My default coping mechanism was to freeze.

To burrow.
To hide.

And because I do, things take longer than they need to.

So how do you change a fixed mindset?

You move.

Inch by inch. Step by step. You move before you feel ready. You move without answers. You move when it doesn’t make sense.

Victory in life isn’t perfection — it’s the ability to reset, to pivot, to embrace what’s next.

We often overestimate the power the past has over us and underestimate our freedom to leave it behind. God only asks us to do the next right thing.

But movement doesn’t happen in isolation.

As your mindset shifts, your environment has to shift too.

That may mean changing:

• who you spend time with
• what you listen to
• what you watch
• what you consume

Anything that doesn’t feed what God is nurturing in you has to go.

When we remove unhealthy habits or thought patterns, we have to be careful not to replace them with busyness or different distractions. Scripture warns us that an empty, unguarded space will always be filled.

That’s why we have to be intentional, not just about what we remove, but about what we add.

We have to guard the vulnerable place where growth is happening.

Nothing not fear, not failure, not other people can take what God placed inside of you. But it does need protection.

Sometimes growth doesn’t look like bold leaps.
Sometimes it looks like quiet movement.
Sometimes it looks like choosing not to freeze.

Move anyway. God will meet you there.

Until next time,

Dominique

---