August 26th, 2025

Have you ever stayed in something longer than you wanted—because the thought of stepping into the big unknown felt scarier than staying put?

That was me recently with a position I’d held for a few years.

At some point last year, I started to wonder about my involvement with this role, but I shut those wonderings down quickly each time they surfaced. I told myself I couldn’t really trust my no because of a strange neuro-vestibular condition I’d been dealing with that left me feeling flat and exhausted about nearly everything. I convinced myself that my lack of enthusiasm was all about my health, not the role itself.

Ultimately, it felt safer to say, “It’s just the health stuff” than to ask the scarier question of: What do I really want?

The truth is, I was afraid to let myself know what I really wanted. I loved the people I worked with and didn’t want to lose connection with them. I also worried about money and what it would mean to step away. So I kept overriding my own signals and pushed through.

But eventually my body’s whispers became impossible to ignore. After a few months free from neuro symptoms, they began to creep back in—especially the eye fatigue that made time on screens unbearable—which finally got my attention.

At some point, I restarted neurofeedback—a way of training my brain to rebalance itself. As the symptoms began to ease again, I got honest with myself and (deep breath) told the organization the truth: I was complete with my role and ready to pour my energy into my coaching business.

Here’s the wild part: almost as soon as I claimed what I really wanted, my energy lifted and my vision issues nearly disappeared (and yes, I’m sure the new occipital lobe protocol I’d started that same day helped—but I’d also like to believe that so did the clarity of aligning with my truth :).

What came next was a rush of swirling butterflies in my stomach—so strong it bordered on nausea—and the startling realization that I had never actually gone all in on my business before.

I felt like I was standing at the edge of the great unknown, heart flung wide open—exhilarated, terrified, and acutely aware that there were zero guarantees of what would come next.

(Actual footage of me going all in.)

Not long after that rather productive freak-out (which had me in the backyard mid-feelings, fiercely pulling weeds and dismantling the giant compost pile that had been sitting useless for years), I remembered: I now have the tools to move more easefully through transitions like this—tools that help me to keep stepping more firmly into the big and beautiful life I came here to live.

Tools to feel the fear without making it the boss.

Tools that help my mind settle instead of spiraling into the old stories that once kept me from leaping.

Tools that guide me to follow the impulses of my most authentic Self—even when they don’t make sense to the part of me that really craves a roadmap and a guarantee.

And the ripple effect of using these tools and following my inner guidance?

Once I got clear about what I wanted, life immediately began to rearrange itself around that clarity. My relationship with the organization shifted into the form I’d secretly wanted all along. I started feeling more energized and connected to something bigger. And for the first time, I felt the spaciousness to fully open to the business and clients I’ve been dreaming of for years.

The tangible outcome of this shift, at least on paper?

Well, I don’t quite know yet (this all just happened early last week). And that feels a little scary and raw to admit—because who doesn’t want a story with a neat, happy ending and measurable results that prove it’s “safe” to leap?

And yet, maybe that’s the point. I’m not at the chapter where I can say, “it all worked out.” I’m right here, in the messy middle—standing in the unknown, choosing to trust that following what feels true will keep revealing the next, most fun and aligned step on my soul’s path.

The way I see it (and much to my mind’s dismay), we don’t always get the comfort of guarantees about how things will turn out. But we do get the quiet certainty of our own inner guidance. And sometimes, trusting that whisper is the bravest—and most powerful—thing we can do on the path to creating what we really want in life.

So, if you’re on the fence about going all in on something—your health, dating, deepening the connection in your relationship, that work/project that really lights you up, or whatever—maybe the gentlest next step is simply to ask:

• Is there a part of me, deep down, that knows what I really want?
• Am I willing to listen to this voice—even if it feels inconvenient, risky, or scary?
• What would it feel like to give myself permission to name what I want (without needing to act on it)… and then just sit in the clarity of how that truth feels in my body?

Because here’s what I’ve found: the way truth and alignment feel is infinitely more freeing than clinging to the fear of the unknown. And what if, at the end of the day, the point of this whole being human thing is less about certainty and more about the aliveness that comes from following our truth—even in the face of no guarantee?

Here’s to all of us finding the courage to trust our inner guidance—and dare to go all in.

With lots of love,

Sarah