Reflections on Transition, Womanhood, and Becoming

By Sheree Paterson

Women move through transitions in a way that is both ancient and deeply individual. Sometimes change arrives gently. Sometimes it barrels in. At times, it whispers as an invitation. Other times, it roars as a disruption.

What I’ve witnessed both in my clients and in myself is that these moments shape us. And our response to them often determines whether we expand into new possibilities or contract into fear, uncertainty, or confusion.

But what if there were havens for that uncertainty?  What if we didn’t shrink in the face of change but softened, shed, and re-emerged more ourselves than ever before?

I believe we can. I believe we must. And I believe we need each other to do it.

I’ve come to see that flourishing isn’t the opposite of struggle. It’s what becomes possible when we meet the struggle with presence, kindness, and community. When we give ourselves permission to pause. To listen. To choose again.

Some call this transition. I call it becoming.