August 30, 2026

It's been non-stop, Reader.

And I have been at capacity.

Really over capacity, but still feeling under capacity… and still "struggling" to speak my boundaries.

And in the past few months, I have been restructuring my services, building a “launch” to rebrand, and pursuing my certification for the Design Day™ framework (more on that later!).

But, it's been a push.

I keep telling myself, just keep building the momentum, keep building... on Saturdays, snippets of the evenings, early mornings.. as I wake up in the middle of the night with another detail or idea to remember..

After almost 4 months of trying to maintain a constant momentum, your virtual wing woman is stretched too thin.

Assisting with a client’s maternity leave. Creating systems to support a new chapter for another client, while they move their brick and mortar. Strategizing social media approaches for another client. Supporting inboxes as clients vacation. Monthly newsletters, emails, manual order processing, design projects.

It’s the support I am here to give. But, I am way over extended.

Once again.

So enough is enough.

Time to take a pause to truly regroup and realign.

But, why is it so hard for us as women to just pause? Even for 5 minutes.

I hear it constantly in a Mastermind I recently joined a few weeks ago, and I see it in myself.

If we slow down, we feel like we’re failing. We convince ourselves that if we drop even one plate, everything will crumble.

So, Reader, consider this email your official permission slip to take a deep breath and ask yourself: What do I actually need right now? What do I want?

The magic of the pause isn't that it stops our progress. The pause will actually fuel it (reminder to myself).

I know you’re sitting on the other side of this screen managing a million moving parts of your own.

You may be running a business and/or household, supporting others, and trying to build something meaningful, often at the expense of your own energy.

This is exactly why I have spent the last four months rebuilding my services. And I can’t way to share more of what I have been creating behind the scenes!

But for today? Take a "pause." Take a breath. You deserve it.

Reader, what’s one area where you need to give yourself permission to pause this week? Hit reply and let me know. I’d love to hear from you!