Hi Reader,

There’s something I can’t unsee anymore, because it keeps showing up in conversation after conversation.

Over 50 chats since 2023 with high-achievers, founders, and leaders… all circling one quiet question:

They’ve built the life they were told to want:
✔️ The business
✔️ The six-figure role
✔️ The accolades and respect
✔️ The LinkedIn-perfect career

And yet—underneath it all—is this lingering misalignment.
Not dramatic. Not visible. But soul-deep.

What I’ve realised is this:

Because we were never taught to listen inward.
We were taught to meet expectations.
To chase the next achievement.
To perform stability.

So we wait.
Until the death.
Until the diagnosis.
Until the pink slip.
Until life forces the pivot.

I know this because it happened to me. My father’s death at 28 cracked something open.
But why did it take a tragedy for me to finally ask:
​Is this even the life I want anymore?​
And it’s why, back when we were running The Change School, we created a framework to capture it, one that’s still painfully relevant today (more than 10 years later).

🌀 Here’s what we called it: The Change Cycle.

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In nearly every case, meaningful change only begins at the centre—after a Life Event like death, divorce, illness, burnout, or displacement.

But what if we didn’t wait for the crisis?
What if we had the tools to choose reinvention with intention?

This week, I wrote something deeply personal—and deeply systemic.

It’s about the real reason so many people stay stuck.
Why we resist change until collapse.
And how we can reclaim the skill no one ever taught us:
Internal navigation.

👉 Read it here​

Whether you’re in transition, questioning your “what’s next,” or just feeling a little off in a life that looks right, I hope this meets you where you are.

Because you don’t need to wait for the wreckage.
You just need to believe you’re worth the rebuild.

With you,
Grace

P.S. If this resonates, I’d love for you to share it with someone else who might be navigating their own season of change.

P.P.S. Ready to explore your own shift—before life forces your hand?
I offer limited 1:1 coaching for high-achievers navigating transition, reinvention, and rediscovery. Hit reply and we can see if there's alignment!

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