations.
Others come with competing ones.
We are expected to lead with confidence but remain approachable. To care deeply without becoming overinvolved. To set bounda...
Reinvention is one of the most powerful stories of modern life.
We hear it everywhere. If something in your life no longer fits, change it. Learn new skills. Adopt a new mindset. Become the person yo...
Leadership is often described as an opportunity.
A chance to influence, to grow and to make meaningful change.
And it can be those things.
But many leaders today are carrying a quieter truth: Leade...
Hi there,
Before the next essay arrives, I wanted to pause and write to you personally.
Over the past months, we’ve explored transitions, resilience, identity, purpose, confidence, joy, and the quie...
Most of us were taught to think about growth as a linear process. You figure something out, make a change, and move forward.
And sometimes that does happen.
But more often, growth looks cyclical. Yo...
After periods of burnout, grief, or prolonged transition, many people say some version of the same thing: “I don’t feel joy the way I used to.”
They often assume this means something is broken. That ...
There is a phase of growth that rarely gets celebrated. It isn’t a breakthrough. It isn’t a big reveal. It isn’t a moment where everything suddenly feels clear. It’s the middle.
You’ve stopped doing ...
We talk a lot about becoming. Becoming more aligned. More whole. More ourselves.
But becoming has another side that doesn’t get named as often – Letting Go.
Things must loosen. The shape of your lif...
Resilience is often described as the ability to bounce back.
To push through. To stay strong. To keep going.
And to be fair, resilient people do keep going.
They do recover.
They do find their footi...
Many people think of leadership as something you step into once you feel ready, once you’re confident, clear, and certain about the path forward.
But in real life, leadership often shows up much earl...
There’s a particular kind of self-doubt that shows up after change.
Not the kind that comes from fear of failure, but the quieter loss of footing that happens when the old rules no longer apply. You’...
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