Spring is here and Aries season is in full swing, can you feel it? Flowers are blooming, it's somehow April already. When the spring equinox arrived three Fridays ago, it felt like something flipped a switch inside me. As if my internal traffic signal turned green. A green light signal in my gut, after months of moving in yellow. It's go time.

I’ve been noticing a shared desire among the brilliant women I’ve been connecting with lately. A desire to pull back from constant output. To create more room for rest, creative expression, spacious joy, and the things in life that actually matter most to them right now. And alongside that desire, there's usually also hesitation. A lingering fear…That wanting more spaciousness means you'll have to quit your business entirely. That limited capacity means less money. That it has to be either ease or income…but not both. And I don’t believe that’s true.

I have a confession to make: I "failed" at entrepreneurship many times. By failing* I mean, I burned out from entrepreneurship several times, trying to make what I was doing financially viable, and I went back to corporate more than once because I couldn't make it work. Even though I said I wasn't giving up, part of me felt shame around it and felt so deeply frustrated. Why can't I make this work?!

When I rebuilt my business from the ground up postpartum, I was determined to do things differently in a more aligned way. I was done with the sprint-crash burnout cycle. I was no longer willing to sacrifice time with loved ones, my health, or my creative joy, to achieve “security” or “success.” What I desired felt both simple and wildly ambitious: A flexible, thriving, fulfilling business that allows me to be a present mom.

Someone recently asked me how I'm doing, and instead of saying “I'm doing well! You?” I was honest. I told her I've been a little tired and lower capacity than usual this start of the year. And instead of fighting this feeling, I've been listening to my energy and choosing to not make it a problem for my business. The old version of me would've been freaking out. Especially since I'm currently launching Brilliance (my six-month somatic business mastermind). 

As we finish out this last month-ish of the Year of the Snake, I can feel myself being asked to shed the final layers of myself that apparently still need to dissolve. Since early December, so many things I thought I knew just burned away. I could have fought to keep my original plan, but I knew that would have made this season more stressful than it needed to be. So instead, I surrendered.

It's the last day of 2025, and feeling this relaxed at this time of the year is a new sensation in my body. Last week, I was lounging at a hot mineral spring resort in the California desert. My body wrapped in a hotel robe, it was chilly 60s misty, perfect level of cold to balance the warm waters. I felt a deep sigh of exhale…I felt at ease. 

Spring of 2024, as I prepared for my birth and arrival of Teo, I asked myself: What would it look, sound, & feel like to birth with deep presence? That was also the year I decided to bet on myself again and rebirth my business in a way that is fulfilling, pleasurable, flexible, and thriving; so that I could leave my corporate job and show up as a happy, present mom.

You know that feeling when you’ve thought about your goal a hundred times, thought about taking action twenty times, created the plan, even blocked the time in your calendar…and still can’t make yourself move? That's not a mindset issue. That’s your nervous system is running a threat assessment.

I wanted to take a moment to celebrate my clients, who are putting themselves out there and boldly expanding into their next evolution. Especially as daughters of immigrants and women of color, it can be so hard to cultivate inner safety in our bodies to go beyond the “secure,” respectable options that have been expected of us. I'm so proud of the visionary, deeply caring, powerful, brilliant, creative entrepreneurs they are!

Everyone keeps telling you to stop listening to your fears. But what if that's the problem? What if your body is actually trying to tell you something important? What if your body’s not holding you back, but guiding you toward what it needs to keep going? That feeling of hesitation, tightness, avoiding, or wanting to freeze isn’t a weakness. Your nervous system is signaling something important…something your body wants to urgently communicate with you.

In my family, I grew up hearing money messages like:

• “You have to work REALLY hard to earn money.”

• “You have to get a safe, high-paying job, and then you’ll be set.”

(Any daughters of immigrants or eldest daughters relate? 😮‍💨)

Okay we are back with Part 2 of Q3 client wins!! 🥳

This last quarter has been full of life transitions, pivots, and expansion. And through it all, these brilliant visionary entrepreneurs, mothers, and creatives have shown up with so much grace, loving connection to their bodies, their voices, and continued to become the person Little Them wished existed. Here are some of the powerful life wins that my clients are celebrating! 

In the spirit of mid-autumn festival 🌕 and the transition into fall, I’m so excited to celebrate some of the incredible business wins my clients have created the past three months.  These are visionary daughters of immigrants, eldest daughters, entrepreneurs, and creatives who are building their businesses in ways that are bold, life-giving, sustainable, and true to them. Here are some highlights from Q3 🎉👇🏼

A client once told me, "I know I'm qualified. I know I have something powerful to share and offer. Why do I keep avoiding promoting my services and my brand?"

She had multiple degrees and credentials. She was a lecturer at a university and developed frameworks that were now being used in programs around the world. Her Google Drive was filled with detailed strategic plans and documents that she created over the many years she'd been preparing to launch her consultancy publicly. The problem was, when it came time to actually promote herself and sell her consulting services, she instead found herself: creating yet another strategic plan document, refining her frameworks, and developing a user research plan to gather more data. After years of planning but no action, she knew she was in an avoidance loop. 🔁

Have you ever felt that “I’m not ready yet” voice pop up right before you’re about to take a big step in your business? One of my clients noticed this every time she was about to do something that felt risky or required her to step into more visibility. Such as…Launching a new offer, selling her high-ticket services, or sharing a side of herself she’d never shown publicly. On the surface, it felt like intuition. Her gut and body sensations told her: wait, not yet. But when we looked closer, we discovered her nervous system was in conflict.

If you're multi-passionate and multi-talented, the very thing that makes you brilliant can also leave you overwhelmed. Too many good ideas. Too many directions. Which makes it hard to choose one, show up consistently, and actually sell. What you really want is to feel clear and focused. Not just inspired and busy, but moving forward with confident, aligned action that leads to results.

Having enough good ideas was never my problem in business. It's probably not yours either. The brilliant, deeply creative, and overqualified folks I work with usually don't struggle with ideas. If anything, they have too many. Too many projects they want to start. Too many problems they feel they need to fix. And not enough clarity on what to focus on first. "I should revamp my website, I should post more content to get my work out there, I should go to more networking events to market myself, I should start my newsletter and grow my email list.” Maybe if I had one more hour…a little more energy…I could push through and get everything done. I know this feeling because I've been there.

Growing up, I didn’t question myself much. I knew how to study hard, follow directions, and be an excellent student. But being a “good student” didn’t require me to trust my own thoughts or make high-stakes decisions. It just required memorizing, executing, and pushing through. So when I carried that same mentality into entrepreneurship, I thought it would guarantee success. But eventually I learned was: What got me here, won’t get me where I want to go.

I still remember the morning of my first speaking engagement years ago. I had been mentally preparing for weeks, and was soo excited for this opportunity because I knew I was meant to do this work. During multiple guided somatic visualizations, I had seen a vision of myself holding a microphone (pregnant) on stage, and I knew deep down in my bones this was a great next step for me. 🤰🏻🎤 But the night before, I felt a tightening sensation in my stomach, tingly nervous energy in my arms and feet...and I wondered if I was actually ready.