So many people have hated on you for changing, but this is such a normal thing to experience.

@AlyseParker

5 ай бұрын

completely normal, change is the only constant in life. nothing is the same as it was the day prior. we are here to evolve, expand, and explore!

@circusbysilk

5 ай бұрын

That's so true unfortunately, she doenst deserve all the hate. But for sure she have grown stronger out of it 💪 And yess it's so normal, so human

Just watched this video now & i have tears in my eyes as i can relate 100%. 2024 is already a year of massive growth & change for me. Everything has been shifting so quickly. I registered for your retreat last year & pulled out as I somehow knew deep down I wasn’t ready but i would love to come along & meet you & similar souls in the future. I have followed your journey on & off since the dreads/fruit farm days 💕

I appreciate your courage to put your heart out there😊

@AlyseParker

5 ай бұрын

thank you! i've been feeling increasingly more steady within my own experience and ready to share more boldly.

✨Hey Alyse, I was vegan 🌱a total of 10 years! I found you and Ted Carr during this journey, but even tho I’m not vegan (anymore) and you aren’t I don’t think I ever stopped watching your channel. ❤Regardless of what you were eating or doing or who you were dating. I always stayed attached to you and your energy! I just hope the other fans can still luv you as much as you deserve to be loved and appreciated here on KZread ❤ you really have changed my life and KZread wouldn’t be the same without you. 🦋

@CrazyElisaVideos

5 ай бұрын

Totally agree every word 🥹🤍

@nikkineufeld6402

5 ай бұрын

I also had similar experience. I was vegan and was so stuck in the mentality of that is the way and my health was declining. I saw Alyses videos of not being vegan anymore and I respected Alyse I didn’t reject her or what she shared. I opened my mind and it was a turning point for the better. I had a new found compassion for myself. I appreciated that.

Hi Alyse! I have been watching you since I was in 8th grade, and now that I am 22 I feel a different connection to you than I used to (in a good way). Little me was so intrigued in your way of life and your thoughts on the world, but of course when you’re 14 you don’t have much of a say on how to live your life. Now that I am older and am in charge of my own life I am glad to know that even as we get older, we still have phases and changes in identity. I have always wanted to have the mindset that I can create myself into exactly who I want to be. I am working on it and find your videos (new and older) so inspiring. Younger me looks up to you, and current me is ready to become more open minded and in tune with myself. I deleted my social media and have tried to make a conscious effort to remain away from distractions, but in a world of college and expectation it is very hard to have time solely for me. If you have any advice for someone to begin that kind of journey, I’d love to hear it! Thank you for sharing ❤

It sounds silly to say, but I literally felt like I was the only one dealing with another identity crisis so soon (I like to call it identity shift bc crisis makes it sound negative when it’s really not). I experienced one several years back starting before Covid. I think I refused to believe that I could be having another one seemingly so soon again. But I also now think that it’s so normal to experience multiple identity shifts, not only throughout our lives, but especially in our 20s. My first one began when I was 20 and probably happened through 23 . I went through a lot at that time. Now I am 27 and I finally feel like layers are finally peeling away again. For the past two years again I have felt off, not necessarily in a bad way, though parts of it were hard. Displaced. Like something was “wrong” and something didn’t feel “right” but I just couldn’t put my finger on what it was. I too no longer had desire or motivation to do anything that I once enjoyed. I too also wanted to want to do those things. I too also did not have the desire to create content on social media as I once had. Nothing felt genuine anymore. I have also withdrawn and gone internal and eliminated community and/or friends. But I truly felt like it was part of me shifting and changing. I am with you on the part of feeling like you are not where you were, and you are not where you are going. I am trying to be OK with not being where I am going yet, I believe the true key is rewiring and retraining myself to be present and enjoy the present. For what’s the purpose of getting where we are going if we don’t enjoy the journey? I too suffered backlash due to my changing perspectives and existence. I think we are all experiencing a shift of sorts where the ones who are ready are realizing that social media, technology, the Internet, etc. is not where authenticity lies. But I think that we have grown so accustomed to it that putting it down is more of a struggle than we had bargained for. I know I am struggling with that myself, despite the desire to walk away more often. Keep doing what you’re doing, I am enjoying the content as of late. I have been watching since your early KZread days. And while I had not resonated with some of your content in the middle, And missed the vibration from some of your earlier days, I have remained a viewer and supporter bc I understand what it is like to change and not be who you once were and not have the best reception from others. I’m excited to view the content you will continue to put out. I have really enjoyed your past few videos where I could really feel your authenticity come through. 🤍

@christinelittle2075

5 ай бұрын

What you described sounds exactly like my experience as well!

@AlyseParker

5 ай бұрын

thank you for sharing your personal experience. it very much feels like a mirror to my own. and in that, it feels reassuring and comforting. i find life to be like a beautiful lotus flower, continuously blossoming and opening more and more. with this, old patterns and identities are released in waves. i also find that there are "cohorts" of humans that trend through these grow spurts at the same time. it sounds like we are in the same cohort for this lifetime, and i'm very grateful to be growing alongside you.

Long time follower, and I can resonate not only with the topics in this video but the cycles and waves from within the past decade that you've expressed. I've heard of this from multiple people and can feel it myself that 2024s energy is the beginning of a new trend!

Hi Alyse! I have been a follower since the dreadlocks/Hawaii/camper days. This video really resonated with me and I could relate to a lot of the things that you said. I also had something like a quarterlife/identity crisis the last 2 years. I had to let go of what I thought my life was "supposed" to look like and embrace who I am today. I really felt it when you said how important it is to live in the present moment. To not regret the past or overthink about the future.. Im still learning a lot about that. I got teary eyed as I listened to your words, as if you had read my mind and translated my feelings and thoughts in to words. Thanks a lot! ❤

I totally feel you girl, al of it!!! Everything you said in this video is currently what I was and am going through 🙏 Feeling like after all this time of being in a hibernation mode and now I am finally discovering myself and opening to the world and having so much to share. Starting as well new hobbies-painting, making videos about nature and talking publicly which just few months ago was unimaginable for me. And also people who entered my life are so supportive and I am feeling so blessed right now. Feeling like I am flying and following my joys and embracing all of me. Thank you for sharing, it lifted my energy, and looking forward to your videos, I have the feeling that this time you will post them more because they will again come from the place of you and your inspiration and soul speaking. Life is one magical journey 🙏❤️

Alyseeee!!! Yess!! I’ve been going through the same thing, and it feels so nice to hear someone talk about it! I also feel like I’m rounding a corner, and this video feels like the perfect sign to start stepping out of my cocoon. I have so much love for you, and I feel so grateful that I’ve gotten to kinda ‘grow up’ alongside you. Forever rooting for you 💛💛💛💛

I could LITERALLY not relate more!! Love you so much + all of your seasons. Thank you for sharing this!

I have been living in an existential and identity crisis for about 2 years 😆 my mental health literally plummeted and it was such an adverse feeling for me. Although I’m not completely out of the other side, I have learned to see it as a positive to ‘wake up’ and enjoy my life more, both little moments but also letting go and replacing with things that bring me joy and fulfilment. I also learned about Astrology and it really helped me understand myself more - in some way, the crisis allowed me to find my passions and return to my true self! My mantra ‘life can feel weird sometimes, and that’s ok!’ Sending love ❤️

@tinknal6449

5 ай бұрын

Diet has an enormous affect on mental health. Many have reversed depression, anxiety, and mental illness on ketogenic and carnivore diets and there are clinical studies that back this up.

@christinelittle2075

5 ай бұрын

Me tooo! There were like 2 solid years where I felt like such a shell of a human. The existential bit was PROMINENT. Like, nights where I couldn’t go to sleep because surrendering to rest felt like death? It was so wild, especially reflecting on it now from a much more reformed place. Like, I really was goo at that stage. And although I’m not done forming, there is a structure in place. I am discovering a new silhouette in a way. Breakdown to be rebuilt is such a wild expirience. So scary, yet so beautiful in retrospect 😭.

@AlyseParker

5 ай бұрын

so beautifully said.@@christinelittle2075

@AlyseParker

5 ай бұрын

"in some way, the crisis allowed me to find my passions and return to my true self!" isn't it cool how in hindsight we can recognize the magic and blessings of this strange season? i love your mantra too, sounds like you've also been cultivating a new level of acceptance for the unknown. 🥰

@daisysimpleliving7855

5 ай бұрын

@@christinelittle2075 this is so good to hear that you found your way! We are so complicated as humans but it’s not always a bad thing 😆🧡 big love to you and keep going!!

As so many times before, I relate so much to this season your speaking of, I am still deep in the changes and I've been feeling both elated at the small glimpses of the new way coming through - but mixed with a lot of anxiety over the attachment of my old way. Thanks for sharing :)

@AlyseParker

5 ай бұрын

ah, i hear you. it's a very interesting in-between to navigate! i see it like tectonic plates continuously shifting. it can feel a little scattered to be feeling elated and anxiously attached - especially if we are used to feeling "just this" or "just that". now, we are getting to see what it's like to feel multiple things simultaneously, to hold duality, accept it and embrace it, within ourselves and life as a whole.

I’ve related to you in so many ways! And although I’m not a content creator or paths in just our journey to I feel self discovery is very similar! I hope to be a content creator soon though. I wish you the best on your continued journey 😊

Yes! I feel this so much I used to be so work focused and now I'm finding myself trying to figure out me and what I actually like to do. Wanting to actually take time off work, figuring out my business and life balance.

@AlyseParker

5 ай бұрын

ahh i feel you! times are changing. what got us to where we are isn't necessarily required for who, what, where we are now. it sounds like you're in an explorative season, and i'm right there with you ❣

This is so profound Alyse! Thank you for sharing 🙏 Definitely navigating the identity crisis with you and learning to hold my own as I feel SO misunderstood by those around me! Thank you for being a voice and making us not feel alone on this journey ❤️

@AlyseParker

5 ай бұрын

carolyn! always to happy to see your name pop up. ah, you've been navigating this too? i'm right here with you. although it may be incredibly challenging at times, there is so much beauty and blessings coming from this shift. coming into deeper alignment with the divinity and power within us. it's sort of like learning to ride a bike when the training wheels get taken off and it's SO wobbly and there's both glimpses of "i'm not sure i'm gonna make it!!!" but also "wow i feel like i'm flying, this is the best thing ever".

We are multidimensional beings. Clinging to an identity is not self-realization. We are not brands. The false self/egoic self wants to maintain an image. There is nothing to promote or even to try and grasp as a sense of self and identity with. I wonder if you mean a loss of direction on your life path, which makes more sense. Maybe it's a gestation period for something very meaningful in the future.

Yess this resonates. Thanks for being honest and super vulnerable Alyse. I'm proud of you 👏 ❤ Nice to see content like this again. For a long time I didnt know what I wanted and was also realistic for my future. Often i found myself depressed bc I didn't had the trust in myself to realize certain dreams, especially content and circus related. Hmm, right now I know how I wanne move further. Altough one thing I'm still figuring out is my relationship with food. Im dealing with issues around that a lot, Ive found that filling my day with meaningfull things helps as well as being embodied. But in reality that isn't always the case or i can't always stay there at least not now. Yeass I feel your identity crisis story, I've been there too the last years. I hope we both (and anyone reading this comment) will find our way 🙏 ❤ Much love, Silke

I resonate really deeply with this message. Thanks. I’m happy it reached me on my identity journey, I hope yours continues to bring you into alignment ✌🏻

I’m so glad I’m not alone

I actually often struggle with identity, I was once labeled autism as a child. When I'm at my mother's house, she sometimes finds it necessary to pick it up. Not as something positive but as a defect. About 12 years ago I came into contact with spirituality, since then I know more about who I am. I just have a deep blueprint for spirituality that sets me apart from other people.

@AlyseParker

5 ай бұрын

i'm so glad to hear that you feel connected to a deep blueprint and tapped into your unique essence within that greater web. that's a very special experience to have. 🤍

@klaasNL

5 ай бұрын

@@AlyseParker Thanks Alyse 😊

@klaasNL

5 ай бұрын

@@AlyseParker identity crisis or not, you are a person with a heart of gold because you want to help so many people.

I definitely have felt so many of these same feelings over the past few years. For so long I felt “go go go” as I was in high school and college and after I’d graduated I was in such a “hermit” place where I didn’t want to be around others or live life the way people I’d known where choosing to live their lives. I became a mom 13 months ago and it has been so eye opening to me to navigate what is important to me and what has gone away. I’m learning so much about my own body and mind and how I want to be as someone who will be helping shape my daughter into her own person and what I want and need in my life to achieve this for our family. A call back to nature and a call back to focusing on health has been a major pattern over my past 12 months and I hope to be able to stay in a mindset of joy, abundance, and keeping things simple yet understanding the layers of it all at the same time ❤

So many parallels you are definitely right about that. I came to the identity crisis realization a handful of months ago myself - I just see it, as you said yourself, as me growing up and becoming the women and person Im wanting to be. Shedding the old layers and delibrating choosing who I want to be / who I am, instead of being who I thought I was supposed to be or what others wanted me to be. Its an interesting transition thats for sure. Pottery is fun!! I hope you enjoy. Im the one who gave you a candle in handmade pottery at your event in San Diego a couple Octobers ago. I used to make and sell my pottery. I hope you thoroughly enjoy your pottery exploration! ❤

Your timing is impeccable - DEEPLY resonate with this right now and I think this new shift is so exciting!! #EmailFam 🌺

@AlyseParker

5 ай бұрын

ohhh i'm so glad you saw this video then! also YAY i love that you find this shift to be exciting. i do too!! i keep feeling so grateful to be on earth at this time. what an epic adventure. 🤩

so glad to see you so frequently on youtube! 💗

Love seeing all your content! This one resonates a little differently.. Had a career epiphany!

Yes 100%. Went through a divorce and in the last 3 years I feel like I’m a completely different person. I spent the last 20 years of my life living for others. It’s crazy. I had to rediscover the things I actually like. Trying new things etc. it’s been a ride for sure.

@AlyseParker

5 ай бұрын

sounds like quite the journey you've been on. i'm celebrating you for peeling back the layers of those patterns... less living for others.. and now reconnecting with your own needs, desires, passions. this is a massive shift. 🦋

This is a wonderful video! I totally can relate I am going through an identity crisis at 32! Last year, I was involved in a traumatic situation that completely through my entire world upside down (all by my own doing) and everything I thought I knew changed. The trauma really caused me to reevaluate who I am as a person and remember I am not my mistakes. Now a year later I’m definitely in a better place but I’m still trying to pick up the pieces and figure out who I am and who I want to be now. Things can only go up from here and one day you and many will find theirselves again ❤

@AlyseParker

5 ай бұрын

i'm not sure what you went through, but i imagine it required a lot of courage within you to make it to where you are now. even if it doesn't feel like you're "there yet", it sounds like you're orienting your focus towards gratitude and faith. which is pretty remarkable given the circumstances you navigated in the past. seems you have a really special spirit guiding you 🤍

@ashleyblank7150

5 ай бұрын

@@AlyseParker Thank you for the beautiful words! ❤️ Always being Thankful even for the little things is best blessing to help us all!

Loveable you, have fun in your life ❤

Thank you for honesty ❤ i feel so much of these emotios the same

Lately, I've been trying to notice things I can "un-learn" from my childhood and from past controlling/abusive relationships, finding who I am & what I enjoy, just me alone. ❤

Recently I’ve had a massive shift. I’d even call it a spiritual awakening- recognizing the oneness of us all. What’s helped me with my identity is learning as much as I can about the world identity- history, politics, connecting with and acknowledging the crisis’ occurring the world right now. Growing up in the western world isolated my global identity, and regaining that has helped me step into this identity shift knowing that my path is in the benefit of all- not just who society has deemed the most important.

@AlyseParker

5 ай бұрын

this is really beautiful, it sounds like you've found a unique pathway that is supporting you. i'm celebrating your recognition of the oneness and interconnectedness of all that is. it's so special to feel the inevitable safety this knowing provides.

Yep, that resonates.Just went through my first 'spiritual emergency'. Thanks for sharing your Truth ❤🕉️🙏🏽

Great video! I can relate to wanting to do hobbies and other activities that fill me up and bring meaning to my life. I am trying to read more books this year instead of being on social media. I went through an identity crisis after cancer treatment many years ago. It’s taken me a long time to feel like me again as well as to incorporate the new me who is much stronger. I’ve always been inspired by you. I make juice (carrot/apple) twice a week. A lot of what you said was very honest. 👍💗🌻

email fam here im 100% tracking with you. during covid i dident work and was alone then the years after i was figuring things out now last year started a new hobby with new friends and this year i feel like my inner self is telling me to get out more and do more things i havent done before.

Would love to learn more about the cycle syncing you mentioned in regards to menstrual cycles!

Off topic but you look so cool and cute in those glasses and that purple shirt ❤

@nikkineufeld6402

5 ай бұрын

Haha I was just about to comment I love that shirt. The colours also really suit her.

Hi Alyse, isn't it a relief to be emerging out of goop season! It's good to see you. I wonder if you've shared your Myers Briggs type? I feel the same way about my own relationship with creativity ... productive creativity, sharing etc. ... it cannot be scheduled or forced. I'm an INFP and a lot of what you said resonated, so I wondered if you are, too. Thankfully I'm in a steady time, feeling more aligned and integrated, finally bringing to fruition some things I've wanted to do and be, being my full, authentic (imperfect of course) self, with a mix of curiosity and quiet confidence. Middle age, peri menopause, my kids are now young adults, improvements in my health ... these are all factors.

I understand you Alyse. I'm also having a bit of an identity crisis. I lost my job after working for the same company as a carpenter for about 20 years. I didn't enjoy it anymore over the last 4 years, but I didn't want to lose the job either. Now I'm in doubt and not sure what I'm going to do. Maybe I want to go into healthcare.

Did you share about your dog? Where is Psylo?

EmailFam here, glad you still doing these videos. I get how you think, i am going through things too. everything is changing inside. I had a dream but it got crushed when reality hit. I have so now my life is pointless and I am trying to see the meaning to why my dream isnt gonna work. long story short, i am f#cked huehueheu

Totally going through this too

If you are struggling with your sense of self you ought to try Vyaghra Yoga. It's a form of yoga that affirms the ego (contentious, I know) rather than dissolving it into the collective.

You are naturally rooted in the anahata but you've been practicing independent kundalini yoga and are now operating from the crown chakra. Folks in the crown chakra often experience a dissolving of boundaries. There is life after the crown chakra and you can be even more powerful if you embrace your ego.

#EmailFam Love you Alyse!!

@AlyseParker

5 ай бұрын

thank you so much for stopping in ☺

I have a question. My partner is definitely going through some identity and artistic/creative struggles over the past few months. From your personal experience, what are some good ways to be supportive to people who are experiencing this? I find it hard to strike a balance between being encouraging without being pushy.

@awake.collective

5 ай бұрын

Listening to him and his struggles, tell him you see his effort and support him becoming his best self. Say it as you see it. Receiving peoples perspective can be a huge help if it's coming from a caring place. Telling him you just want him to be happy and believe in him ❤️

« I dont know who I am because i am everything » The breakthough I had on 🍄

@ocy_vibes

5 ай бұрын

Omg i am in this phase right now gosh its intense, thanks for sharing. It resonates a lot

posted 54 seconds ago???? accidentally early early!

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Hey Elyse. So today is my Bday 🎉 and it’s so crazy you posted this, even crazier that your name came to mind randomly , I just searched and I see this new video was posted only 6hrs ago!! So I’ve been in my home all day and kinda feeling guilty because it’s a special day and I chose to be home… again. Its not bad, I enjoy it but It’s strange because I use to go out in nature and connect with freinnds so much more frequently…now If I get free time, my butt is at home, cooking cleaning playing music just kinda disconnecting. I’m trying to figure out who this new version of myself is and why I’m such an introvert now. I have noticed that I’m extremely exhausted when I’m around people and feel kind of nervous because they still see me as the more outgoing version. But im soooo shy now, and also afraid to start conversation with new people. It’s so ….different not bad, but different forsure. When I’m home, I’m happy but still dreaming of being outside. I’m looking out the windows and seeing beautiful miami palms and the prety sky knowing the beach is only 15 minutes away..anyways.. It’s comforting to hear and relate to some of these aspects you described. A grand metamorphosis happening forsure, happy it’s not just me. I’ve been watching you for yearssss and we’ve both changed alot together. I know this is just one more part of the adventure so im just trusting my instincts will come back to me if I’m pacient. Just thought I’d share that. Wishing you the best always.

@alyssag1312

5 ай бұрын

Happy birthday🎉

@christinelittle2075

5 ай бұрын

Happy belated birthday!!! 🥳 🎂 🎉 I relate to soo much of what you shared. We really aren’t alone in all of this!! 🥹💛

This has nothing to do with the video. But are you still in touch with Kate Flowers? Don’t know why this came to my mind right now.

When I was part of the new age ideology this would happen to me. It wasn't until I came to understand Christ that i truly found my identity as a child of God. No matter how much I grow and change( in this physical lifetime) my identity will always be constant, a child of God. In the new age, I always felt like I was floating, never able to stand on truth because it wasn't true it was the "you created your own reality" mindset. If every individual creates their own reality...what is truth? It makes no sense. How can we create a culture of morals and values if they are subjective to each of us? We need a foundation of truth that is firm and stable to expand and grow. Without a foundation in Christ we are trying to build our house but it will always keep falling because there is no base/truth/foundation/structure/order ect. We can not build our identity off worldy values/hobbies/materialistic things. We need our identity to be rooted in truth. Otherwise we will be in this endless search of trying to "find ourselves" "heal ourselves". When I came to Christ I could finally REST. I didn't have to keep searching for myself, creating and re-creating my identity based off my current life stage or new set of subjective morals/values.

@noa4559

5 ай бұрын

Same here!! So happy I found Jesus

Hi 👋🏼 Looks like I’m first again

#EmailFam 💚

@AlyseParker

5 ай бұрын

hi andrea!! ty for stopping in :) i hope you enjoy this video + find a golden nugget for your own life journey.

Kundaaaa kundaliniiii awaaakeningg

Sounds kinda like being neurodivergent 🌈😊

Appears your sense of self has totally eroded away. You are lost

@forestrunner8922

5 ай бұрын

all of us are lost more or less....she is being honest

@christinelittle2075

5 ай бұрын

Sometimes in life we feel lost- but it doesn’t mean we aren’t going anywhere. She is certainly moving towards her future, towards her new focus in her creation. Sometimes we have to pause and turn inward, face what we have been avoiding, move through past self beliefs and let go of the stories that affirm them. It’s a type of progress, but it’s not one that’s visibly measurable, or that exists in 3D. So, I have to disagree with you. I don’t think she’s actually lost at all. She just paused on the journey to tap into her inner compass so she can ensure she’s going in a direction that still resonates with her present and future self.

Wanna meet randomly on some back road along the AT? We can photograph some mountains!

Please keep armpit hair. I have followed you since the beginning 🍄🍄

Come on Alyse just leave all the leftist new age and all gone be fine. You know it. Just doit❤ and you will find your self.

Hey Alyse! A phrase that came to me going into 2024 was “Create without purpose.” I, too, have a hard time creating just for the sake of it. This told me that I don’t have to have a reason to do the things I enjoy. 🫶🫶 kind of a self love act if you will

thank you alyse. lots of love for you🤍🤍🤍

I am so glad to hear you feel more like yourself. 🥰 really looking forward to more videos. 🥹 i am currently having major crisis and depression. It is very hard to find joy. 😢

@famefree499

5 ай бұрын

Hope you find your way, Sis. You are not alone. Sending love 🩵

@circusbysilk

5 ай бұрын

Awwh feeling really sorry for you... Hope you're finding your way out of this ❤❤