65. You're Giving Your Power Away (and You Don't Even Know It)

Emily watched the Knicks win the NBA championship Saturday night and could not stop thinking about Jalen Brunson, a guard who was told for years he was too small to carry a team and then dropped 45 points in the final game. The epiphany hit her on the couch. There are no rules. Every ceiling we live under was written by someone who doesn't even know us. In this episode, Emily walks through what it actually means to take your power back, rep by rep.This episode is for the ambitious mom who has caught herself polling the group chat, waiting for her husband to sign off on a decision that was always hers, or hiding behind coaches and courses in the one part of her business she actually wants to be the loudest in. Emily names the quiet form power-outsourcing takes, why we do it most in the places we have not fallen yet, and the one tiny rep you can take today to start handing nothing else away.Questions Answered in This Episode:What is outsourcing your power and why does it never feel like you are giving anything up?What did Jalen Brunson teach Emily about the made-up rules someone else wrote for your life?Why do we hand our power away most in the places where we have not fallen yet?Where did Emily catch herself outsourcing her own power and what was she really hiding from?What does it look like to wait for permission on a decision that was always yours?Why is falling on your face actually the entire point and the only thing that builds self-trust?What is the one tiny rep you can take today to start taking your power back?Previous Episodes Mentioned in this episode:Episode 64: The Two Non-Negotiables I'm Testing as an Entrepreneurial Mom for the Next 90 DaysCONNECT WITH EMILY:✨ Website: www.emilycollins.com✨ Instagram: @heyemilycollins