Why Your Old Life Keeps Pulling You Back
May 17, 2026
By John El-Mokadem
Sometimes the environment has to change before the identity can stabilise.
It’s a question I’ve wrestled with many times. How can someone have a peak experience where they really see and feel the potential of a new way of being, but actually integrate that into their life in a sustainable and lasting way?
Part of that change and the work we have shared in this Substack is embodiment. Actually rehearsing that new state of being so that it becomes more and more real and felt within the body.
Linda and I were reflecting on her journey this morning and what we did when she was diagnosed. We realised that we made so many changes in our environment, to support the identity and the outcome we wanted to create.
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First published on our Substack, Breakthrough That, on 17 May 2026.
