Why You Feel Lost on the Path
(And Why That Might Be Okay)
There are times in life when everything that used to make sense… just doesn’t anymore.
You feel like you’ve been doing “the work.” Maybe you’ve healed parts of your past, let go of things that no longer serve you, even made conscious choices about what you want.
And yet—something feels off.
You wake up and wonder:
“What am I even doing anymore?”
“Why don’t I feel connected like I used to?”
“Is this just a phase or am I actually lost?”
If any of this sounds familiar: you’re not broken. You’re not regressing.
You might just be in a part of the journey that no one really warned you about.
That weird middle place,
Most people talk about either beginnings or breakthroughs:
The excitement of starting therapy, coaching, spiritual practices…
The high of clarity, transformation, alignment.
But there’s this murky middle space that almost always shows up somewhere along the way.
The in-between. The part where what used to work doesn’t land the same, but nothing new has quite taken its place.
It’s frustrating.
It’s confusing.
And it can make you question everything.
But here’s what I want to say:
Feeling lost doesn’t mean you’re doing something wrong. It often means you’ve outgrown the framework that got you this far.
You’re not failing. You’re shifting.
Sometimes, we mistake the feeling of being lost for failure.
But the truth is, this “lost” phase might actually be a sign that parts of you—identities, beliefs, coping mechanisms—are starting to fall away.
You're not doing the wrong thing.
You're becoming someone who no longer needs the old things.
This isn’t always graceful.
Letting go rarely is.
It can feel like you’re floating without a clear direction. But that floating often creates the space for something more honest to come through.
We live in a world that loves quick answers.
Feeling lost? Read a book. Sign up for a course. Change your morning routine.
And while those things can help, they’re not always what’s needed.
Sometimes, the most powerful thing you can do is pause.
To sit with the discomfort.
To ask, “What if this isn’t a problem to solve, but a space to listen?”
This is where real insight tends to show up. Not forced. Not planned.
But revealed—slowly, quietly, on its own time.
A few things that might support you right now:
Write things down. Not to make sense of it, but just to get it out of your head.
Talk to someone who gets it. Someone who won’t rush to advise you, but will really hear you.
Get outside. Simplicity matters. Nature doesn’t ask you to be clear, it just reminds you that cycles are real.
Check in with your body. Are you holding tension you didn’t notice? Are you ignoring tiredness that’s asking for rest?
If this is you right now…
Let this be your reminder:
You don’t have to have it all figured out.
You don’t need to feel inspired all the time.
You’re allowed to not know where this is going.
Being “lost” doesn’t mean you’re off the path.
Sometimes, it means you’re finally stepping off someone else’s.
Give yourself some grace.
That might be the most important part of the path so far.
If this feels like the space you’re in right now—if you’re in the in-between, unsure of what’s next but knowing you can’t go back—I hold 1:1 sessions that are less about fixing and more about meeting what’s real.Book a free discovery session
