When You Don't Recognize Yourself

Calm it Down

Chad Lawson

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 895 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

You catch your reflection and pause. Something feels off. The face is yours, but not quite familiar. You’ve been setting boundaries, saying no, showing up differently… and now there’s this quiet feeling you didn’t expect. Like you’ve lost something along the way. If growth has ever felt confusing, lonely, or even a little like grief… this episode helps you understand why. And how to move through it without losing yourself in the process. Let’s find out as we Calm it Down in 3…2…1.

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0:00.0	When you look in the mirror and something just feels off.
0:07.0	Not wrong, exactly, just, I don't know, different.
0:13.0	You don't quite recognize the person looking back.
0:17.0	Maybe it's the way you talk now, the things you care about, or the, maybe it's the people you spend time with.
0:24.5	Maybe it's the boundaries that you're setting.
0:26.8	The nose, you're saying, the ways you're showing up.
0:31.9	Or maybe it's the ways you're not showing up anymore.
0:35.8	You've changed, and you're not sure how you feel
0:40.1	about it.
0:43.3	Let's dive in.
0:45.5	I'm Chad Lawson
0:46.8	and let's comment down
0:49.3	in three, two,
0:52.8	one.
0:55.0	Change is disorienting.
0:59.0	Even when it's good change, even when it's growth,
1:03.0	because the person you were is familiar, right?
1:06.0	Comfortable, known, you know who they are.
1:10.0	And the person you're becoming, kind of a stranger.
1:15.5	You don't really know them yet. You don't know what they want, what they need, how they'll be
1:20.6	moving through the world. It feels like you're losing yourself, right? Like you're drifting from
1:26.8	the person you used to be.
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