The Rise Within Weekend: what it's really like, and the quiet worries that stop women booking Most women who want to come on a retreat don't decide against it. They just never quite decide for it. They read the page, feel something lift a little, and then close the tab. The reason usually isn't the money or the dates. It's a handful of quiet worries nobody says out loud. So let me answer those and let me tell you what this weekend actually feels like. The first thing that happens is your...

Everyone tells you to rest. Nobody tells you how to know when you're actually in trouble, especially when you still feel like you're coping. That was my problem. When burnout arrived, it felt like it came out of nowhere. Looking back with the benefit of distance, it absolutely didn't. The signals were all there. I just didn't know they counted, because none of them looked like the version of burnout I had in my head. So, here's what it actually looked like for me in the months before. Not a...

There's a pattern I've noticed, in my own life and in the women I work with, that doesn't get talked about enough. The women who are the most capable, the most resourceful, the ones everyone else leans on, are almost always the last to ask for help themselves. Not because they don't need it. Because somewhere along the way, needing it started to feel like falling short. I know this pattern intimately, because I lived it for years. For most of my 28-year corporate career, I was the one who...