You know something needs to change, but you don’t yet know what. It’s not dramatic. It doesn’t arrive with clarity, confidence, or a five-step plan. It arrives as restlessness, as friction, as the creeping sense that what used to work no longer does.

So you sit in that uncomfortable middle. Not at the beginning of a bold makeover and not at the triumphant reveal, but in the quieter moment where you’re resisting the urge to force momentum just to feel productive. And in a culture obsessed with reinvention narratives and overnight transformations, that in-between space can feel like failure.

In this episode of The Visibility Shift, I'm challenging the idea that change has to be fast, visible, or impressive to count. I make a case for something far less marketable and far more effective: small, intentional actions taken before clarity arrives. You’ll discover what it means to trust yourself when the vision hasn’t fully formed yet, why rushing to “figure it out” often leads you further from alignment, and how slowing down, asking better questions, and making subtle shifts can create more lasting transformation than any dramatic overhaul ever could.

2:04 – Why the pressure to have a “big plan” may be the very thing blocking your next move

4:57 – How trust is the real requirement for meaningful change

7:57 – The overlooked reason style change feels so overwhelming (and how to soften it)

13:27 – The first step you can take to start walking down a new path

17:15 – Subtle ways your closet reveals who you’re trying to be for others

19:51 – Small changes you can make today to start to course-correct

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