Episode 5: Integration Season - Why You Feel Stuck Between Who You Were and Who You’re Becoming

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Right Now This Matters

Shannon Macey

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Right Now This Matters explores career transitions for women through seasonal thinking: a framework that recognizes not all changes require the same approach or timeline. Whether you're navigating unexpected job loss, recovering from corporate burnout, questioning your mid-career path, or balancing career ambition with being present for family, this podcast helps you identify your transition season and make decisions aligned with your actual capacity and values. Each episode tackles the messy middle of career change.

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Episode 5: Integration Season - Why You Feel Stuck Between Who You Were and Who You’re Becoming

Right Now This Matters

18 minutes 57 seconds

1 month ago

Episode 5: Integration Season - Why You Feel Stuck Between Who You Were and Who You’re Becoming

⭐ Episode Summary

Integration Season is one of the trickiest transitions because it asks you to hold multiple truths at the same time. You’ve outgrown your old identity, but the new one isn’t fully formed. You’re moving forward, but you’re still making sense of everything that’s happened.

In today’s episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on my own Integration Season: what it looks like, why it feels disorienting, and the five major areas I’m actively integrating right now. We’ll talk through how Integration differs from the other seasons, why the messy middle is essential, and what this season actually needs from you.

If you’ve ever felt caught between who you were and who you’re becoming, this one will feel like a deep breath.

⭐ In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

What Integration Season actually is (and isn’t)

Why clarity takes longer during Integration

The 5 parts of my life I’m actively integrating right now

How to tell if you’re in Integration, Recovery, Reinvention, Redirection, or Rebuilding

Why the messy middle feels uncomfortable, and why that discomfort matters

The difference between Integration and avoidance

How to experiment your way into clarity

What Integration requires: time, space, reflection, support, and both/and thinking

⭐ Episode Highlights:

“Integration isn’t confusion. It’s becoming.”

“You can experiment your way into clarity.”

“Holding grief and excitement at the same time is a sign you’re integrating.”

“You’re not stuck, you’re synthesizing.

⭐ Download the Free Integration Season GuideWant help making sense of your own Integration Season? Download the free resource inside the community:
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