When Doors Closed

A few months ago, I moved in with my partner. It felt natural and steady, not rushed – a shared choice to build something together.

At the same time, we both knew the accommodation itself was temporary, with an end date approaching in the spring. From the beginning, it carried a gentle awareness: this is a chapter, not the final page.

Not long after, my job announced that the branch was closing. The familiar structure I’d relied on began to dissolve. There were options – transfers, new roles, another version of security – but none of them felt aligned. The idea of stepping into yet another job that didn’t reflect who I had become felt heavier than uncertainty itself.

That clarity didn’t come from inexperience. Quite the opposite.

Between us, we’ve lived full, layered lives. We’ve navigated long relationships and endings, built careers, burned out, healed, unlearned, re-learned, and listened closely to what the body holds when the mind runs out of answers. We’ve sat with discomfort, questioned our patterns, and found our way back – again and again – to what feels honest and alive.

Over time, this lived experience naturally shaped the work we now offer: life coaching for those questioning their path, relationship and intimacy coaching for those wanting connection that feels real and humane, and embodiment work for those learning to trust their bodies as intelligent partners rather than problems to fix. Not because we followed a trend – but because these are the exact places life asked us to pay attention.

Meeting my partner – someone who already works remotely and lives a more fluid, travel-friendly life – didn’t create this turning point. It simply illuminated what was already there: a growing certainty that the structures shaping our lives no longer matched the way we wanted to live or serve.

The question that kept returning was simple:

If the old structures are falling away, what kind of life – and work – are we meant to build instead?

This wasn’t about escaping responsibility. It was about choosing alignment. About trusting that lived experience, when integrated, becomes something you can offer – not as answers, but as guidance.

We’re sharing this unfolding journey on YouTube – the practical decisions, the doubts, the embodiment, the relationship conversations, and the moments of clarity in between. Not as people who have arrived, but as people who are living the work we now guide others through.

Doors closing don’t always signal loss. Sometimes they create the space where a more honest way of living – and serving – can finally take shape.

If something in you feels stirred – if you feel that same quiet pull – you’re already part of this movement.

This is what it means to Oblige Your Soul.

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