
Becoming Quieter - The transformation that starts inside.
- Ria Ingleby
- Jun 28
- 2 min read
I used to think transformation was about doing more - more insight, more tools, more control. If I just read enough, worked on myself enough, stayed one step ahead, I’d feel better. More in charge. More together.
But the thing that actually changed me wasn’t something I chose. It was something that cracked me open.
Cancer didn’t just interrupt my life, it stripped it right back. It pulled away all the scaffolding I thought made me strong: being capable, helpful, composed, holding it all together. It exposed what I thought I had to be in order to be okay.
And when all of that fell away, something quieter arrived. Not enlightenment or peace. Just a different kind of honesty. I stopped rushing to fix things, or lead with answers, or fill the silence with certainty.
Instead, I started listening. Not just to other people, but to myself, the parts I had spent years overriding. That changed everything. Not all at once, but over time. It changed how I live. It changed how I work.
I don’t coach to help people “improve”. I hold space for people to reconnect with themselves in a way that feels grounded, honest, and spacious. Work that is insightful and transformative, not because it’s dramatic, but because it’s real.
What I’ve learned is that transformation doesn’t give you a neat plan or a guaranteed outcome. It doesn’t come with a finish line. But it does expand your ability to stay present when the ground disappears.

Transformation doesn’t hand you a map. It grows your capacity to navigate the unknown.
If you’re somewhere in the middle of it all, questioning the version of yourself you’ve had to perform just to survive, know this: you don’t need to have it all figured out. You don’t need to be polished or ready.
You just need to be willing to meet yourself as you are. That’s where it starts.

If something in you is shifting, or if you’re holding more than you’re saying, you’re welcome to reach out. There’s space for it here.
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