You can't live a soul aligned life in a space that feeds only the ego. Stay too long in the wrong environment, and you don't just shrink, you disconnect. You start reflecting/mirroring the fears, limits, and patterns around you, not because your soul isn't ready to grow, but because it forgets what's possible.
When no one near you is truly conscious, aligned, striving higher, or walking in truth, your spirit quiets. The ego calls it comfort ~ but it's self betrayal.
Then that one shift/synchronicity ~ a soul aligned space that allows you to simply be instead of just existing, and you begin to remember. You stop shrinking and start rising.
When you feel stuck, remember, your soul isn't lost ~ it's just out of place.