Resistance is Part of the Path

Growth doesn’t always feel like light and ease. Sometimes, it feels like pushing against a wall you can’t quite move. Recently, I realized that change was calling me, yet every part of me resisted.

That moment came when I felt the nudge to shift my newsletter into something fresh. The idea for Your Monday Shiftlist kept showing up in my mind, but I pushed it away. I told myself I didn’t have the time, that readers might not like the change, that it was easier to just keep doing what I’d been doing.

The resistance didn’t look dramatic—it was small things: second-guessing, hesitating, convincing myself I wasn’t ready. At first glance, it seemed harmless, using a play on words. But underneath, there was fear. Fear of resistance from you, the reader. Fear of being judged. Fear of what might shift if I actually followed through.

For weeks, I danced with it. I kept circling the same decision, filling my schedule with “other priorities” to avoid taking action. The more I avoided it, the heavier it felt. Resistance has a way of showing up like that—tight in the chest, restless and waking you up at night, a quiet unease that won’t leave you alone.

The breakthrough came not in forcing myself to leap, but in softening. I stopped fighting the resistance and got curious about it. I asked, 'What are you trying to protect me from?'

The answer was simple: the unknown.

That realization shifted everything. I saw that resistance wasn’t here to stop me—it was here to show me where I was stretching beyond what was familiar. It was a signal that I was close to something meaningful.

Once I honored that truth, the weight loosened. I could see resistance not as an enemy, but as a guide. Each small action became easier after that—one brainstormed idea, one draft written, one brave choice to share it with the world.

What I learned is this: resistance and growth walk hand in hand. If you wait for resistance to disappear, you’ll never move. But if you allow it to be part of the process, you’ll find that the very place you resist most is often where your transformation lives.

Growth didn’t erase resistance. It taught me that resistance is proof I’m on the path. And that’s enough to keep moving.

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