What If Letting Go Was the Key to Moving Forward?

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Have you ever found yourself clinging so tightly to the version of your life you thought you were supposed to live, only to realize it no longer fits?

That’s where I’ve been.
That’s what I’ve been walking through.
And that’s the heart of this week’s message.

Sometimes, we’re not stuck because we’re broken.
We’re stuck because we’re still holding on.

To roles.
To expectations.
To survival strategies that once protected us but now prevent us from becoming who we were created to be.

We outgrow our old selves on the way to becoming who we’re meant to be.

But outgrowing hurts.
It’s tender.
It’s uncomfortable.
It’s confusing.
Especially when there’s no clear map or title for who you are becoming.

We live in a world that praises clarity, direction, and constant forward motion. But what happens when your growth requires stillness instead of striving?
When clarity comes after the letting go?
When the labels fall away and all that’s left is you, raw and wondering: Now what?

This week’s message is for the woman who’s ready to let go—of control, of who she thought she had to be, of the burnout she no longer wants to wear like a badge.

You don’t need to explain your shift.
You don’t need to justify your becoming.
You just need permission to stop holding what no longer belongs to you.

So here it is:
You’re allowed to release it.
The grief.
The guilt.
The performance.
The proving.

Not because you’ve failed.
But because your soul is ready for something deeper.

Let’s walk it out together.

3 Practical Steps

1. Acknowledge What You’re Still Carrying
   ​Some burdens aren’t heavy because of their weight—but because we were never meant to carry them alone. Take inventory of what you’re still holding. Be honest. Be gentle.
2. Give Yourself Language for the In-Between
   ​You may not have the perfect elevator pitch for who you are right now—and that’s okay. You are in transition. Try naming this season as what it is: healing, becoming, rediscovering, realigning.
3. Choose Release Over Reassurance
   ​You don’t need everyone’s validation to move forward. You don’t need all the answers. Begin letting go of needing to “explain” yourself—and instead start allowing yourself to simply be.

Points to Ponder

• What am I still gripping that God has already asked me to release?
• Who do I become when I stop trying to be everything for everyone?
• What might I discover if I gave myself the grace to not know what’s next?

Scripture for the Soul

“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?” — Isaiah 43:18–19

God is not asking you to have it all figured out.
He’s asking if you trust Him enough to take the next step—blindfolded, if necessary.
Your next chapter will not be written from your old wounds. It will be written from the freedom found in surrender.

This Week on The Confident Woman Podcast

From Burnout to Bold: Luisa Molano on Reinventing Success, Impact & Income
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​This episode is about so much more than conversation. It’s a mirror, a movement, a moment of release.

In this intimate talk, I reflect on how the cost of control nearly broke me—and how releasing what I thought I wanted allowed me to receive what I truly needed.

Together, we'lI unpack:

• The moment you realize you’re no longer who you once were
• How grief becomes a doorway, not a dead end
• Why feminine leadership starts with identity, not achievement
• How to lead yourself home when you don’t recognize your own life

If you’ve been moving through a silent surrender or a private unraveling, this one’s for you.
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I Am… Becoming (6-Week Devotional Experience)
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Final Reminder:

You don’t need to “bounce back.”
You don’t need to rebuild the same life.
You don’t need to explain the version of you that no longer fits.

You are allowed to pause.
You are allowed to release.
You are allowed to become more you than you’ve ever been.

Whatever this season is asking of you, I promise you:
You have permission to grow through it with grace.

And you don’t have to do it alone.

I’m walking it too.
And I’m right here with you.
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XO,

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