Metabolizing Change
On growth, rebirth, and creating space for the next version of yourself to emerge
For those of you who’ve been following my journey, you might know this past year has been one of immense change — endings, beginnings, and everything in between. I’ve been learning, over and over, what it means to honour the in-between — the space after the shift, but before what comes next.
A while back, I wrote about honouring the season you are in.
Just as I released my debut book about transformation, rebirth, and starting over… my personal life — so carefully built with love and intention — began to unravel.
It felt like a thread being tugged, then ripped out, rupturing everything it was woven into. Relationship ruptures, loss, repair. Losing my cat to the wilderness. Leaving a home I was only just settling into. Saying goodbye to my chickens, my daily routines, my sense of stability.
I’m not ready to share it all, but I will say this: the words in my book became a mirror for my life.
“Rebirth doesn’t come when you are ready. It comes when the life you’ve built begins to unravel, when what once felt safe now feels too tight, when there is no room left to stretch or grow.”
Death came for me and the life I had built.
It asked me to pay attention. To surrender what felt safe but was no longer true.
And here’s what I’ve learned in the rubble:
Sometimes loss is the most faithful guide back to what matters.
Safety isn’t the same as aliveness.
You can break apart and still hold yourself with love.
Rebirth doesn’t wait for readiness — it drags you forward, kicking and clinging, until you realize you’re strong enough to meet it.
And then… slowly, life started to move again.
On the other side of the rupture, my professional world began to bloom in ways that felt new and deeply aligned.
My book, The Rebirth Rituals, has been finding its people — and continues to open doors I once only dreamed of. I’ve been invited onto major podcasts to talk about transformation, creativity, and healing. I spent a week at an incredible retreat for entrepreneurs and visionaries, where I met new friends and kindred spirits who reminded me of what’s possible.
After a year that stripped me down to my bones, I can feel the next version of my work — and my life — taking root.
This next chapter feels steadier. Stronger.
Built from integrity and alignment, not performance or expectation.
And with it, comes something I’ve been quietly building behind the scenes...
The Rebirth Rituals: Honouring the In-Between
A 3-hour live event to help you integrate the changes you’ve been moving through, spark inspiration for what comes next, and reconnect with your next season from a grounded, confident, creative place.
You can expect:
– Curated poetry readings from The Rebirth Rituals
– Guided journaling and community reflection
– An intuitive ink art session
– Guided hypnosis for release, integration, and renewal
It’s a celebration of change — and a chance to catch your breath in the middle of it all.
📍Sunday, November 23 | 3–6 PM EST | The Village 1883, Conestogo, ON
Early Bird Tickets (October only): $45
Bring a Friend Bundle: $75
✨ Add-ons available: signed copies of The Rebirth Rituals and 3-month access to The Ritual Room — my private online library of guided rituals, hypnosis, and community programs.
We need time and space to metabolize our changes.
Community, art, expression, bone-deep breathing, and rest — to move it all through us.
This is the cocoon.
The in-between.
The place we allow ourselves to dissolve so we can build the bridge to what’s next.
When we don’t make space for this part of the process, we repeat patterns.
We ruminate.
We burn out.
But when we do — when we allow ourselves to soften and be witnessed in the messy middle — we find our way back to ourselves.
I’ve been dreaming of bringing this experience to life for a long time.
It feels like all of my chapters — the creative, the coach, the poet, the woman rebirthing her own life — finally meeting.
If you know someone who’s navigating change, shedding an old chapter, or standing on the edge of something new — please pass this along.
I can’t wait to gather with you.
Let’s move through the middle together.
With love,
Lacey