IMHO-We can experience release and then we work at attaining freedom. At least you know what the goal is. The process of transformation succeeds if we become proactive in 2 ways: 1st We musst become willing to take full respons. for out share of the problems in our lives and not see ourselves simply as victims. 2nd we must be willing to feel the pain of loss and grieve for those parts of our lives that we are leaving behind; which includes our fantasies of how life could have been different "if only" Facing loss is rarely easy which is why many of us resist change for so long. The end of a relationship feels like a death, even the ones that made us unhappy and held us back from growth + fullfillment. To move past we have to feel the sadness + loss and grieve fully fo what might have been and now never will be.
THEN we pick ourselves up move toward the unknown even when our fears surface.
The is a process of letting go to find value and strength in our vulnerability.Let the next part of our life be precious + joyous. Recreatinng the second half of our lives on our own terms by allowing physical + emotional health to be paramount during this time of transition will give us the gift of vision.