Thank you, Kevin. I’ve discovered the concept of liminal spaces a few days ago. I’m in one right now - been there for 2 years now - crafting myself in a new way, shedding the old. As I was expressing my discomfort to a friend a few months ago, she wisely told me I was in a muddy channel between 2 tides, the water has receded but the new waves haven’t come to take me yet. I like this image. I know the flow will come to get me on my new journey when I’ll be ready and it will happen swiftly, I just don’t know when but I’m at peace with that. I trust it will happen. Lots of love.
This article made me feel seen and less lonely on this trek in my liminal space. My own liminal space looks like a wild untamed forest and the more I try to hack my way to clarity the more overgrown it gets. Maybe it's time to just sit down by the river of consciousness and just breathe…
Thank you for this. Liminal spaces have been on my mind a lot lately, and you’ve captured many of the reasons why they matter.
For those of us fortunate enough to pause in the in-between, the transition itself becomes the experience. It is not just a passage from one thing to the next. It is a place where everything dissolves into possibility. The question is whether we can sit with that dissolution long enough to let something real emerge. Or if we rush too quickly toward resolution, filling the space with the familiar just to avoid the discomfort of unknowing.
Of course, not everyone gets the luxury of lingering here. Some are forced to move forward immediately. Survival demands the next step before there is time to process the last. But for those who can wait, it is an invitation. To let old identities fully unravel. To see what remains when the story is no longer being told.
I also appreciate your closing thought: that it is not just individuals, but entire societies that pass through liminality. In many ways, I agree that it feels like humanity is between narratives. The old frameworks are fraying. The new ones are not yet clear. There is no guarantee that what comes next will be any better than what came before. Maybe that is why so many rush to reassemble what was instead of allowing space for something else to form.
I wonder what happens if we stop trying to fill the void so quickly. If we stop grasping for the next certainty. If we allow, even briefly, the weight of not knowing.
You could argue that we are always in liminal space, as we are constantly learning and growing, never really reaching a destination of our fullest potential.
Wow! I have truly learned something today. I had no idea what these weird voids were called or even how to classify them. Thanks for teaching my something new Kevin 🙌
I needed this today! I’m at a major crossroads in my life right now. To put it another way, an identity crisis. This writing helped bring much needed clarity and peace. Thank you 💕🥹
Thank you, Kevin. I’ve discovered the concept of liminal spaces a few days ago. I’m in one right now - been there for 2 years now - crafting myself in a new way, shedding the old. As I was expressing my discomfort to a friend a few months ago, she wisely told me I was in a muddy channel between 2 tides, the water has receded but the new waves haven’t come to take me yet. I like this image. I know the flow will come to get me on my new journey when I’ll be ready and it will happen swiftly, I just don’t know when but I’m at peace with that. I trust it will happen. Lots of love.
I love the analogy that communities and nations etc. can go through these periods as well. It's a great way to think of it.
This sounds just like the Hanged Man in Tarot--the in-between: not on the ground, yet not touching the sky (yet). 🙂
One part of me knows this is a gift. Another part of me (probably the ego) is but where will you belong?
Some things we must learn ourselves - through experience.
So true. The best things can only be learned that way.
This article made me feel seen and less lonely on this trek in my liminal space. My own liminal space looks like a wild untamed forest and the more I try to hack my way to clarity the more overgrown it gets. Maybe it's time to just sit down by the river of consciousness and just breathe…
Absolutely incredible. This insight has comforted my aching mind today. Thank you.
You’re welcome, Nicole. I hope you know peace today.
Loved this and completely agree Kevin. ✨
Thanks Hege!
Thank you for this. Liminal spaces have been on my mind a lot lately, and you’ve captured many of the reasons why they matter.
For those of us fortunate enough to pause in the in-between, the transition itself becomes the experience. It is not just a passage from one thing to the next. It is a place where everything dissolves into possibility. The question is whether we can sit with that dissolution long enough to let something real emerge. Or if we rush too quickly toward resolution, filling the space with the familiar just to avoid the discomfort of unknowing.
Of course, not everyone gets the luxury of lingering here. Some are forced to move forward immediately. Survival demands the next step before there is time to process the last. But for those who can wait, it is an invitation. To let old identities fully unravel. To see what remains when the story is no longer being told.
I also appreciate your closing thought: that it is not just individuals, but entire societies that pass through liminality. In many ways, I agree that it feels like humanity is between narratives. The old frameworks are fraying. The new ones are not yet clear. There is no guarantee that what comes next will be any better than what came before. Maybe that is why so many rush to reassemble what was instead of allowing space for something else to form.
I wonder what happens if we stop trying to fill the void so quickly. If we stop grasping for the next certainty. If we allow, even briefly, the weight of not knowing.
“In a strange paradox, they can be suffocating, claustrophobic, liberating and spacious all at once.”
Yup! Thanks for capturing this experience in its fullness 🙏
You could argue that we are always in liminal space, as we are constantly learning and growing, never really reaching a destination of our fullest potential.
Wow! I have truly learned something today. I had no idea what these weird voids were called or even how to classify them. Thanks for teaching my something new Kevin 🙌
I needed this today! I’m at a major crossroads in my life right now. To put it another way, an identity crisis. This writing helped bring much needed clarity and peace. Thank you 💕🥹