The In-Between: When You Move Between Worlds

There are moments in life when you are no longer quite who you used to be, but you don't yet know exactly who you are becoming.

You find yourself in an in-between space: the liminal phase.

A space between the old and the new. Between different roles, expectations, cultures, or versions of yourself.

I know this space well.

Growing up with a bicultural background, I have often found myself moving between worlds. Between different cultures, perspectives, and ways of seeing the world. At times, this has felt like a gift. It has taught me to navigate different perspectives, to adapt, and to find connection across differences.

But it can also be exhausting.

Where do you belong when you feel connected to more than one world, but never completely belong to just one?

Lately, I have found myself in that in-between space again. As a psychologist, entrepreneur, young mother, and systemic and transcultural practitioner, I am navigating different roles and discovering new parts of myself. Some feel familiar. Others are still taking shape.

And being in this in-between can feel uncertain.

Who am I now?
What still fits?
What do I want to carry forward, and what am I ready to leave behind?

We often want to move through uncertainty as quickly as possible. Skip the mess and go for that quick-fix. To find clarity. To have an answer. To arrive at a new version of ourselves that feels settled.

But perhaps we don't always need to.

Perhaps the in-between is not only a place of uncertainty, but also a place of possibility.

A space where old beliefs can be reconsidered. Where different parts of ourselves can coexist. And where something new can slowly take shape.

In my work, I meet many people who find themselves in this space. People who have moved to another country. People with multicultural or migrant backgrounds. People entering a new chapter of life and questioning where, and with whom, they truly belong.

Often, what they need isn't to choose between their different worlds.

It's to find a way to bring all of themselves with them.

Perhaps that is what the in-between can teach us:
We don't always have to choose between who we were and who we are becoming. Sometimes, we can be both.

And sometimes, it is precisely in the space between worlds that something new begins to emerge.