Welcome to Lita's Lens

An Introspective Look at Life Transitions

A Note from Carlita

Dear Reader,

In work and in life, I’ve come to see that transitions reveal what matters, what no longer fits, and what is ready to shift. Writing is how I slow those moments down and examine them, allowing insight to surface through reflection and lived experience.

Lita’s Lens is an introspective look at life transitions, exploring reinvention, recalibration, identity, and the decisions that shape how we move through the world while examining the assumptions we inherit, the stories we tell ourselves, and the meaning we assign to change.

As you navigate your own transitions, I hope these words offer clarity and a deeper trust in the choices that align with who you are and how you want to live.

Thank you for taking a look at life through Lita's Lens.

~Carlita

Featured Posts

What the New Year Might Ask of Us

How I Found The Right Fit in an Emotional Support Dog

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When Grief Meets Gratitude: How Shared History Brings Connection

Losing a Job Without Losing Yourself

In recent years, large numbers of workers across the U.S. have experienced job loss through no fault of their own, a reality that has reshaped how many people think about work, stability, and identity. When someone loses a job through no real fault of their own, the loss can be devastating financially, but it often reaches much deeper than money. Being let go from something you invested your time, effort, and energy into can unsettle your sense of self, because for many peopl

Feb 102 min read

Measuring Yourself By Being Chosen

There is a particular kind of unraveling that happens when someone we care about does not affirm us or chooses someone else, and the pain of that moment quietly turns inward. Recently, someone shared how the man she was seeing never told her she was beautiful while publicly engaging with and posting images of other women. She experienced that as comparison, and it began to reshape how she saw herself. What hurt was not only the absence of affirmation, but how easily that abse

Feb 73 min read

Monks, Murder, and My Mental Health: The Impact of Witnessing Violence and Moral Injury

The new year began somewhat hopeful for me. I had spent the last few weeks of 2025 trying to restructure my life in ways that might support a more balanced work and life rhythm, something that would allow me to operate within my capacity while still accomplishing what mattered to me. I entered 2026 believing that kind of preparation might be enough. Less than thirty days in, I feel exhausted in ways I am still trying to maneuver through. I have not decided whether what I am f

Jan 294 min read

Communion With The Ancestors

Walking toward the sun, listening to my spirit, with Crue always close. I lit the candles because I missed the ocean. A few months ago, I started walking the beach at sunrise because something in me said to walk toward the sun. I did not have a plan or an intention to start a ritual, I just woke before the light, went to the water, and walked in the direction of the rising sun as it came up. The sound of the waves did something to my nervous system that I did not know I neede

Jan 13 min read

What the New Year Might Ask of Us

As the year has been winding down, a lot of the conversations I’ve been having in session have naturally turned toward reflection—looking back at what this year held, what it took, and what it asked people to survive. And for many, 2025 hasn’t been a light year. There has been real grief, layered loss, political disillusionment, and a kind of quiet exhaustion that doesn’t always show up shapes how people are entering the new year. Even when growth or progress can be named, it

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Featured Posts

What the New Year Might Ask of Us

How I Found The Right Fit in an Emotional Support Dog

When Grief Meets Gratitude: How Shared History Brings Connection

Losing a Job Without Losing Yourself

Measuring Yourself By Being Chosen

Monks, Murder, and My Mental Health: The Impact of Witnessing Violence and Moral Injury

Communion With The Ancestors

What the New Year Might Ask of Us

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