Tiny Brave Steps. The Blog. 

You knew exactly what she needed to hear. And she was so grateful to hear it. “That’s exactly it!” she said, sitting across from you - coffee cooling between her hands, voice relieved. After you left, you felt pretty good about how you had helped, but then - somewhere on the drive, you caught yourself doing the exact opposite of everything you'd just said. The wisdom you had for her evaporated the second the question was about your own life. That gap - between what you can se

There's a version of this fear that only visits when nobody's watching. Not at the meeting. Not at the dinner table. Not when you're holding everything together for everyone else. It comes after. When the house gets quiet and your mind gets loud and the question just... surfaces. Do I actually have what it takes? Or am I just good at faking it? You don't say it out loud. Of course you don't.  There are people counting on you.  People who believe in you. People who would be sh

You knew what you wanted to say. And then you looked at their face - or imagined their face - and you changed the words. Not all of them.  Just enough. Just enough to make the thing you actually meant land softer, sit smaller, cause less of a stir.  You told yourself it wasn't the right time. That they'd had a hard week. That the relationship mattered more than the point. And then you went home carrying the thing you didn't say. You do this in small ways and large ones.  You

You know the dream. ...The million-dollar one. ...The famous author one. ...The married and living happily ever after one. The one you've stopped mentioning. The one that felt too large to say out loud , so you made it smaller. More defensible. Safer to fail at. Or maybe you haven't shrunk it exactly. You've just stopped feeling it . You keep moving - one careful step, then another - and something has gone flat. The aliveness you were expecting to find hasn't shown up. And yo

You're not afraid of ten minutes. You’ve done harder things than that. You’ve led meetings. Raised children. Built things from nothing. Held everyone together when life bent sideways. And still - there you are at 11pm, rearranging slides for the sixth time. Six. Changing fonts. Moving bullet points. Reading it out loud. Then again. Not because you don’t know your material. Because something feels at stake. That quiet voice starts: What if this doesn’t land? Why are you this s

You know what you're meant to do. It's not a vague idea. It's a burning. You can see the women you're meant to reach. You can feel the impact you're supposed to make. You know — beyond a shadow of a doubt — that what you carry inside you could change someone's life. And yet. You write the post and delete it. You plan the offer and shelve it. You rehearse the conversation in your head and never start it. You watch other women do the very thing you know you were built for and w

Ladies - we're nearly outpacing men in entrepreneurship. 49% of all new businesses last year were started by women, according to Forbes. But here's the stat that got me: 47% of women who close their businesses do so for "personal reasons." ...Aging parents who need care. ... Health issues we can't ignore anymore. ... Menopause brain fog. ... Caretaking that never seems to end. If we aren't careful, feeling overextended almost becomes a way of life. There's some comfort in kn

Fear has a way of sneaking in quietly. It doesn’t usually shout. It whispers. It sounds practical. Responsible. Protective. And before you know it, fear is running the show - keeping you holding on to situations, expectations, or versions of your life that no longer fit… because letting go feels too risky. If that sounds familiar, you’re not broken. You’re human. And you’re exactly who Brave Enough to Let Go  was written for. The Real Problem With Fear (It’s Not What You Th

How many masks did you put on this morning before you left the house? The "I've got it all together" mask for your family?  The "I'm...

Ever had a moment where one tiny thing—an email, a comment, a pause—derailed your whole day? You’re doing just fine… and then one thing...

Have you ever noticed how most advice about fear sounds like a battle cry? "Push through it!"  "Feel the fear and do it anyway!" ...

Ever catch yourself staring at that email draft, rewriting it seven times because it doesn't sound "smart enough"?  Or looked in the...

Ever been told to picture everyone in the audience naked when you walk out onto a stage?   That advice has been given to me to help...

That hot flush creeping up your neck… That tightness in your chest… That knot in your stomach along with the feeling of wanting to crawl...

Every morning, I'd wake up feeling the weight of inadequacy pressing against my chest.  The voice in my head would start its familiar...

My hand trembled as it hovered above the send button. On the screen was my resignation letter. This was one of those hard things in life....

You're standing in front of your team, about to announce a major change. Your heart pounds. Your palms sweat. The words you've rehearsed...

You stare at your growing to-do list.  …year-end deadlines  …holiday preparations …team expectations - family expectations. The pressure...

Have you ever felt the crushing weight of fear holding you back? That paralyzing sensation that whispers, "You're not good enough," or...

You're sitting there, aren't you? Finger hovering over that "post" or "send" button, heart racing, wondering if you're about to make a...