I initially returned to therapy to process the grief of losing my father, but it became so much more than grief counseling. It became a mirror. I wasn’t just grieving my dad, I was grieving parts of myself: the overachiever, the helper, the woman who was always doing but rarely being.

Through therapy, I began to see what was driving me. I was over-functioning, high-achieving, and unknowingly fueled by deep-rooted insecurity. I confronted the past that had shaped my boundaries, and the ways I had abandoned myself to meet expectations.

At the same time, I was navigating a new season of life: perimenopause. Hormonal shifts, emotional waves, and identity transitions collided in a way that left me questioning everything. I didn’t know if what I was experiencing was burnout, perimenopause, or both, but I knew something had to change.

This deeper work required me to slow down, sit with myself, and face truths I had avoided for years. I called this season Life’s Waiting Room, a space where stillness wasn’t stagnation, but transformation. I fully engaged with the soul care needed to attend to my heart work.

While working beneath the burnout, I found alignment, clarity, wholeness, and a new way forward. That journey became the foundation for the framework I now use to help women build sustainable success without sacrificing themselves in the process.