Dallas Bragg argues that transformation isn't becoming someone new but loosening your grip on who you think you are. When you're convinced you're broken or unworthy, you block healing. Admitting uncertainty about your identity creates space for growth.
The work isn't to become a different person. It's to stop being so convinced that you know exactly who you are and that you've got it all under control. You wanna lighten up around your self-concept and develop what some people call a beginner's mind or a don't-know mind. This gets you curious. This gets you open to possibilities. And when you're certain that you're a broken individual, that you're an addict, you can't heal. When you're certain that you're bad, you can't grow. When you're certain you don't deserve joy, You can experience it. And when you say, I don't actually know what I'm capable of, or maybe I'm not who I've been telling myself I am all my— all this time, that's when the transformation becomes possible. You are opening yourself up to possibilities. Your life is happening for you.
