When You Start Growing and the People Around You Don't — Here's How to Stay Grounded

The Advisor with Stacey Chillemi · Dec 16, 2025 · 34m

You have done the work. You are becoming someone more intentional, more self-aware, more aligned with who you actually are. And the relationships that used to feel comfortable have started to feel complicated. The people who loved the old version of you are not always sure what to do with this one. That friction is not a sign you are doing something wrong. It is one of the least talked about costs of real personal growth — and Phyllis Coletta has spent her career as an author and mindfulness teacher helping people navigate exactly that terrain. What she shares about how to stay grounded and…