You’ve Outgrown Who You Thought You Had to Be
- Lindsey Cacy
- Jun 14
- 3 min read

There’s a version of me I used to wear like a second skin.
She was polished. Put together. Easy to be around. She knew how to make everyone else feel comfortable—even if it meant shrinking herself in the process. She said the “right” thing. Smiled on cue. Carried the weight of the world without letting it show. And from the outside?
She looked like she was winning.
But inside? I was tired.
Not the kind of tired a nap could fix. I was tired in my bones. In my spirit. In the space between who I truly was and who I thought I had to be to earn love, belonging, safety. That’s the kind of tired no one warns you about when you spend a lifetime performing.
And maybe you know that feeling too.
Maybe you’ve become the one who holds it all together. The “strong friend.” The overachiever. The peacemaker. You know how to show up, do the work, smile through it, and push your needs aside. You’ve mastered the art of being liked, being needed, being fine.
But lately… you haven’t been fine.
Something’s shifting. The roles don’t fit like they used to. The masks feel heavier. You find yourself wondering—what would it feel like to just be… me? Without the performance. Without the pressure. Without trying to manage everyone else’s comfort while neglecting your own truth.
That wondering? It’s not a crisis. It’s a portal.
Because the truth is, you were never meant to stay small just because it made other people more at ease. You weren’t put on this planet to be palatable. Or quiet. Or endlessly accommodating.
You were meant to be real.
And real doesn’t always look perfect. She’s raw. Bold. Tender. Honest. She knows how to take up space without apology. She tells the truth, even when it shakes her voice. She’s not here to audition—she’s here to live.
But getting to her? That’s the work.
It’s the sacred unraveling of everything you thought you had to be. It’s the decision to stop contorting yourself to be digestible and start remembering who you are when no one’s watching. It’s learning how to breathe deeper in your own skin and speak up even if your hands are trembling.
It’s not easy work. It’s not sexy work. It’s not the kind of transformation that gets you a gold star.
But it’s the kind of work that gives you your life back.
If you’ve been feeling the ache to stop performing and start becoming... you're not alone. You're not broken. And you don’t have to figure it out in a vacuum. I’ve walked this path. I’ve taken the masks off, one by one. And I’ve created something to help you do the same.
Not a quick fix. Not a 10-step glow-up.
A reclamation.
A space to name what you’ve been carrying. A space to drop the act and write a new role, one where you get to be the main character in your own damn life.
If you’re sitting with that quiet inner knowing—the one that says “I can’t keep doing this”—you’re not alone.
And you don’t have to figure out what comes next by yourself.
I created a masterclass just for this moment. A space to explore the patterns that have kept you performing, and a sacred invitation to rewrite the role you've been playing.
We’ll walk through the truth behind why you feel stuck, what survival roles you’ve been carrying, and how to shift your self-concept in real time—so you can stop shape-shifting and start showing up as you. The real you. The becoming you.
If your nervous system is whispering “this is for us”... it is. And I’ll be right there with you.
✨ Come join me inside my new 60-minute masterclass: Becoming Her: Ditch the Performance & Rewrite Your Role
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