What if the next season of your life requires you to release some of what carried you through the last one?
In this episode of The Daring Well Podcast, Rita explores what it really means to make room for your purpose. When we desire something new—a healthier life, deeper relationships, a new career, greater impact, or a stronger sense of purpose—we may need to first release the things that are taking up space.
Sometimes, before we can be filled with something new, we have to get empty.
But emptying isn't the destination. It’s preparation.
Rita invites you to examine the fears, worries, limiting beliefs, unhealthy patterns, relationships, identities, and expectations that may no longer serve the person you are becoming. She also challenges the idea that growth is simply about getting more. True growth requires us to count the cost, embrace change, and intentionally decide what we will replace the old with.
Your past self helped you survive. You can honor that version of yourself without allowing it to determine your future.
Maybe your next season requires you to speak instead of stay silent.
Maybe it requires boundaries instead of people-pleasing.
Maybe it requires receiving instead of doing everything alone.
Maybe it requires you to stop chasing achievement and recognize that your worth isn't something you have to earn.
The goal isn't simply to empty yourself.
The goal is to refill yourself with healthy relationships, beliefs, habits, values, purpose, and practices—so you can live, love, and lead from a place of overflow rather than overwhelm, lack, or neediness.
In This Episode, You'll Explore:
- How to recognize what you truly want in your next season
- Why preparation is essential to stepping into your purpose
- The importance of releasing what no longer serves you
- Why growth requires letting go of old identities and coping patterns
- How fear and scarcity can keep you stuck
- Why your past self deserves gratitude—not shame
- The difference between emptying yourself and healthy fulfillment
- How to intentionally choose what will refill you
- What it means to live, love, and lead from the overflow
Chapter Breakdown
00:00 — Welcome: What Happens When the Old You No Longer Fits?
Exploring the feeling of being between seasons and recognizing that becoming who you were created to be requires preparation.
[Chapter 2] — What Do You Really Want?
A powerful invitation to dream, get honest with yourself, and identify what you want for your next season of life.
[Chapter 3] — Emptying Is Preparation: Release to Make Room
Why we sometimes need to release fear, worry, doubt, validation, unhealthy patterns, and old identities before we can make room for something new.
[Chapter 4] — The Cost of Growth: You Can't Take Everything With You
Growth requires change. Explore why your past coping strategies may have helped you survive but may not be what you need to thrive in your next season.
[Chapter 5] — What Are You Replacing It With?
Emptying is only the beginning. Discover why healthy fulfillment comes from intentionally choosing what you will use to refill your mind, body, spirit, relationships, and life.
A Question to Reflect On
What are you holding onto that is taking up space for what you are asking for?
And once you release it, ask yourself:
What am I going to replace it with?
Because getting empty is preparation. Healthy fulfillment is the goal.
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