012 Cultivating Peace as a Solopreneur

In this conversation, I was joined by Macea (The Pigtail Prophet), whose “30 Days of Peace” personal experiment has become The Peace Experience.What We Mean by “Peace” (and what we don’t)Peace isn’t pretending nothing is wrong. Peace is not perfection or passivity. Peace is a practice, a muscle, a decision. Macea share with us that peace is wisdom, a skill that integrates our emotional brain and our logical brain so we can respond instead of react.Line we kept coming back to: “Peace is possible.”Reframe Macea offered: Peace can bend in a storm without breaking.Journal prompt (2 minutes):Where in my life am I expecting peace to look like still water when it may actually look like steady breath in choppy waves?The Mantra: I’m Okay TodayJournal prompt:What shifts in me when I choose calm over control today?From Deficit to OverflowWe talked about the quiet slide into leadership-from-empty: the strong friend, the coach, the one who “always has it.” Overflow requires rest and release, not just more grit.What helped (in her words + mine):* Rest on purpose. Not a reward for finishing; a rhythm for functioning.* Gentle questions. “What do I need today?” “What would work for me right now?”* One small shift. Peace on a 1–10 scale. If I’m at a 2, what carries me to a 3?* Listening inward. Make space to hear: That didn’t feel good. I need help. I’m not okay yet.Journal prompt:What’s one gentle boundary that would move your peace from a 2 → 3 today?Be Love (To Yourself)I wore my Just Be Love tee today on purpose. Yes, we’re called to be love out there in the world, but can we be love to ourselves? To let grace cover the gap between where we are and where we hoped to be?Self-compassion check-in:* Where am I still carrying yesterday?* What can I put down for the next 24 hours?* If a friend were me, what would I say to her?Journal prompt:Write yourself a three-sentence affirmation/mantra that begins with “I’m okay today…”The Hard Thing We NamedSo many of us learned to survive by pleasing, adapting, shrinking. Rejection recruited our masks. Peace gave us permission to say: I need help. I don’t like that. I’m ready to be seen.Journal prompt:Where am I hiding to stay “safe,” and what tiny act of visibility could honor the truer me?* Join The Peace Experience (January cohort)A 30-day journey with daily micro-practices, weekly touchpoints, and a gentle plan to build durable peace.→ Learn more: The Peace Experience – details & registration* Come back Monday, November 3rd @ NOON ESTWe’re flipping the script: my dear friend Towera will coach me live. We’ll unpack what happens when vision takes off, momentum builds, and you forget to pause and reflect. I promise you, I’m going to cry. It’s an important vulnerable conversation about the importance of honoring your journey…all the wins and all the grows.About Macea (The Pigtail Prophet)Creator of The Peace Experience—born from her personal “30 Days of Peace” practice—Macea helps women rebuild capacity, regulate emotions, and return to inner calm through simple daily rhythms of rest, reflection, and gentle action.