10 Lessons from 10 Years of Entrepreneurship: Lesson Six - Sometimes Growth Feels Like Grief

In this deeply honest episode of This Mother Means Business, Laura Sinclair explores one of entrepreneurship’s most unexpected emotions — grief. While growth is often celebrated as exciting and empowering, it can also mean saying goodbye to familiar routines, relationships, and versions of ourselves. Laura shares personal stories from her 10-year journey — from leaving her corporate job to closing her gym — and reflects on how expansion often requires letting go. If you’re in a season of change, this one will remind you: you’re not broken, you’re evolving.In this episode you will hear: 00:02 – Lesson Six: Growth Feels Like Grief02:25 – Leaving Corporate Life: When “Brave” Still Hurts04:48 – Closing the Gym: Strategy Meets Emotion07:03 – Reinvention and the Grief of Outgrowing What Once Fit08:47 – Letting Go of Relationships That No Longer Align09:24 – Reframing Loss: You’re Not Losing, You’re Clearing Space10:56 – Humor and Humanity in the Middle of Change11:47 – You’re Not Broken, You’re EvolvingJoin This Mother Means Business Community : www.thismothermeansbusiness.com/community Laura's Links:• Website • Laura's Instagram • LinkedIn • Facebook • Pinterest • TikTok