Have you ever experienced a former you? Same same, but different.

Rebirth is cyclical not linear. And never regressive.

It is the experience of the “old” you re-emerging in the context of the “new” you. This process forces the necessary shedding of the parts of the “new” you that needed to go to make way for the more authentic parts of the “old” you that you lost, either through people or experiences that energetically amplified the less authentic parts of you. These parts were borrowed layers that don’t belong to you.

This is how life shapes us. It’s how experience compounds the authentic self.

You are not returning to the “old” you, you are growing into the authentic self. You are coming home to you. The longer you wait, the further you drift from home.

It is easy to be deceived. Many opportunities in life and love convince us, usually with extremely sound logic, that they are right for us by feeding our less authentic nature. They can develop so well, into a marriage, a career. This is why you must trust your intuition and learn to act on it. Even and especially in the absence of logic.

The feeling of the “old” you is a sign of progress.