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Wealth, But Make It Feel Like Freedom
I remember the first time I heard it. I was sitting in a business workshop, scribbling down notes, listening to the speaker rattle off all the things you should be doing if you’re serious about success. At some point, she paused, looked out at the audience, and dropped this bomb: “If you’re not making $10,000…
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How I Really Make My Money (And Why I’m Not Hiding It Anymore)
I used to think that money came from work. That’s what I was taught. You go to school, you get a good job, you work hard, and then somehow, magically, the money shows up. And for years, I operated under that belief. I believed that the more I worked, the more I’d earn. The harder…
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The Money I Used to Be Afraid Of
I have to be honest. I have to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God: I still, to this day, find myself struggling with believing that people will actually pay me my worth. Now, don’t get me wrong—I’m not where I used to be. Those days of…
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The Softest Budget I’ve Ever Made (And Why It Actually Worked)
I still remember that Wealthy Women Academy Zoom call like it was yesterday. The familiar faces were all lined up in little squares across my screen, each woman settling in with a cup of coffee or tea, ready to talk money. These weren’t surface conversations—we went deep. We unpacked debt, generational money stories, and the…
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Slowing Down Changed My Money—Here’s What Shifted
I grew up hearing the same things so many of us hear: “If you want more, you have to work harder.” “Good things come to those who hustle.” “Money doesn’t grow on trees.” It was embedded in my bones before I even knew what money really was. And I believed it. I didn’t just believe…
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The Wealthier Side of My Slow Life
It was one of our yummy book club meetings—the kind that makes you want to pull your knees up on the couch, sip something warm, and just be. We hadn’t even cracked open the book yet; everyone was still coming in, finding their spots, settling in. You could hear the low hum of laughter, the…
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Give Yourself the Last Word
Why honoring your “no” might be the most luxurious thing you ever do The phone rang.And before I even picked it up, I knew what was coming. It wasn’t cruel.It wasn’t loud.It wasn’t even unexpected. It was love—wrapped in cultural expectation.Care—dressed in pressure.Concern—masked as conversation. My mother, in her usual mothering way, opened with the…
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What Slower Feels Like in Real Life
A true love letter to your nervous system, your time, and the life you get to design Slower doesn’t always look like taking a nap.Sometimes slower is just… not rushing. It’s waking up without an alarm.Not because you don’t have things to do, but because your body is learning it doesn’t have to be startled…
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This Pleasure Is Mine: Creating Beauty for the Woman You’re Becoming
She asked me if I trusted myself. Just a simple question.And I broke. I was sitting in my therapist’s office, trying to explain something I couldn’t quite name. And when she gently asked, “Do you trust yourself?”—I fell apart.Not because I didn’t want to.But because I had been taught not to. I Was Trained to…
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The Soft Rebellion of Doing Less (And Loving Every Second of It)
I spent months saying, “I’m shifting.”I could feel it in my bones, but I couldn’t name it.Every conversation with my girlfriends sounded the same:“Something’s changing, but I don’t know what.”We were swirling. In the middle of the fog. Searching. And then one day, I was scrolling on TikTok—just trying to pass the time—and there she…
