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what is liminality? - by Sandra - Into The Liminal

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I don’t remember when I first encountered the concept of liminal states, but it created a powerful frame for thinking about handling transformative moments. It felt like finally, the right word presented itself to capture something that was largely a felt experience inside my world until then.

I don’t remember when I first encountered the concept of liminal states, but it created a powerful frame for thinking about handling transformative moments. It felt like finally, the right word presented itself to capture something that was largely a felt experience inside my world until then. Liminality is a concept that describes a state, stage, or period of transition. Liminality explains nothing. Liminality is. It happens. It takes place. And human beings react to liminality in different ways.1 Even though it might sound a bit mystical at first, we all encounter physical liminal…

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