You changed and they didn’t like it. That’s the rent you pay for growing.

People get used to a version of you and build their expectations around it, so a change on your side quietly rearranges things on theirs. Some of the reaction is about them and their own position, not about whether you were right to change. There is usually a cost in friction or distance, and it is worth naming rather than being surprised by.

Decide whether the change is something you actually want or something you took on to impress someone. If it is yours, hold it and let people adjust at their own speed.