Justin Welsh

The $10M Solopreneur | Helping 100,000+ burned-out corporate professionals build six-figure, one-person online businesses.

Over the last decade, I helped build two companies past a $1B valuation and raise over $300M in venture capital. 

Then, in 2019, I burned out.

So, I decided to walk away from my high-paying executive job.

But, before I could, I had a hypothesis.

I believed building an audience online would be an incredible asset. That attention was the new currency and would play a major part in my success as an entrepreneur.

So, I started building my brand on LinkedIn in early 2019. 

And the results were pretty phenomenal.

In just 6 months, I grew from zero followers to over 20,000.

And on August 1st of 2019, I walked away from my executive role at a fast-growing startup.

Since that day, I've spent my time building a number of one-person Internet businesses.

My results:

→ $10.3M+ in business revenue at a ~86% profit margin.
→ 750K+ people following my journey on LinkedIn
→ 535K+ people following my journey on Twitter
→ 175K+ people read my weekly newsletter
→ 900M+ impressions in the last 6 years

If you want to learn more about how I did this, you can take one of my self-guided courses.

THE CREATOR MBA DIGITAL COURSE

The Creator MBA teaches you frameworks for turning your knowledge and expertise into a quality product that people will buy. Come learn to build a lean, focused, and profitable Internet business.

→ Start watching here: learn.justinwelsh.me/creator-mba

THE OPERATING SYSTEM DIGITAL COURSE

In this 120-minute course, you will learn the complete LinkedIn operating system that I used to grow from 0 to 750K followers and earn $10M+ in income with zero advertisements. Join 40,000+ students and 70+ LinkedIn Top Voices in my LinkedIn course rated 4.98/5 stars.

→ Start watching here: learn.justinwelsh.me/linkedin

THE CONTENT OS DIGITAL COURSE

In this 85-minute course, you will learn the 8-part content creation machine behind 600M+ impressions on LinkedIn and Twitter, and building a 175,000+ subscriber newsletter. If you're looking for systems to produce 10-15 pieces of high-quality written content every single day, this is the course for you.

→ Start watching here: learn.justinwelsh.me/content

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Join 75k+ subscribers to the Saturday Solopreneur. Every Saturday morning, you'll get 1 actionable tip on audience and revenue growth for your online business.

The smartest people I know are the most teachable.

That sounds backward.

You'd think the more you know, the less you need to learn.

But it works the opposite way.

The people who are really good at something?

They're constantly asking questions.
Admitting what they don't know.
Changing their minds when evidence changes.

The people who are stuck?

They already have all the answers.

I've been running my own business for almost 7 years now.

I still read stuff from people who are just getting started.

Still change my approach when something isn't working.

Still get things wrong every single day.

That's not a weakness.
That's part of the game of entrepreneurship.

The moment you decide you've figured it out is the moment you stop growing.

And in a world that changes this fast, standing still is the same as moving in reverse.

Be the person who's always learning.

Not because you're insecure about what you know.
Because you're curious about what you don't.

I write a weekly newsletter to 180K+ entrepreneurs who want to continuously get better.

Every week I share what's working, what's not, and what I'm still figuring out.

As a bonus, you'll also get my 2026 LinkedIn growth guide free when you sign up. 

It's the playbook I used to go from 2,000 to 815,000 followers.

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The $10M Solopreneur | Helping 100,000+ experts turn their expertise into income.

I overthought my first 100 posts.

Edited them to death.
Spent hours on each one.
Waited for the "perfect" moment to publish.

Most of them flopped anyway.

Then I started posting faster.

Rougher drafts. 
Less editing. 
Just hit publish and see what happens.

Those posts did better.

Turns out nobody cared about the stuff I was obsessing over.

They cared whether the idea landed.

Overthinking feels like effort.
But it's usually just fear.

You can't think your way to good content.
You have to publish your way there.

The feedback is in the arena, not in your drafts folder.

If you've been stuck tweaking instead of posting, stop. 

I put together a free 2026 LinkedIn Growth Guide to take the guesswork out of it. 

Just follow the playbook.

It's everything I learned going from 2,000 to 820,000 followers.

You'll get it when you join my weekly newsletter for 180K+ entrepreneurs.

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I come from a family of employees.

Good people. 
Hard workers. 
Steady paychecks.

Nobody ever started a business.

Nobody talked about building something of their own.

That wasn’t the path.

The path was: get good grades, get a good job, work there for 30 years, retire.

So when I left a corporate CRO role to go out on my own, it didn’t make sense to anyone.

I had the good job. 
I’d done the path right.
Why would I walk away from that?

I didn’t have a good answer at the time.

I just knew I wanted to try something different.

Six years later, I run an 8-figure business by myself.

I work 3 to 4 hours a day.

I have more freedom than anyone in my family has ever had.

Simply because I gave myself permission to do it differently.

You don’t need your family’s approval.
You don’t need someone’s blueprint. 
You’re allowed to be the first.

Someone has to go first.
It might as well be you!

When I started, I had no audience, no product, and no clue.

The thing that changed everything was building in public on LinkedIn.

One platform. 
One skill. 
That’s what opened every door.

I put together a free 2026 LinkedIn Growth Guide with everything I learned going from 2,000 to 820,000 followers.

You’ll get it when you join my weekly newsletter for 180K+ entrepreneurs.

Get it here → https://lnkd.in/eymFT7nF

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You need delusion.

You need audacity.

Sanity is actually a liability.

Every entrepreneur I know was told they were being unrealistic.

"That won't work."
"You don't have the experience."
"Why would anyone pay you for that?"

The "realistic" people said all of this.

And the realistic people are still exactly where they were five years ago.

Meanwhile, the delusional ones?

They built the thing anyway.

They launched before they were ready.
They ignored people who said it wouldn't work.
They believed in something no one else could see.

Remember:

You cannot build something new while thinking like everyone else.

The timing will never be perfect.
The odds will never be in your favor.
The math will never make sense at the start.

You have to be a little delusional to hit "publish" anyway.

A little audacious to charge money for your ideas.

A little insane to bet on yourself when no one else will.

The people who play it safe don't build anything.

They just watch and wonder.

If you're ready to stop wondering and start building, I just launched a free 30-day challenge that helps you earn $1,000 from your expertise.

It's called The Expert OS.

- One short video per day. 
- All of my templates.
- All of my sequences.
- And all of my prompts. 

Everything you need to get your first paying customer in 30 days.

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Your energy doesn't lie.

When something's right for you, it gives energy.

Not because it's easy.
Not because you're good at it yet.

But because it lights something up in you.

When I started writing online, I was bad at it.

Like, really bad.

But every piece I published made me want to write the next one.

Even the ones that flopped.

That's how I knew.

Compare that to my last few years in corporate.

Every email felt super heavy.
Every meeting took something out of me.
Successful on paper, but running on empty.

Same effort.
Similar hours. 
Totally different energy.

Most people ignore this signal.

They stay in the thing that drains them because it pays well or looks impressive.

Then they wonder why they're exhausted all the time.

Your energy is telling you something.

The work that's right for you won't feel like you're constantly pushing uphill.

It'll feel like something you want to keep doing, even when it's hard.

I write a weekly newsletter to 180K+ entrepreneurs on finding and building that kind of work.

And if you're struggling to get your work in front of an audience, you'll also get my 2026 LinkedIn growth guide (advice from 2,000 to 815,000 followers) free when you sign up.

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We make terrible decisions when we're overwhelmed.

Too many projects. 
Too many priorities. 
Too much noise in our heads.

We work more hours but get less done. 
We spend days agonizing over small decisions.

The problem isn't effort.
It's a lack of focus.

When you're stressed, your brain narrows. 
You can't see options. 
You react instead of thinking.

The best thing I ever did for my business was slow down.

Fewer projects. 
Fewer priorities. 
Fewer tabs open (literally and mentally).

It felt unproductive at first.

But something really interesting happened over time.

I started making better decisions. 
And making them a lot faster. 
With less second-guessing.

Because I could actually think.

The calmer you are, the clearer you think. 

And that's worth more than hustle.

Most people build businesses that stress them out. 

I help over 180,000 entrepreneurs build businesses that are the opposite.

Lean, small, profitable.

I send out 4-minute playbooks every Saturday morning to help you start.

You'll learn:

- 6-figure frameworks that run on autopilot.
- The strategies that built my 1.5M+ audience.
- How to build wealth without ever hiring a team.
- Why "scaling" is terrible advice for most people.

BONUS: You'll also get my 2026 LinkedIn Growth Guide for free.

Join here: https://buff.ly/e9HmJhK

I spent 17 years building things for other people.

Their companies.
Their timelines.
Their visions.

And I was handsomely rewarded for it.

Hit my numbers.
Got the promotions.
Made some good money.

But in the back of my mind, I knew I was always one "reorganization" away from making $0.

I kept going day in and day out.

Then one day, I burned out and couldn't do it any longer.

And it hit me:

I was building someone else's asset with my time, energy, and ideas.

The system isn't broken. 
It's working exactly as designed.

It needs smart people to trade their expertise for a paycheck.

Your expertise is yours.
Your experience is yours.

The question is whether you're going to keep giving it away or finally do something with it.

I built a free course for people who are (finally) done building someone else's dream.

It's called The Expert OS.

It's a free 30-day challenge that walks you from "I know stuff" to "people pay me for what I know."

No "mindset" training.
No flimsy, fluffy nonsense.
Just my entire playbook for business building.

Here's what you'll get:

- My "bleeding neck" framework for $250K ideas.
- My $12M+ plug-and-play sales page template.
- My 10-email launch sequence that sells.
- 10+ AI prompts to speed up your build.

It's my entire framework for building my 8-figure business online.

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Talking about your idea feels like progress.

It's not.

I spent a full year telling people about my "big plans."

At work.
At dinners.
To anyone who'd listen.

Got all the nods.
All the encouragement.
All the "you should totally do that."

Felt great.
Felt productive.

But I wasn't building anything.

I was borrowing the feeling of progress without actually making any.

Every conversation gave me just enough satisfaction to delay starting.

Eventually, I noticed a pattern:

The people who build things disappear for a while.
Then they come back with something real.

The people who talk about building things?
Usually still talking.

Ideas are free.
Everyone has them.

Execution is the whole game.

So I stopped announcing my plans.
And just started working on them.

Six years later, it's an 8-figure business.

Not because I had better ideas.
Because I finally shut up and built one.

If you're ready to stop talking and start building, I created a free 30-day course to help you.

It's called The Expert OS.

One short video per day. All of my templates, sequences, and prompts. Everything you need to get your first paying customer in 30 days.

Start day 1: https://lnkd.in/ezT6vcCv

I'm convinced: You'll never work for a better company than the one you build. 
 
When you build your own business?
 
1. You get to play every role.
2. You build an insane amount of skills.
3. You're forced to take responsibility for all.
4. You can put your family and loved ones first.
 
Is it extremely difficult? Hell yes.
 
Will every day be sunshine and rainbows? Hell no.

In fact, it will be challenging, frustrating, difficult, and painful.

But, man, is it meaningful.
 
And at the end of the day, you'll have the only boss in the universe that has your best interest in mind 100% of the time.
 
YOU.
 
It feels like it's just one decision.

But, really, it's the start of a whole new life.

If you want to start building something for YOU, I put together a free 30-day system to help.

It's called The Expert OS.

One short video per day. All of my templates, sequences, pages, and AI prompts. 

Everything you need to have paying customers in 30 days.

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Ambition is a funny thing.

When you're starting, "more" is always the answer.

More clients, more revenue, more followers, more output.

And that's right. 
For a while.

But at some point, the game changes, and nobody tells you.

You keep optimizing for more when you should be optimizing for less.

Less stuff.
Less noise. 
Less obligation. 

The people I know who seem the most at peace?

They're not chasing the next milestone.
They're deliberately removing things from their life.

Saying no to opportunities that look good on paper.
Protecting their calendar as priority number one.

Because...it kind of is.

I spent years in a career where growth was the only metric.

More deals, more responsibility, more hours.

It worked until it didn't.

Turns out the thing I actually wanted wasn't more.

It was enough. 
Room to breathe.
Room to enjoy the day with my spouse.

It took 6+ years, but I was able to build an 8-figure business that runs mostly on autopilot and creative writing.

Now, I write a weekly newsletter to 180K+ readers on building a business that gives you your life back instead of taking it.

You'll also get my 2026 LinkedIn growth guide (2,000 to 815,000 followers) free when you sign up.

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I quit a job making $550,000 per year.

People thought that I was "very stupid."

Maybe I was.

But I'd rather be crazy than spend another decade wondering "what if I tried?"

Most people fail because they never try at all.

They talk themselves out of it before they start.

Too late.
Too risky.
Too uncertain.
Too competitive.

The excuses are endless. 
And they all sound reasonable.

But the people who win aren't the ones with the best ideas or the most talent.

They're the ones who actually do the thing.

Send the email. 
Launch the offer. 
Post the content. 
Ask for the sale.

While everyone else is waiting for permission or certainty, they just go a hundred miles an hour.

You can do whatever you want with your life.

But you have to actually believe that. 
And then you have to act like it.

I built a free 30-day course for people who are ready to stop waiting.

It's called The Expert OS.

It takes the thing you're good at and turns it into a real business. 

You'll get:

- All my templates
- All my launch emails
- All my sales page designs
- All of my AI prompts to speed you up
- Everything you need to make $1,000 in 30 days.

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I get called lucky a lot.

And honestly? I have been lucky.

I had savings when I quit my job.
I wrote on LinkedIn before it was popular.
And a wife who supported me while I figured it out.

But here's the thing about luck:

It doesn't show up when you're sitting around.
It shows up when you're working on something.

I wrote online for 8 months before anything happened.

If I'd quit after six months, the "luck" never would've found me.

Most people aren't unlucky.

They just stopped before the luck had a chance to land.

You have to be in motion for good things to find you.

You have to be building something for opportunities to attach to.

Luck is real.
But it has a bias toward people who take action.

If you're in that silent phase right now, where you're working and nothing seems to be happening, keep going.

And if you want to shorten the timeline, I put together a free 2026 LinkedIn Growth Guide with what I learned going from 2,000 to 820,000 followers.

You'll get it when you join my weekly newsletter for 180K+ entrepreneurs.

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People confuse wealth with money.

They're related, but not the same at all.

I used to make great money at work. 

Big title and bonuses, the whole startup thing.
But my calendar always belonged to other people. 

If something came up with Jennifer or I just needed a slow morning? 

Too bad. 
The day was already 100% spoken for.

Now I make decisions based on how I want a random Tuesday to look. 

That doesn't sound like a big deal until you realize most people can't do it.

The new, modern status symbol is being able to say "I don't feel like it today" and have that actually mean something.

Most people are on a treadmill of trading their time for money so they can eventually buy their time back. 

But the math rarely works out. 

You just get used to the lifestyle and need more money to maintain it.

The goal isn't to get rich enough to stop working. 

It's to build something that doesn't require you to sacrifice your life while you're doing it.

To be able to do what you want, when you want, with whom you want.

I write a weekly newsletter to 180K+ entrepreneurs on building that kind of business so you can enjoy your life.

You'll get my 2026 LinkedIn growth guide (2,000 to 815,000 followers) free when you sign up.

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Prior to 2019, I'd never used social media. 

3 years later, I had 1 million followers.

But for the first eight months, nobody listened. 

I had no followers. 
No engagement. 
No proof it was working.

But I kept going. 

Not because I was certain it would work. 
Because I was certain it wouldn't if I didn't.

Here's what I missed:

Results aren't linear. 

You stay invisible for a long time, then suddenly you're not.

The people who win aren't more talented. 
They're still here. 
They outlasted the doubt.

Six years ago, I couldn't have imagined this life. 

Working a few hours a day from the mountains. 

No boss. 
No commute. 
No Sunday scaries. 
Jennifer and I doing whatever we want.

All because I kept writing.
Even when nobody was listening.

If you're in that invisible phase, I want to help you get through it faster.

I put everything I learned into my 2026 LinkedIn Growth Guide:

• Go from "who's this guy" to "I see you everywhere."
• The 3 mistakes that kept me invisible for months.
• The simple system that finally broke through.
• The one thing all fast-growth accounts do.

Get it free when you join my newsletter.

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I spent 16 years becoming a CRO, and then I quit to post on LinkedIn.

For two years, I knew I needed to leave. 

Every time I got close, I found a reason to wait. 

Not enough savings. 
Not the right time. 
Not sure it would work.

All true (but all excuses).

The thing I was most afraid of was the thing I most needed to do. 

It wasn't some anxious fear. 

It was the deep, quiet fear of doing something real. 

Putting yourself out there. 
Risking rejection.

That fear means you're close to something important.

Most people ignore it their whole lives. 

They stay in jobs they've outgrown. 
They sit on ideas they never test. 
They keep their expertise to themselves.

The move you're most scared to make is usually the one worth making.

I finally made mine. 
It changed everything.

Now I help over 180,000 entrepreneurs do it every week with 4-minute playbooks every Saturday morning.

You'll learn:

• 6-figure frameworks that run on autopilot
• The strategies that built my 1.5M+ audience
• How to build wealth without hiring a team
• Why "scaling" is terrible advice for most people

BONUS: You'll also get my 2026 LinkedIn Growth Guide for free.

Join here: https://buff.ly/e9HmJhK

You don't have to choose.

Make money OR help people.
Grow the business OR enjoy your life.
Build something meaningful OR have fun.

That's the trade-off everyone accepts.

And I think it's ridiculous

I've watched people build businesses that crush them.

They make great money but dread the work.
They help people but hate how they're doing it.
They scale and then spend years trying to escape.

Eight figures.
Zero joy.

They optimized for one goal and sacrificed the other two.

Here's what I've learned:

You can definitely have all three.

But you have to build for all three from day one.

Not "make money now, add fun later."
Not "grind now, enjoy life eventually."

I promise you that later never comes.

The people who win in the long term?

They build around work they love.
They refuse to trade happiness for money.
They design the business to fit their life first.

If you're building something right now, ask yourself:

Will I still want to do this in 10 years?

If the answer is no, you're building a trap.

I built a free 30-day system to help you build all three.

It's called The Expert OS.

One short video per day. All of my landing page templates, email sequences, and AI prompts. 

Everything you need to get your first paying customer in 30 days.

Start day 1: https://lnkd.in/ezT6vcCv

Time to make a lot of money, help a lot of people, and have a lot of fun.

Freedom isn't retirement at 65.

It's a 100% free Tuesday at 2pm.

I left a corporate executive role at 38 because I was tired of asking permission to live my life.

Doctor's appointment? Check the calendar.
Long weekend? Run it by the team.

My time wasn't really mine.

Now, some days I work 8 hours.
Some days I work 2.
Some days I don't work at all.

And that's kinda the whole point.

Not to never work.
Just to choose when and how.

People think freedom means traveling the world.
But that's a vacation!

Real freedom is a lot different than that.

It's total control over your time, your energy, and your decisions.

It's not easy to build that kind of life.
It's incredibly hard.

You can't just take a Tuesday afternoon off if your income disappears when you do.

It took me over 2 years to finally figure it out.

But once I did, my life and business changed forever.

And the last 4 years have been focused on growing to an 8-figure business that runs mostly on autopilot and some creative content.

Now I show 180K+ weekly readers how to build the same kind of business each week in my newsletter.

As a bonus, you'll also get my 2026 LinkedIn growth guide (advice from 2,000 to 820,000 followers) for free when you sign up.

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Alesia Kapadia

I failed a lot (in public) over the last six years.

Offers nobody bought. 
Posts nobody read. 
Ideas that went nowhere.

It feels embarrassing at first.

But here's what I learned: 

None of those failures mattered.

They didn't hurt my reputation. 
They didn't set me back. 
They were just...attempts that didn't work.

What would have hurt is never starting.

Sitting on an idea for years. 
Watching other people build.
Wondering "what if" forever.

That's not avoiding failure. 
That literally is failure.

The only way to truly fail is to never try.
Everything else is just information.

Launch something, and nobody buys? 
You learned your offer needs work.

Post something, and nobody reads it? 
You learned your hook was off.

Send a DM and get ignored? 
You learned you need a better angle.

None of that is failure. 
It's all feedback.

But you only get feedback if you start.

Join over 180,000 entrepreneurs in my newsletter, learning to finally start businesses around their expertise.

I send 4-minute playbooks every Saturday morning to help you get started.

You'll learn:

- 6-figure frameworks that run on autopilot.
- The strategies that built my 1.5M+ audience.
- How to build wealth without ever hiring a team.
- Why "scaling" is terrible advice for most people.

BONUS: You'll also get my 2026 LinkedIn Growth Guide for free.

Join here: https://buff.ly/e9HmJhK

I told everyone about my big idea.

Then I did nothing about it for a year.

Talked about it at work.
Mentioned it to friends.

Got all of the nods, the encouragement, and the "that's awesome, you should totally do that."

It felt really great.
Felt like progress.

It wasn't.

I was borrowing the feeling of building something without actually building it.

The more I talked, the less I did.

Every little conversation gave me just enough satisfaction to delay starting.

Eventually, I saw the pattern.

The people who do things don't talk first.
They disappear for a while.
Then they come back with something real.

The ones who talk the most?
Usually still talking.

Ideas mean nothing.
Everyone has them.
Execution is the whole game.

So I stopped telling people my plans.
And just started executing on them.

Let the work speak instead of my mouth.
That's when things actually started to happen.

Six years of showing up, not talking about showing up.

That's what built an 8-figure business and an audience of 820,000.

If you're done planning and ready to start building, I put together a free guide to help you.

It's my 2026 LinkedIn Guide to LinkedIn growth.

Inside, you'll learn:

- The "silent build" for your first 10K followers
- How to "play the hits" for more tractions
- The 7:51 a.m. "siphon method" for views
- How to "prime the algorithm" to win

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I didn't have it figured out when I started.

I still don't, honestly.

People assume that because something worked out, there was a plan.

Some moment where it all clicked and the path became clear.

That's not actually how it happened.

When I left my corporate job in 2019, I had no idea what I was doing.

Zero clue.

I just knew I couldn't keep doing what I was doing.

So I started.
Uncertain.
Confused.
Making it up as I went.

Six years later, people tell me I inspired them.

Which is funny.

Because most days I'm still figuring it out in real time.

The difference isn't getting clear on what works.

It's deciding that confusion isn't a good enough reason to stay stuck.

Everyone's waiting to feel ready.

Waiting for the moment when they finally know what to do.

That moment doesn't come.
You just start and figure it out along the way.

The people you look up to aren't less confused than you.

They just got moving while they were still uncertain.

Listen, you don't have to figure out everything from scratch.

When I started building my LinkedIn audience, I made every mistake possible.

It took me years to learn what actually works.

I put all of my learnings (including the dumb mistakes) into a free 2026 LinkedIn growth guide so you don't have to waste that time.

It's the playbook I used to go from 2,000 to 820,000 followers.

You'll get it free when you join my weekly newsletter for 180K+ entrepreneurs.

Read it here → https://lnkd.in/eiGDtKiE

Stressed about work. Scared about money. Stuck in a job you hate but can't afford to leave. That was me in 2014.

30 years in corporate HR. 6-figure debt from a failed café. Sleepless nights worrying about my kids' future. I knew something had to change. Not just my circumstances, but how I FELT about money and work.

My mission: Help myself feel better, and by sharing how I'm doing that, I help others feel better too.
When we all feel better, we lift each other up. That's the ripple effect.

Today, I help women in corporate feel better about money and work.

Whether you're burnt out, in debt, underpaid, afraid of layoffs, or building something on the side but terrified, I help you feel better by healing what's blocking you, not just managing the symptoms.

MY FRAMEWORK: IDENTITY → STORY → ACTION → RESULTS

My transformation system uses 4 pillars based on neuroscience and energy work:

1. MAP METHOD
Based on Dr. Karim Nader's memory reconsolidation research. Heals limiting beliefs permanently at the root. Neutralizes "I'm not qualified" or "I'm bad with money."

2. IDENTITY SCRIPTING + MEDITATION
You write who you're becoming AND practice being her through meditation. Dr. Joe Dispenza: Thoughts are the language of the mind, emotions are the language of the body. We achieve heart-mind coherenc, i.e., your conscious mind in charge of reactive emotions. Dr. Tara Swart's research: This rewires your brain and activates your RAS to notice new possibilities.

3. HUMAN DESIGN
Make career decisions using YOUR authority. Work WITH your unique energy. Personalizes strategy to YOU, not one-size-fits-all.

4. SOMATIC WORK
Based on Dr. van der Kolk (The Body Keeps the Score) and Dr. Dispenza's work. Releases financial stress from your body and retrains your nervous system. You're no longer reactive to external circumstances (bank balance, job changes). You feel safe with money NOW.

30 years in corporate HR, sitting in layoff meetings, hiring, firing, feeling job insecurity myself. A café venture that led to 6-figure debt. It was the most challenging time and also the greatest opportunity because it led to a side business built during lunch breaks and financial security and peace.

I've sat on both sides of the table, delivering layoffs and worrying about my own. I've experienced debt shame and the fear of losing everything. 

I teach from lived experience, not theory.

CERTIFICATIONS:
✓ Certified MAP Method Practitioner
✓ Certified Personify Leadership Facilitator
✓ Practising Human Design Analyst
✓ 30+ Years HR & Leadership Experience

DM me "FEEL BETTER"

Sharon Singh Sidhu

I didn't hit most of my 2025 goals. Revenue targets? Missed. Client milestones? Didn't happen. Growth numbers? Fell short.

For a while, I avoided looking at the data. I didn't want to feel the disappointment. 

But I've now realized that the gap between where I am and where I wanted to be isn't failure. 

It's just feedback.

In my latest podcast episode, I share:
- Why I tried 6 offers and only 1 worked and why that's actually progress
- The invisible wins I'm celebrating even without hitting revenue goals
- What happened when senior leaders at work saw my LinkedIn posts
- Why the process is the goal and the money is just the milestone
- How I invested $6k in my growth without quitting my job

It's the unglamorous truths when you're building a business while working full-time.

If you're feeling behind because you didn't hit your 2025 goals, you're not alone. 

And you're not behind. You're exactly where you need to be.

Listen to my latest podcast to learn:
- Why it takes longer than you think (and that's okay)
- Why building while employed is the smarter path
- How visibility is practice, not personality
- What I'm doing differently in 2026

This is for you if:
- You're building on the side while employed
- You're scared your boss will see your posts
- You're overwhelmed by how long it's taking
- You need permission to celebrate small wins

The link is in the comments below or my Featured Section.

P.S. Your timeline is your timeline. Not mine. Not some expert's. Yours.

Sharon Singh Sidhu 

Employee → Entrepreneur | Identity, Story, Action Framework | MAP + Human Design + 30 Years HR | Building While Employed = Your Advantage

You're probably more ready than you think. For years, I thought I needed ‘one more certification’ before I could charge for coaching. But I realized I was already doing the work. Just not getting paid for it.

Here are 3 signs you're ready to monetize your expertise:

SIGN #1: Someone is already paying you (just not with money)

My company sponsored me to become a certified leadership trainer. Then when I asked for a 2nd sponsorship to gain even deeper expertise, they granted it. They trusted me to run leadership training for managers.

Translation: They saw value in what I could teach.

When I got my first freelance training job, my bosses were fine with it. They knew I had something valuable to offer beyond my job and trusted me to handle it appropriately.

If people are already coming to you for help, even for free, you're ready.

SIGN #2: You've overcome something others are still stuck in

An ex-colleague asked how she could hire me as her coach. She looked up to me and wanted to achieve what I'd done with my finances.

I didn't feel like an expert. I just figured it out. And that's the point.

You don't need to be 10 steps ahead. Just 2 steps ahead.

For 6 years, my training participants consistently gave me 5-star reviews. One senior leader told me I seemed ‘so confident’, even though I was shaking inside. I'd bombed presentations early in my career. I had a massive fear of public speaking. 

But I did it anyway. Over and over, until I got better.

If you've solved a problem others struggle with, even messily, you have expertise to monetize.

SIGN #3: Other people are charging for what you're already doing for free

I was already helping people change their mindset in my leadership sessions. Teaching them to reframe limiting beliefs.

Then I saw external coaches charging thousands for the same thing. Wait. I'm already doing this?

I saw students in certification programs at the exact same level as me already getting paying clients. Meanwhile, I was waiting to ‘feel ready’.

Colleagues asked me to review their emails and presentations. I dismissed it as ‘no big deal’. But it WAS a big deal to them.

If others are charging for what you do naturally, you're ready.

Here's what I'd tell anyone stuck in ‘I'm not ready yet’:

→ Your lived experience is valuable. Don't discount it.
→ You already have expertise you can charge for. 
→ The gap isn't more certifications, it's how you talk about it, package it, and market it.

The only thing stopping you are limiting beliefs about sales and whether you're ‘qualified’.

Everyone feels the same fear. The successful people just did it anyway, again and again, until they got better.

You don't need permission. You don't need one more certification. You need to decide you're ready.

Which of these 3 signs resonates with you? Or what's truly holding you back?

'You should enjoy yourself more', my daughter said, as I was reviewing my metrics. Only 2 DMs sent. I felt the need to defend: 

'That's because I watched TV instead of sending the DMs.'

I was feeling guilty. I should've been building my business instead of watching Netflix after dinner.

Because at the back of my mind, I was hearing the hustle bros: 'While you're watching TV, real entrepreneurs are building their 6-figure businesses.'

When you're the primary earner, caregiver, and business owner, the hustle bro playbook doesn't work.

You've been up since 4:30am - workout, kids, school drop-off. 9 hours of back-to-back meetings. Maybe 1 hour during lunch to build your business. By 8pm, you're fried.

Pushing when you're already exhausted isn't discipline. It's self-sabotage.

Your business might grow slower than the 25-year-old with no kids and 16-hour days. But you'll still be building when they've burned out and quit.

So watch TV. Take my daughter's advice. Enjoy yourself more.

Rest isn't wasted time. It's part of the work.

This is the difference between building while employed and building from burnout. 

Building while employed:
- No financial panic
- Can rest when exhausted
- Build for years, not months
- Make strategic decisions (not desperate ones)

Building from burnout:
- Guilt when you rest
- Desperate decisions
- Quit within 18 months
- Hustle until you collapse

You don't need to hustle harder, you just need a strategy built for your life.

If you're exhausted from trying to build like the hustle bros, DM me "REST".

Business Clarity Session ($150):
- Identify why you're burning out (it's not lack of discipline)
- Use MAP Method to release the guilt around resting
- Build your 1-hour/day strategy using your Human Design 
(so you can watch Netflix guilt-free)

3 sessions left in January. DM "REST" now.

Helping Corporate Women Feel Calm, Clear, and Safe Around Money & Work

$6,000. That's how much I invested in my business last year while keeping my 9-5.

Everyone thinks you have to choose: safe corporate job OR risky business.

I learned the hard way that's a false choice.

My husband and I quit our jobs to open a café. We were all-in. Living the entrepreneurial dream.

Until we weren't.

The business bled money. Bills kept coming. We racked up 6-figure debt. I couldn't sleep. Our marriage was falling apart.

Going all-in almost cost me everything.

So I went back to corporate, defeated, in massive debt, questioning everything.

But I made a promise to myself: I'd never depend on one income source (or one person) to take care of my family again.

After 30 years in HR, I've seen too many 'secure' jobs disappear overnight. So I started building differently.

I kept my job. Started my coaching business on lunch breaks and weekend mornings.

Here's what changed:
→ I invested $6k in coaches and certifications (couldn't have done that without my salary)
→ I tried 6 different offers in 2025 (only 1 worked—good thing I wasn't desperate for sales)
→ I signed clients I WANT to work with (no scarcity mindset)
→ I built without burning out (1 hour/day, not 24/7 hustle)

The freedom isn't in quitting.

The freedom is in having OPTIONS.

My 9-5 gives me the psychological safety to build something real. To experiment. To fail without catastrophe.

I'll quit when staying costs me more than leaving. When I'm turning away ideal clients because I don't have capacity.

Until then? This is the smarter move.

And if you're a working mom who thinks you have to quit your job to start a business, you don't. You just need to build differently.

That's what I help women do. Transform from trapped employee to business owner, without quitting, burning out, or sacrificing your family.

What about you? Building while employed or planning the leap?

My chest felt like it was imploding. No, I wasn't having a heart attack. But I might as well have been.

The demands from my new job.
The never-ending to-do's to grow my business.
The pressure to provide for my family and be there for my kids.

It felt like too much. So I blasted the music in my car to find relief.

When you're in a demanding 9-5, growing your business, and raising a family, this is what it feels like in real life.

Not the professionally polished photos and posts you see on LinkedIn.
Not the 'look how easy I make this look' highlight reel.

The voices in my head got loud:
'Is this really worth it?'
'Who do you think you are?'
'You're 50, spent 30 years in corporate HR, and the last 6 years building your business. And you still haven't made it. You should just quit.'

And honestly? Some days I want to listen. The car felt small. The pressure felt huge. And quitting felt so much easier.

But I didn't.

After 30 years in HR, I know this voice. And I know what separates the people who make it from the people who quit.

Success isn't about not feeling the pressure, the doubt, or the fear. It's about not stopping when those feelings get loud.

Successful people don't quit posting when doubt shows up. They don't give up after one bad day.

They have a system to move through it.

So here's what I did in that car, music blasting, trying not to fall apart:
1. PAUSE - Okay, I'm spiraling. I see it.
2. THANK - This doubt is teaching me something.
3. FEEL - Let the fear wash over me. Didn't push it away.
4. CLEAR - Release the untrue stories.
5. ASK - What's the next right move?
6. WAIT - Sat. Breathed. Listened.
7. MOVE - The answer: Just make 1 comment.

I made that comment. It wasn't perfect. It wasn't life-changing. But I did it. 

And that's how you stay in the game when everyone else quits.

This practice isn't 'woo-woo'. It's the same mindset skill I've used to:
→ Navigate 30 years of corporate politics (and sit in layoff meetings)
→ Lead teams through uncertainty
→ Build a business while raising 2 college-bound kids (and caring for aging parents)
→ Stay in the game when I wanted to quit (which is often)

Success isn't about unshakeable confidence. It's about knowing how to keep moving when confidence is nowhere to be found.

If you're a working mom building on the side and the doubt is loud right now, you're not failing. You're human.

DM me 'RESILIENCE' and I'll send you the full breakdown of this 7-step practice.

Because this is how you become the sort of person who figures it out. The sort of person who doesn't quit when it gets hard.

'I've tried everything and it's still not working!' That's what I told myself. Then I got honest. I created a tracker to see what I was ACTUALLY doing. Turns out? I wasn't doing "everything."

I was doing busy work, not business-building work.

- Writing random topics as inspiration struck (not strategic content)
- Connecting with anyone who'd accept (not my actual ideal clients)
- Commenting to look smart (not to start conversations)

I was BUSY. But I wasn't building a business.

So I stripped everything down to one question:

What are the top 3 things that actually generate profit?

Here's what I came up with:
- Find people I can help (and who want my help)
- Build genuine trust with them
- Invite them to work with me

That's it. Everything else is a distraction.

My daily activities became:
- Comment on posts by people in my ICP's world (not random posts)
- Start 1:1 conversations with people who engage with my content
- Share content that builds trust (not just "look how smart I am" posts)

Simple. Focused. Repeatable.

Here's what changed:
- I stopped trying to prove I was an expert.
- I started being genuinely helpful.
- I stopped connecting with everyone.
- I started building real relationships with the right people.
- I stopped posting whatever I felt like.
- I started creating content my ICP actually needs.

This is what building while employed forced me to learn. 

I only have 1 hour during my lunch break to build my business. I can't afford to waste it scrolling "for research" or tweaking my profile for the 10th time. I HAVE to focus on what actually generates profit. The time constraint forces brutal prioritization.

Because I'm not desperate for every sale (my 9-5 pays my bills), I can be selective about WHO I build relationships with and HOW I invite them. When you have limited time AND no financial desperation, you build differently.

Next time something's not working, don't trust your feelings ("I've tried everything!"). Instead:
- Track the data. 
- Review honestly. 
- Strip down to the 3 activities that generate profit. 
- Do those consistently.

If you only have 1 hour/day, you can't do everything. And you don't need to.
You need to do the right things.

Going from employee to entrepreneur isn't about working harder or doing more. 

It's about becoming the kind of person who can:
- Look at data without getting defensive
- Cut ruthlessly (even "good" activities that don't generate profit)
- Focus on quality over quantity

That's an identity shift. It's what I help my clients do.

If you're busy but not getting results and you only have limited time to build, DM me "FOCUS".

Business Clarity Session ($150):
- Identify your 3 profit-generating activities (so you can cut the rest)
- Strip your strategy down to what fits in 1 hour/day (no more overwhelm)
- Shift from "busy" identity to "strategic" identity using MAP Method

You don't need more time. You need to focus the time you have.
3 sessions left in January. DM "FOCUS" now.

Northern Lights. Grand Canyon. Maldives. British Museum. Big Ben. Angkor Wat. Bali. Farm stays in Australia.

These experiences with my kids? Only possible because I have my salary AND side income from building a business on the side.

Not so long ago, I thought quitting my job to "have more time" would make me a better mom.

That led to a 6-figure business debt, sleepless nights worrying about bills, and my 7-year-old daughter saying:

"Mommy, you're just working downstairs but I never see you."

Hearing that jolted me. It was a brutal wake-up call.

I learned the hard way that quitting your job doesn't give you more time with your kids.

It gives you financial pressure that consumes you.

More hours at home ≠ more presence.

When you're drowning in debt and worry, you're not really THERE even when you're physically there.

Eventually, we had to shut down the café because it wasn't financially viable. I went back to my HR job. Back to the "safe" paycheck.

But having spent decades in HR conducting countless layoff meetings, I knew job security is a myth.

I swore I'd never depend on one income source or one company for my family's financial well-being.

That's when I realized: I don't need to quit my job to build something of my own. I can build ALONGSIDE it.

Building while employed has given me:
→ Financial safety to take my time and build it right (no desperate decisions)
→ Ability to invest in myself, coaches, courses, tools (accelerated my learning)
→ Resources to give my kids incredible experiences NOW, not "someday when the business takes off"
→ Strategic patience to say no to wrong-fit clients and only work with people I genuinely want to help
→ Proof to my kids that you can have stability AND ambition

My salary isn't a crutch. It's my strategic advantage.

Yesterday, I picked up my son from his last day of military service. As I drove onto the air base, I felt confirmation that I made the right choice.

The Northern Lights. The Grand Canyon. The farm stays in Australia. Traveling to the UK and the US.

None of it would have been possible if I'd stayed stuck in "I have to quit my job OR build a business" thinking.

You can do both. Strategically and sustainably. Without sacrificing your kids or your sanity.

If you're a working mom who wants to create additional income through coaching or consulting but can't quit your job yet, DM me "CLARITY".

In my Business Clarity Session ($150), we'll:
→ Identify what expertise you can monetize (what corporate moms would pay you for)
→ Map your first income stream (your offer, pricing, who it's for)
→ Create your 1-hour/day plan to start building this month

You'll walk away with a concrete plan designed for YOUR life, not someone with unlimited time and energy.

5 sessions left in January. DM "CLARITY" now.

2am. Lying awake worrying about how to pay my bills. I made a decision then and there: I'd never feel this way again.

That was a decade ago. My husband and I had quit our jobs to open a café. It folded 4 years later. We were 6-figures in debt.

Here's what no one tells you about ‘just quit your job’ advice:

When you have NO income, you can't afford to fail slowly. Every experiment costs you. Every mistake feels like it's taking food off your table.

Financial pressure doesn't create hustle, it creates desperation. 

And desperation makes terrible business decisions:
- You underprice. 
- You chase every shiny object. 
- You accept clients you shouldn't. 
- You can't think strategically because you're in survival mode.

That's why I now teach the OPPOSITE of what most business coaches tell you:

Keep. Your. Job.

At the time, I thought the café was the stupidest thing we'd ever done. In hindsight, it was the best. Because it taught me to get smart about money, business, and building the RIGHT way.

The best decision I made was building my coaching business WHILE keeping my 9-5.

My salary gives me:
- Time to build right (no desperation)
- Money to invest ($6k in courses and coaches last year)
- Permission to fail (I can test offers without panic)
- Strategic patience (I only work with ideal clients)

I'm not grinding 24/7. I'm building in pockets of time, lunch breaks and weekend mornings. Using the MAP Method to rewire limiting beliefs. Using Human Design to work with my energy, not against it.

And when I hit $30k/month consistently? THEN I'll quit. On MY terms. When the numbers make sense for my family. Not when some guru tells me to ‘just take the leap’.

If you're a working mom who wants to monetize your corporate expertise without quitting your job, DM me ‘CLARITY’ and I'll send you details about my Business Clarity Session.

In 1 hour we'll:
- Identify what expertise you can monetize
- Map your first income stream
- Create your personalized 1-hour/day plan

You'll walk away knowing exactly where to start and how to build without burning out. 

Limited to 5 sessions this month. DM ‘CLARITY’ now.

"Do you want to buy from me?" Even as the words left my mouth, I was already thinking "they're not interested."

Networking and building relationships with strangers doesn't come naturally to me. 

When I started building my coaching business, I led with selling. You can imagine how well that worked out. (Not very well at all!)

No one returned my DMs. No one seemed interested in connecting. I realized something was very wrong.

I had to find a different way.

Here's what I did:
I released the need to sell immediately.

And I could only do this because I had a 9-5 job I actually enjoyed. That's the advantage of building while employed. No financial desperation. 

I wasn't thinking "I need to sign this client or I can't pay rent." I could afford to play the long game.

I told myself: "Forget about making the money. Just make friends on LinkedIn."

That shift released all the pressure.

Instead of "Do you want to buy?" I started asking:

"What's the biggest challenge you're facing right now?"
"How long have you been thinking about this?"
"What would success look like for you?"

I stopped talking about my offer. I just listened. I asked follow-up questions. I shared relevant experiences. I genuinely wanted to understand them, not as prospects, but as people.

And something surprising happened.

A DM conversation led to a sale. I didn't even have to ask for it.

She reached out and said, "How can I work with you?" I signed her as a client over a couple of text messages.

Bonus? 

She's the perfect client. Curious. Willing. Action-oriented. Open to trying new methods like MAP and Human Design.

That's what happens when you build trust first.

When you lead with curiosity instead of selling, you attract people who WANT to work with you. You're not convincing them. You're not overcoming objections. They're already sold because they trust you.

Don't get me wrong, I still need to make money. I have bills, kids' tuition, a business to build.

But leading with "make friends first" takes the desperation out of the conversation. And people can FEEL desperation.

When you're not desperate, you can:
- Say no to wrong-fit clients
- Charge what you're worth (not discount out of fear)
- Build a sustainable business with people you actually like

That's the advantage of building while employed. You can afford to do it right.

If you're a corporate mom who wants to start a coaching business but the thought of "selling" makes you feel gross, DM me "FRIENDS".

Business Clarity Session ($150):
- Identify why selling feels icky (usually imposter syndrome or scarcity mindset)
- Clear these blocks with MAP Method
- Create a relationship-first approach that feels natural and actually converts

You don't have to be a sleazy salesperson to make money. Let me show you how.

3 sessions left in January. DM "FRIENDS" now.

This morning the money fear came back. That familiar tightness in my chest. The mental math. The "how will we afford this?" spiral about our kids' overseas college tuition.

Except this time, something was different.

The voice was softer. The grip was gone. It had shifted from a paralyzing fear that used to keep me up at night to simply a puzzle to solve.

How did this change?

I've been rewiring my money story for almost a decade. And I've learned you don't fix it once. You peel it in layers.

Each time I released one belief ("Money isn't safe"), another surfaced underneath ("I don't deserve more"). Then another ("If I have too much, I'll lose it"). Then another.

That's when I realized my subconscious programming about money goes deeper than one limiting belief. It's an entire operating system built over 40+ years.

But by using simple MAP Method commands (a kind of strategic self-talk that speaks directly to the subconscious) I've eased the grip this fear had on me.

That's how I know I've changed. When the things that used to paralyze me don't anymore.

Noticing it this morning is evidence I'm collecting to prove to myself this work actually works.

Here's why this matters if you want to build a business:

The same money story that wakes you up at 3am worrying about tuition is the SAME voice that says:

"Who would pay me for what I know?"
"I should charge less because people can't afford more"
"I can't invest in a coach. What if it doesn't work?"
"I need to keep my job forever because money isn't safe"

Your money story isn't just about your past. It's actively blocking your future.

You can't build a thriving coaching business while believing money is scarce and you're not worthy of charging for your expertise.

If you're a corporate mom who wants to build a coaching business but your money story keeps you stuck—DM me "CLARITY".

In my Business Clarity Session, we'll:
→ Identify the exact subconscious belief keeping you from starting (usually "I'm not qualified" or "money isn't safe")
→ Release its grip using a simple MAP protocol you can use anytime the fear comes back
→ Map your monetizable expertise and create your 1-hour/day plan to start building this week

You'll walk away knowing exactly what's blocking you, how to release it, and your first 3 actions to take. $150. Limited to 5 sessions in January. 

DM "CLARITY" now.

The same money stories that block your business

I felt the anger and irritation bubble inside me. Another last-minute meeting during my lunch break. Another request that throws my business building activities off track. Another day my KPIs won't get met.

This isn't a one-off. It's a pattern.

When you're building a business while employed, this is the reality. Your job doesn't care about your side hustle. Urgent requests come in. Fires need to be put out. Your carefully planned lunch break disappears.

I wanted to lash out. Send a passive-aggressive message. Complain to someone about how "nobody respects my time."

Instead, I opened my journal the next morning and wrote:

"I have self-restraint when I want to react. I have the capacity to hold space for difficult emotions."

Just writing those words shifted something.

I didn't damage relationships. I didn't give up on my business. I adjusted, rescheduled, and hit my KPI two days later.

That's the power of identity scripting.

Most people get affirmations wrong. They think "I am a millionaire" while broke will magically create wealth. Your subconscious isn't stupid. It knows you're lying.

What DOES work:

Scripting the CHARACTER TRAITS you need to become the person who achieves the goal.

I'm not affirming "I have a $30k/month business."

I'm affirming the traits that BUILD it:
- Commercially savvy (smart decisions)
- Know my numbers (track what works)
- Self-restraint (don't react emotionally)
- Hold space for hard emotions (don't quit when it's difficult)

These traits create the business. The business doesn't appear from positive thinking.

This is MAP Method work.

You can't build while your identity is "I'm just an employee who has no control over my time."

Your subconscious runs 95% of your behavior. If your identity says "everyone disrespects my boundaries," you'll either lash out (damage relationships) or give up (never build your business).

Identity scripting rewires that.

Every morning, I write by hand who I'm BECOMING. Then I act like her for the day. Over time, she becomes who I am.

At 51, building while employed, raising a family, I don't have the luxury of "winging it."

Last-minute meetings will happen. They always do in corporate. Lunch breaks will get hijacked. KPIs will get pushed.

I need self-restraint so I don't blow up my career while building my exit strategy on the side.

These aren't aspirational traits. They're survival skills for playing the long game. And I script them daily because repetition rewires the brain.

Do you know who you need to BE to achieve your 2026 goals?

Script her out every day. Act like her until she becomes who you are.

If you're constantly frustrated that your job derails your business progress, DM me "CLARITY".

Business Clarity Session ($150):
- Identify your identity block
- Use MAP to neutralize it
- Create your 1-hour/day plan that works AROUND job demands (because they're not going away)

5 sessions left in January.

I'm not gonna lie. Building a business while employed is hard some days.
Besides worrying what your bosses will think, there's the practical reality -
You're just completely exhausted.

A typical can look like this:
- Steep learning curve at new job
- Unplanned meetings
- Working through lunch to catch up
- Get home only to realized you forgot the milk
- Go back out
- Finally sitting down to work on your business at 9pm
- Falling asleep at your laptop at 9:47pm

By the time you have a free moment, you have zero energy left. This is the reality of raising a family, working a job, and building a business on the side.

It's enough to make the strongest woman feel like giving up.

If that's where you're at right now, let me remind you of something important:

Consistency ≠ Frequency

It isn't about showing up perfectly every single day.

Forgotten doctor appointments. Unexpected sick kids. Last-minute deadlines. Husbands wondering where you went. Elderly parents needing tech support.

You're allowed to miss a day.

Consistency isn't about never failing. It's about showing up again the next day and resuming from where you left off.

Don't let one day, two days, or even a week off track keep you off track permanently.

What I've learned after 2 years of building during lunch breaks is that the women who succeed aren't the ones who never miss a day. They're the ones who get back on track faster.

They don't spiral into "I'm so behind, I'll never catch up, I should just quit." They just pick up where they left off. No drama. No guilt spiral. Missing Monday doesn't mean you've failed. It means you start again Tuesday.

The 'trade-off' of building while employed means you can:
- Take your time finding the RIGHT clients (not just anyone who'll pay)
- Build genuine relationships (not frantically chase conversions)
- Miss a day without your business collapsing (your 9-5 keeps you stable)

The exhaustion is real. But so is the strategic advantage. That's why building while employed isn't settling. It's smart.

Pick ONE thing to do tomorrow. Not ten. One. It could be:
- Commenting on 3 posts
- Sending 1 DM
- Writing 1 post draft

Then, resume your rhythm. You didn't lose your progress. You paused it.

The women who build sustainable businesses aren't the ones who hustle hardest. They're the ones who keep coming back.

If you're exhausted but still committed and you need help creating a plan that actually works for YOUR life, DM me "RHYTHM". It's exactly what I help corporate moms with.

"You're probably more qualified than you think." I realized this about myself last week sitting in a trainer refresher for a leadership workshop I've facilitated for almost 10 years.

We were reviewing the updated materials. As I shared how I'd adapted parts of the training for the different companies I've worked with - simplifying frameworks for one industry, adding case studies for another, adjusting the pace based on team dynamics - something clicked.

Wait.

I've been CREATING content. Adapting. Innovating. Not just "delivering someone else's workshop."

I've facilitated this dozens of times for hundreds of leaders. 
I know which exercises create breakthroughs and which fall flat. 
I've coached leaders through every scenario that comes up.
I know what lands and what doesn't. 

So why do I still think of myself as "just the facilitator"? It hit me. 

I can walk into any room and read the energy in 30 seconds. 

I can facilitate difficult conversations most people avoid. 

I understand organizational systems, communication frameworks, delegation strategies.

Not from textbooks but from thousands of hours with real leaders facing real problems.

And I've been discounting all of it as "just my job."

I realized if I'm qualified to train corporate leaders - and I am - then I'm DEFINITELY qualified to coach working moms who want to build businesses.

30 years HR experience. MAP certified. Human Design certified. Personify Leadership facilitator. Hundreds of leaders trained.

The only thing holding me back? 

Imposter syndrome. "Who am I to call myself a business coach?"

Turns out, I'm someone with decades of expertise who's been undervaluing herself.

And that's how most corporate women are. 

Caught up in work, family, commitments. It's easy to disregard the value you create. You think: "This is just what I do. Anyone could do this."

No. Not anyone.

Your 15-30 years of expertise? Valuable. Your ability to navigate complex situations? A skill. The frameworks you use without thinking? People would pay to learn those.

You're already qualified. You just don't see it because you're too close.

The only thing holding you back is believing you can and overcoming your fear of being seen.

Someone needs what you know. Right now. And you're doing them a disservice by staying invisible.

If you've been thinking "I'm not qualified", DM me "QUALIFIED".

Business Clarity Session ($150):
- Identify what expertise you've been discounting
- Map what corporate moms would pay you for
- Create your offer and pricing strategy
- 4 sessions left in January

You're already more qualified than you think.

Building a business is hard. Everyone's out here making it sound easy. 'Just follow my 3-step framework!' 'Anyone can do this!' 'It's simple!'

Sure, it's simple. But simple ≠ easy.

And I wish more people would be honest about what it actually takes:

- learning skills you were never taught (marketing, sales, psychology, resilience)
- showing up when nothing seems to be working
- handling constant rejection and self-doubt
- picking yourself up over and over again
- caring deeply while staying detached

This is why most people quit.

Not because they're lazy or that they don't want it enough. But because nobody told them it would be THIS hard.

I didn't hit most of my 2025 goals. Sure, I was discouraged at first. But now, I realized that if I were already the sort of person who gets those results, I'd already have them.

So my job isn't to beat myself up. It's to ask: 'Who do I need to become?'

That's the work. That's what I talk about in this week's podcast episode.

It's what I'll take you through in my free Create 2026 workshop (link in Featured Section).

2026 isn't about setting better goals. It's about becoming the person who achieves them, even when it's hard, unclear, and taking way longer than you expected.

Who are you becoming in 2026?

Let me know in the comments!

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