You know that feeling when you should be celebrating—but instead, you're mentally already onto the next thing?
You hit a milestone—moved into a new house, crushed a personal challenge, finished a retreat—and instead of basking in your badassery, your brain starts whispering: "Yeah, but what now?" or worse, "That wasn’t enough."
In this solo episode, I (Laurie) invite you into a mindset shift that high-achieving women in midlife desperately need: moving from the Gap (what you haven’t done) to the Gain (how far you’ve already come).
This one is personal. I share real-life examples from:
- My recent move (so many boxes, so many metaphorical mic drops)
- The brutal-but-beautiful 29029 TRAIL challenge
- A business retreat that almost sent me into a shame spiral—until someone reminded me of the badass things I'd already done
You'll walk away with:
- The 4 key questions to help you catch when you're stuck in the Gap
- A journaling prompt that will shift your whole damn week
- How to celebrate your wins without disclaimers (ahem—stop talking people out of complimenting your sweater)
- And why “starting from experience” beats “starting from scratch” every. single. time.
If you're a high-achieving midlife woman who’s secretly exhausted from always striving and never arriving—this episode is your permission slip to flip the script.
💥 You don’t need to do more to be worthy.
💥 You just need to notice how far you’ve already come.
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- Share this episode with your ambitious AF bestie who never gives herself credit. She needs this.
- DM me on Instagram: When have you caught yourself in the gap? How did you shift back into the gain?
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