Slower, Wealthier, Happier

There are moments in life that shake you so hard, they reorder your entire perspective.
For me, one of those moments came when my husband decided to go abroad for business.

This wasn’t his first trip overseas — he had done a few shorter runs before. But in 2024, he made the decision to stay for several months, to dig deeper into opportunities that could expand our business. I was supportive, even if it meant distance, even if it meant him being gone for longer stretches.

What I didn’t know is that this trip would nearly cost him his life.

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When the Yes Almost Slipped Away

He landed, started working his plans, but then — as life will sometimes do — things veered off the itinerary.

In a split second, everything changed. He became deathly sick.
Hospitalized.
On life support.
For over a week.

Those eight days felt like a lifetime. And as his wife, as the woman who has walked with him through nearly 19 years of marriage, it was one of the most gut-wrenching seasons of my life.

I’ve always been a woman who preaches living life now — not waiting for “someday,” not postponing joy until the conditions are perfect. I’ve always believed that life is for the living, and yet in those quiet, terrifying moments of watching my husband fight for his, that truth rang louder than it ever had before.

You don’t get to do this over again.

You don’t get to wait your way into joy.

You don’t get to stockpile “somedays.”

You only have this day, this moment, this breath.

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Coming Home, Coming Back to Yes

When he recovered enough to fly back to the States, I was beyond grateful. We had work to do with doctors here, healing to support, and the kind of conversations you have after you’ve both brushed shoulders with mortality.

One of those conversations was about finishing what he had started — the business work he had left undone. He hesitated. And I understood. After what he had just been through, I hesitated too.

But then I remembered the truth I’ve built my whole life around:
Say yes to the life you’re already in.

Not the one you hope to have.
Not the one you’re still building.
Not the one that looks perfect on paper.
But this one — the messy, beautiful, imperfect, fragile, right-now life.

And I realized, if I wanted him to live boldly, then I also had to say yes to him living that way. To support him in choosing not to wait.

Because here’s the thing: regret is often born not from what we did, but from what we never allowed ourselves to do. I refuse to live — or let him live — in the shadow of “what if.”

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Living the Yes: What This Month Is All About

November’s theme is simple but powerful: Living the Yes.

It’s about gratitude, but not the cliché kind that stops at “be thankful.”
It’s about active gratitude — the kind that says:

“I’m so happy and grateful for this life, and because of that, I say yes to living it fully.”

It’s about shifting from passive acknowledgment to active participation. Gratitude as action. Gratitude as boldness. Gratitude as permission.

Saying yes to:

• The life you’re already in.
  
• The luxuries you can access now, not someday.
  
• The peace you’ve been gifted, even if it feels strange at first.
  
• The opportunities in front of you, even if you don’t feel “ready.”
  
• The more that’s available, without guilt.
  

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Why Saying Yes Matters

Here’s the truth: yes changes everything.

Yes expands your life.
Yes opens doors you didn’t even know were waiting for you.
Yes creates capacity for joy, for love, for overflow.

And yet — so many of us have trained ourselves to say no.

• No, I can’t enjoy this moment yet because I don’t have everything I want.
  
• No, I shouldn’t rest because there’s still so much to do.
  
• No, I can’t accept help because I don’t want to owe anyone.
  
• No, I’ll wait until the timing is perfect (and spoiler: it never will be).
  

But what if this month, you flipped that script?

What if you said yes to what’s already here?

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My Yes to the Life I’m Already In

When I told my husband that I supported him — that I wanted him to live fully, to go after what he desired, even if it scared both of us — it wasn’t just a yes for him.

It was a yes for me, too.

A yes to trusting life, not fearing it.
A yes to being a wife who encourages, not restricts.
A yes to living now, not waiting for a “safer” or “better” time.

Because if the hospital taught us anything, it’s that waiting is not guaranteed.

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The Wealth of Now

Living the yes isn’t just about emotional freedom — it’s a wealth principle.

Wealth isn’t only about stacking money in the bank.
It’s about stacking memories, stacking joy, stacking peace.

You can add more into your retirement account, but you cannot fast-track the wealth of wisdom, the wealth of experience, or the wealth of presence.

Wealth grows over time — but you have to actually live long enough, and well enough, to enjoy it.

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Soft Challenge: Say Yes Now

Here’s your soft challenge:

👉🏾 Say yes to one thing today that you’ve been postponing.

It doesn’t have to be huge. It could be:

• Saying yes to calling that friend back.
  
• Saying yes to booking the trip instead of “waiting for the right time.”
  
• Saying yes to using the good china on a Tuesday.
  
• Saying yes to starting the project that’s been tugging at your heart.
  

Say yes because this is the life you’re already in — and it deserves to be lived.

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The Invitation

This month, we’re going to explore what it means to live in yes — in your money, your mindset, your relationships, your joy.

We’re going to talk about receiving without guilt, making peace with your own timing, saying yes to everyday luxury, and opening yourself to overflow.

Because life is too precious to live in pause.

So here’s my invitation: say yes with me.
Yes to the life you’re already in.
Yes to the peace and the joy that are waiting for you right now.
Yes to living slower, wealthier, and happier — not later, but today.

And if you want a community that says yes to building wealth and living fully, come join me inside Wealthy Women Conversations. It’s where we talk about the money, the mindset, and the lifestyle that make yes possible.

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