Farheen Husain

The Change Journal

On identity, authorship, and becoming

Reflections written from lived experience — not advice.

Most people don’t feel stuck because they lack discipline.
They feel stuck because the identity they’re living no longer fits.
This work explores that in-between space — when the old way stops working, and the new one hasn’t fully formed yet.I write about identity-level change, self-trust, and restoring authorship — the quiet kind of change that shows up in decisions, language, the body, and how we relate to ourselves.

I’ve worked globally in leadership, learning, and change across cultures and high-pressure environments.
But the most meaningful shifts I’ve witnessed — and lived — didn’t come from pushing harder.
They came from restoring authorship.

The Sanctuary is a weekly pause for people in transition —
between who they’ve been and who they’re becoming.