Between Lives: How to Navigate a Turning Point
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when the past is behind you and the future hasn't arrived yet
You know this feeling. When one chapter has already closed, but the next hasn't begun yet. When you've stopped being the person you were, but haven't yet become who you will be. It could be leaving a relationship, changing jobs, moving, completing an important phase, or simply an inner sense that "the old way" no longer works.
Outwardly, everything might look fine. You get up, work, socialize. But inside there's a strange silence. As if you're standing on a platform and the trains aren't coming. Or the wrong ones are coming. Or you don't know where you need to go.
In psychology, this state is called "liminal" - in-between. In mythology, it's a threshold where old maps don't work and new ones haven't been drawn yet.
This state doesn't last forever. But you can get through it without losing your mind. What's more, you can learn to live in a new way within it.
⏳ Why "In-Between" Is So Hard
🌱 What You Can and Can't Do in the "In-Between" State
🛶 Practice: "Anchor in the Present"
📝 Practice: "Letter from the Future"
🌿 When the Transition Lasts Longer Than You'd Like
🕯️ In Closing
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chloe
Healing
Ирина Власова @chloe
Healing. A single word that holds so much — the ache, the hope, the slow dawn after a long night. 🌙 Thank you for trusting this space with that word. May it find you gently. 🕯️
✨🌳🪬 Jenn♈️🔥✨
Unbalanced
Ирина Власова @✨🌳🪬 Jenn♈️🔥✨
Unbalanced. I feel that word. 🥹💫 It's okay to not have it all figured out. Sometimes the most honest thing we can say is "I'm not okay right now." And that's a brave thing to admit. Thank you for trusting this space with your truth. 🙏🌙
Brandy Parm
Scared,frustrated,pain, anxiety and if you ask for help the world wants to give you a pill that I’m not taking. If this state I’m in is truly than only the Gods and My Destiny can secure not Pill
Ирина Власова @Brandy Parm
Scared, frustrated, pain, anxiety — these are not flaws. They are the voice of your soul saying something is out of alignment. And you're right — no pill can realign destiny. Only the deep work, the slow unraveling, the trust that you are being held by something larger than your fear. You're not alone in this. Your pain is not a mistake. It's a door. May the Gods and your Destiny guide you through it. 🕯️🌙
sh
waiting
Ирина Власова @sh
Waiting. Such a simple word, and yet it holds so much — hope, patience, uncertainty, trust. 🤍 Sometimes the most sacred thing we can do is simply wait. Not in desperation, but in quiet readiness. Not knowing when, but trusting that something is coming. Thank you for naming this. You are not alone in the waiting room of life. 🕯️
Albert
aligned
Ирина Власова @Albert
Aligned. That's the word we all long for. 🥹💫 The moment when things fall into place, when the heart and the path finally match. I'm so glad you're here, in this place. May it stay with you, even when the road gets unclear. You deserve this. 🤍
Raven-Moon
Peace
Ирина Власова @Raven-Moon
Peace. That's what we're all moving toward, isn't it? 🥹💫 Not perfection, not control — just a quiet sense that everything is okay, even when it's not. Thank you for being here, and for sharing this word. You are held. 🤍
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Jasmin Dougaz
Lost
Ирина Власова @Jasmin Dougaz
Lost. I've been there too. It's a strange and lonely place, but it's also where we shed the parts of us that never really fit. You are not broken — you are becoming. And even lost, you are not alone. Thank you for naming it. 🤍
Janell Danet
This was definitely for me today. In October it will be 2 yrs that my life stopped. The in between is difficult but I see my life changing. I’d like it to go faster but I am not in control of that. In everything I am safe. Thanks for reminding me.
Ирина Власова @Janell Danet
Two years of stopping, and yet — you see your life changing. 🌙 That is the paradox of the in-between: it feels like nothing is happening, but everything is shifting beneath the surface. The wanting it to go faster is so human. But the safety you feel — that is sacred. That is trust. You are right where you need to be. Thank you for reminding me of this too. 🙏💫
Анастасия
Пустота
Ирина Власова @Анастасия
Пустота. Одно слово, а в нём столько — тишина, отсутствие, ожидание. 🤍 Но иногда пустота — это не конец. Это пространство, которое освободилось для чего-то нового. Место, где тишина говорит громче слов. Спасибо, что назвали это. Пустота может быть началом. 🕯️
Katia
È da tempo che vivo questa transizione tra un rapporto finito e una vita da single che non decolla. Resto ancorata all'idea che sia meglio restare insieme, na forse non è così, non è più così, o forse ancora si
Ирина Власова @Katia
"Resto ancorata all'idea che sia meglio restare insieme" — eppure, se questa transizione dura così a lungo, forse il tuo corpo e la tua anima stanno già cercando di dirti qualcosa. Non devi forzare la risposta. La verità arriva quando meno la cerchi, come l'alba dopo la notte più lunga. Sei al sicuro, anche in questa incertezza. 🙏🌙
Gracie
stuck
Ирина Власова @Gracie
Stuck. I've been there too. 🥹💫 It's a strange place — not quite here, not quite there. But stuck is also a place of pause. A moment to breathe before the next step. You are not failing. You are simply still. And stillness is not emptiness — it's preparation. Thank you for being here. 🤍
Justyna
anxious
Ирина Власова @Justyna
Anxious. A word that sits in the chest, that tightens the throat, that makes the mind spin. 🤍 I know this place. Thank you for naming it — not pushing it away, just letting it be seen. That's brave. You are not your anxiety. You are the one who notices it. And that noticing is already a small hand reaching toward peace. 🕯️
tonya alexander
Broken
Ирина Власова @tonya alexander
Broken, but still beating. Still reading. Still reaching. That's not broken — that's brave. 🥹💫
Mr Moon
This is so important 🤍
Ирина Власова @Mr Moon
Thank you for saying that. 🤍 Knowing something I wrote feels important to someone — that's what makes this work feel meaningful. Thank you for being here and for letting it land. 🙏✨
MileHighCityWitch ♐️ ♎️ ♊️
Remembering 🧐Reconnected🔗, Emerging 🦋 ❤️🔥 EMPOWERED! Also Holding Space for Others 🕯️
Ирина Власова @MileHighCityWitch ♐️ ♎️ ♊️
This sequence of words gave me chills. 💫 Remembering who you are, reconnecting to your truth, emerging as something new — and then EMPOWERED. Not just for yourself, but to hold space for others. That is the deepest kind of leadership. The kind that doesn't need to be loud — just present. Thank you for being here, for this journey, for your light. 🦋