Stop Overworking Yourself: How to Move from Pushing to Trust


Hi dear Reader,

There are moments when you realize
the way you’ve been moving through life… isn’t sustainable.

Not because you’re doing something wrong
but because something deeper is asking to lead.

I want to share a glimpse of what that shift can look like. This is from a client I worked with:

Before:
“I’ve previously pushed myself quite hard, and tried to create things in a way that hasn't necessarily been sustainable. And that has come from some sort of worry, or lack, or fear.

…I really would like to find a way of being with myself, with my work, with the way I am in life, where I feel much more trust and openness. To move with guidance, and to move with flow, and then to rest and receive guidance, rather than to keep going beyond my capacity.”

After:
“I feel more at peace as the internal pushing and worry energy subsided. I can rest more into the pause and the unknown and trust things will unfold. What a blessing. I am deeply grateful.”


This isn’t about becoming someone new.

It’s about no longer relating to yourself from pressure, fear, or urgency
and discovering what becomes available when that loosens.

If you’re in a place where:

  • you can feel the cost of continuing as you have
  • and something in you is quietly ready for a different way

then Threshold Crossing exists for that moment.

There are a few spaces open.

You’ll know if it’s yours.

With love,

Gayane.

Gayane Kulikyan, MA

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