9 Critical Mistakes Trans Women Make in Transition (And How to Avoid Them)

You're ready to transition. But before you start, you need to know: there are nine critical mistakes many trans women make during transition. These aren't character flaws or signs you're doing it wrong—they're normal patterns that derail progress if you don't recognize them.

After 20 years and 7,200+ assessments, I've identified these patterns and how they sabotage transition when you don't know to avoid them. In this video, I walk through all nine mistakes in detail with specific examples and uplift truths for each: feminizing and expecting to pass before HRT, waiting for the perfect time that never comes, putting your transition in someone else's hands instead of making your own decision, coming out to everyone before HRT has stabilized you and decreased dysphoria, fearing rapid breast growth that almost never happens as fast as you think, overestimating what hormones alone can do especially as you get older, stopping and restarting HRT based on how dysphoria feels creating yo-yo cycles that destroy momentum, giving up because changes aren't visible at 6 months when transformation takes 2+ years, and comparing your mid-transition self to other women's finished transitions or your imaginary future ideal.

Watch this video to learn the 9 critical mistakes that derail most trans women's transitions—and what to do instead so you actually move forward instead of sabotaging yourself before you even start.