The Stories You Inherited Are Not the Whole Truth

“We become incredibly skilled at being who we need to be, instead of who we came here to be.”This episode is part two of The Self-Authored Woman, a three-part series for women in midlife who are beginning to question the paths, roles, and expectations they have inherited.In this conversation, Kena explores the stories that shape us: the identities we learned to carry, the behaviours that earned approval, and the parts of ourselves we may have minimized in order to belong, be loved, be accepted, or keep everything together.So many women arrive at midlife having become the capable one, the selfless one, the agreeable one, the productive one, or the emotional caretaker. These roles may have helped us survive, succeed, and find our way, but at some point we get to ask: are they still serving who we are becoming?This episode is an invitation to begin untangling your true essence from the coping strategies, conditioning, and inherited stories you have carried for years.Inside the episode:• The roles and expectations women inherit• How approval, perfectionism, caretaking, and over-functioning shape identity• The difference between your true self and the coping strategies you adopted• Why midlife is a powerful time to reclaim diminished parts of yourself• Five shifts for this next chapter: self-trust, depth, sisterhood, expansion, and legacyReflection questions:What role have I played for most of my life?What parts of myself have I been minimizing?What would it feel like to claim those parts of myself again?What part of me is asking to emerge more fully in this chapter?Links & InvitationsExplore Supernova🗝️ https://yoursupernova.caConnect on Instagram🗝️ https://www.instagram.com/kena_supernova/