I have reinvented myself more times than I ever expected.

I've spent more than two decades working in the mental health field. I've built businesses from the ground up, opened wellness studios, co-founded a production company, made documentaries, hosted more than 450 podcast episodes, taught more than 1,200 classes and became a published author.

Then after my mom died in 2019, I started painting. I had no formal art training. I just knew I needed a place for my grief to go. Over time, art became a much bigger part of my life. I eventually became an abstract artist and had my work accepted into an art gallery.

At the same time, something else in my life needed to change.

After running my wellness studio for 20 years, my health started telling me that the way I was working wasn't sustainable anymore. I had a long commute. I was working long hours, late nights and weekends. My stress was going through the roof.

I wanted to be home more. I wanted more time with my husband and my animals. I wanted my work to fit my values and the life I wanted to live. Closing the studio was not an easy decision. I worried people would be upset with me. I worried I would lose the connection I had with the community I spent years building. And the biggest part you need to hear? I didn't know exactly what I was going to do next. I didn't know if I wanted to go back into mental health private practice full time or take everything I had learned and build a coaching business.

So if you're waiting until you're 100% certain about what comes next before you make a move, I understand. I'm living some of this right alongside you. I'm approaching the 5th decade of my life and looking at what I want this next chapter of my own life and business to look like. And I'm learning that sometimes you don't figure everything out and then take action.

Sometimes taking action is how you figure it out.