Ep. 7 The Messy Middle Nobody Talks About When You Follow Your Heart

What would change if you stopped waiting for someone else’s approval and just… did the thing?In this deeply personal episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on the story I've never fully told publicly, the one I wrote in a book chapter about giving myself permission to create. From a tiny kitchen moment at age five that quietly taught me staying small was safer than wanting things, to building a wildly successful six-figure business that felt like a golden cage, to five years in the wilderness of self-doubt and debt — this is the origin story behind everything.If you’ve ever felt like you needed someone else to say “yes” before you could move forward, this episode is going to hit different.What You’ll Hear in This EpisodeThe moment at age 5 that taught me staying small was safer than wanting thingsHow I built a seven-figure business in a golden cage — successful on the outside, suffocating on the insideThe business divorce that led to five years in the wilderness of self-doubt and debtWhat my coach asked me  at 50 that cracked everything wide openWhy following your heart sometimes leads you straight into the messy middle — and why that’s actually part of the processKey TakeawaysThe rules you learned as a child about staying safe were never meant to follow you this farKeeping your dream “just far enough away” is a protection mechanism — and it’s costing youThe wilderness is not the end of the story. It’s the messy middle.You don’t need permission from anyone. The permission was always yours to give.Mentioned in This EpisodeRachel is opening a very small group called The Knowing for midlife women who are done dismissing themselves and are ready to take action. Only 5 spots available. Email [email protected] for details.If this episode resonated with you, please share it with a midlife woman in your life who needs to hear it. And don’t forget — you are not done yet.