September 10, 2026
â A strong plan should guide you, not trap you.
â You donât need every answer before taking the next step.
â Your biggest insight is hiding in the thing you keep avoiding.
Hi {{first_name}},
These last few weeks have somehow been both the most fulfilling and the most uncomfortable of 2026.
Why fulfilling?
I got to play again.
I painted by numbers while letting my partner cook dinner, without immediately feeling guilty that I wasnât âcontributing my fair shareâ.
I signed up for piano lessons simply for the joy of playing rather than chasing accolades through a recital.
I gave myself space to brainstorm, noodle on ideas, and explore what might be possible in this business before immediately deciding: âRight. THIS is the thing. Letâs go all in.â
I spent quality time with my partner, Piper, friends, and people I love without the usual hum in the back of my mind reminding me there was âmore to doâ.
(Okay⊠That voice still popped in occasionally. đ«Ł
But for the first time in a loooong time, it wasnât running the show.)
Sounds hunky-dory, right?
So what was so difficult?
The uncertainty that comes with integration.
You have NO idea how hard it was for me to show up, every day, whether itâs through this newsletter, my podcast, or on the âgram⊠without a âclear planâ in sight.
For the first time in my business, I did not immediately have the next offer mapped out.
And as uncomfortable as that has been, it has taught me some of the most valuable lessons Iâve learned this year.
Lessons that apply far beyond business.
Especially if youâre in a season where the old plan no longer fitsâŠ
âŠbut the new one hasnât quite revealed itself yet.
3 Lessons From Not Knowing What Comes Next
Lesson #1: Have a plan⊠and leave a little room for magic
As the Planning Queen đžđŒ, I swear by my planning rituals.
But I also remind my clients of something equally important: leave a little room for magic. đȘ
Last month reminded me why.
If youâre anything like me and genuinely enjoy a colour-coded calendar paired with a satisfyingly tidy to-do list, it can be surprisingly easy to become trapped inside the plan you created for yourself.
I almost did exactly that.
I had become so determined to make this âthe year my business finally takes offâ that I was beginning to build every decision around making that happen.
More launches. More output. More pushing.
More.
More.
More.
But opportunities need somewhere to land.
Creativity needs breathing room.
And sometimes the path that is ten times better than the one you imagined cannot become visible while every square centimetre of your life is already booked.
So yesâŠ
Have the plan⊠and leave a little room for magic.
Lesson #2: Itâs okay not to have all the answers
Ughhhhh. Even writing that makes me want to crawl out of my skin. đ
As a recovering control-freak/perfectionist, Iâve realised that planning can give me a false sense of safety.
My brain looks at the tidy roadmap and goes: âExcellent. Now we know EXACTLY how everything is going to work out.â
ExceptâŠ
We donât.
And deliberately spending a month without rushing to find the next answer brought aaaall kinds of caca đ© bubbling to the surface.
âIs this even helping people?â
âDoes anyone even want what I have to offer?â
âWhat am I doing?â
âWho am I, anyway?â
âWhat is the meaning of life?!â
Casual Tuesday thoughts. đ
But rather than immediately solving them (i.e. my default response), I chose to live INTO the question.
I let myself NOT know.
And slowly, something began to emerge.
Which brings me to the biggest lesson.
Lesson #3: The challenge is trying to teach you something.
Itâs so easy to point fingers and say âwhy meâ, when things get crunchy and uncomfortable. Itâs tempting to blame others, the economy, and the world at large.
And sometimes, yes, circumstances genuinely suck.
But when you choose to take radical responsibility for your life and look at it from the perspective of âlife is happening FOR me, not to meâ⊠you start to see clearly.
Amidst all the caca⊠Thereâs a hidden lesson that life is serving you.
The part no one tells you about?
You can choose to learn from it, and move on.
OR⊠you can choose to ignore it, and you betcha life is just gonna give you a bigger lesson until you canât ignore the signs anymore.
And lately, mine became too loud to ignore.
Iâm nervous AF writing this (which means I need to).
During this âfertile voidâ, I spent a lot of time actually talking to you and trying to understand what the women in this community are navigating underneath the productivity problems.
And one theme kept appearing.
Again.
And again.
And again.
A lot of ambitious women in our community are carrying a quiet desire for more freedom.
More meaningful work.
More autonomy over their time.
More financial choice & options.
More space to build something that feels like theirs.
Sometimes that means starting a business.
Sometimes it means a side-project.
Sometimes it means venturing into a new industry and completely pivoting careers.
Sometimes it simply means creating enough freedom that work stops determining the shape of your entire life.
And yet⊠the irony is not lost on me.
Youâre so busy surviving your current reality that you barely have the time or energy to build the next one.
I know that experience intimately. I was (and partially still am) living a version of it too.
One foot in a corporate j.o.b. that has supported me in many ways⊠and one foot moving towards the bigger vision Iâm building through this business.
Iâm crapping my yoga pants just as I say this. Especially because people I work with read this newsletter.
Heck, you might be one of them, and give me âthe lookâ next time I see you in the kitchen.
Hi. đđŒđ
But perhaps thatâs exactly why I need to say it.
Not because having a job is âbadâ.
Not because entrepreneurship is automatically better.
But because pretending we donât want something different doesnât make the dream disappear.
The Magic Is In What Youâre Avoiding
So what does this mean for our community and my business?
Please refer back to Lesson #2: itâs okay not to have all the answers.
I donât f-ing know yet (and I donât like it).
But right now, the biggest lesson that keeps following me around is this: the magic is in the thing youâve been avoiding.
And I think Iâve been avoiding a conversation.
A conversation about what it really looks like to create more freedom while still living inside the responsibilities of your current life.
About wanting meaningful work and financial security.
About building something new while honouring what is supporting you today.
About admitting that the life that once fitted perfectlyâŠ
might not fit anymore.
And I keep wondering how many ambitious women are silently wrestling with exactly the same thing.
Maybe you love parts of your career, but you know thatâs not where your story ends.
Maybe you have an idea that keeps tapping you on the shoulder.
Maybe you want more time with your family.
Maybe you simply want to wake up knowing that you are deciding how your life gets spent.
Is that you? Hit âreplyâ and tell me.
I know from first-hand experience how lonely it can feel⊠how scary it can get⊠and how confusing it all is⊠and Iâm here to help.
I know what itâs like, because I am you. Maybe a few steps ahead, but Iâm walking the very same path.
In the meantime, have a beautiful week and remember: youâre not alone in this.
Weâre all secretly plotting our exit strategy, and a quality plan is your fastest way out of youâre the 9-5 grind where youâre trading hours for dollars.
To your inevitable successs,
P.S. In this weekâs episode of Resonance, I connect with Meytal Blanaru, a professional dancer, choreographer, and certified Feldenkrais teacher who has spent the last 15 years helping people explore movement, chronic pain, tension, and stiffness.
Together, we explore what it can look like to move through life with more ease, step away from the productivity treadmill, and stop waiting for burnout or a wake-up call before giving ourselves permission to really live.
