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A few years ago, I worked with someone I’ll call Rachel. She was sharp, ambitious, and ruthlessly efficient—but she was also the most self-righteous , type-A , steamroller of a person I had ever met. She always had to be right. She micromanaged everything. She bulldozed through meetings like a tank, leaving no room for nuance, collaboration, or any opinion but her own. I couldn’t stand her. Every interaction left me simmering. I’d walk away from conversations rehearsing all the things I should have said, frustrated that I kept biting my tongue. One day, after venting to a friend, they said something that made me pause: “Maybe she triggers you because she’s showing you something about yourself you haven’t owned yet.” At first, I laughed it off. Me? Like her ? No chance. But later that night, I sat with it. And something uncomfortable surfaced. The truth was, I envied her clarity. Her ability to take up space without flinching. Her unapologetic belief in her own ideas. I didn’t agre...

  There’s a hard truth many of us wrestle with daily, and it’s this: You’re not going to overthink your way to a better future. And you’re definitely not going to overthink your way to a better past. Yet, we try. We go over every detail—what went wrong, what we should’ve said, what might happen if this or that doesn’t go perfectly. We replay conversations, forecast disasters, rehearse success until it’s sterile. But none of that mental noise changes what was or guarantees what will be . Here’s the liberating truth: All you have is now. Now is where your hands are. Now is where your breath is. Now is where your power is. What you do with now can make peace with your past. It can make good of your future. But not through analysis paralysis. Not through endless looping thoughts. Through action . Through presence . Through choice . You want to heal? Do it now. You want to grow? Choose that now. You want to show up differently than you did yesterday? Start now. Yes, th...

If there’s one thing I’ve learned on this journey—through entrepreneurship, healing, and rediscovering myself—it’s this: growth is never linear . It doesn’t follow a neat, upward trajectory. It doesn’t reward perfect plans or flawless execution. In fact, it often looks like chaos. Some days, you feel unstoppable—fueled by clarity, drive, and purpose. Other days, it feels like you’re moving backward, questioning everything you thought you knew, wondering if you’re really cut out for this. But here’s the truth: those “two steps back” moments? They matter just as much—if not more—than the leaps forward. Every failure, every roadblock, every unexpected twist is a lesson in disguise. These aren’t signs that you’re off track. They’re part of the track . They’re signposts pointing you toward what you need to learn, what you need to heal, what you’re still growing into. The detours are the curriculum. One of the hardest but most liberating realizations I’ve had is that entrepreneurship is...