A few weeks ago, I was talking with a client who had been sitting on a proposal for days, even though everything about it was already complete. The scope was clear, the pricing made sense…and yet she couldn’t bring herself to send it. When I asked what was really holding her back, she paused and said… “I just don’t want them to feel pressured.” The issue had nothing to do with the offer itself. She wasn’t second-guessing the work or the numbers. She was already managing the e

My mother never rested. Not really. Even when she sat down, she kept moving…folding laundry, tending a pot on the stove, answering the phone with half an ear on the evening news. She didn’t label it ambition. She simply called it life. And even though she never told me to be that way, I learned by watching. The message was clear: handle whatever comes your way, stay a step ahead of the mess, and carry more than feels reasonable without letting anyone see the effort. For years

The Myth of Emotional Control Somewhere along the way, “being professional” got confused with “being composed.” We were taught that credibility meant staying calm, no matter what was happening underneath. And sure, there’s value in keeping your cool…but for most women I know, that lesson went way too far. We learned to manage emotion like it was a problem to fix…swallowing the lump in our throat before walking into a meeting, or saying we’re “fine” even when every cell in our

Why “take your time” can quietly kill a sale. When kindness creates confusion Many women entrepreneurs I coach resist using scarcity. It feels manipulative, pushy, like a trick from someone’s “bro-marketing” playbook. So instead, they default to patience. They tell prospects, “oh, take your time.” And then they hold space and wait. But here’s the problem. Endless time rarely leads to confident decisions. It usually leads to no decision at all. Because most people don’t buy wh

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