I have done some things & I did them unapologetically on purpose.

Hello & Happy new year! I will launch right into the announcement that I have done some things & I did them unapologetically on purpose. Things we are usually told to wait on, pray about longer or talk ourselves out of entirely.

This is my roaring into 2026 disruptive and determined, which is not everyone’s preferred vibe for women who are told to be grateful, settled, and careful by now. But here we are.

I stand before you fully, calmly & confidently  pushing all my chips to the center. Yikes. 

*I claimed full ownership of my real estate brand & switched brokerages.

* I moved the Insomnia Mom offices & tweaked our model. And I feel it’s brilliant.

* I am leaning HARD into my writing & this community. Because this is my truth & I want more of my time to shepherd your trajectory & highlight your talents. 

Allow me to briefly break these down: changing brokerages when things are going well is not the obvious move. But I want to build a team in my own style. I want luxury service & local heart. I want growth that feels intentional, not inherited. I want to look around the room and know we built this on purpose. That kind of clarity does not come from panic. It comes from paying attention to yourself long enough to recognize when comfort has started to replace courage. 

Insomnia Mom surprised me this year. What launched as a primarily digital space has revealed itself to be something much more human. It is a community - an incubator where businesses want consistent connection w/you face to face, not just screen to screen.

So, this year we are coming straight to your offices, your organizations & your outings w/our Marketplace, Assistants & ambitions.  

Ideas grow faster & listeners become clients when people share conversations, and courage in the same room. For our service providers, the coworking environment will be less about desks and more about belonging. It turns out that kind of connection was not optional. It was essential.

And full disclosure: none of this came from burnout or bitterness or blowing something up just to feel alive. I was successful & joyful & supported. And still, it was time to stretch. We’ve all had that moment in some capacity about something, haven’t we? Perhaps you feel it right now.

Not that there wasn't a moment, before each of these decisions, where I sat in my car and thought...you can still turn around. Nothing is wrong. You do not have to do this. And then right on its heels came the truer thought. You will regret not trusting yourself more than you will regret trying.

We talk a lot about playing it safe, especially as women. Be grateful. Do not rock the boat. Wait until you are more certain. But doubt is sneaky. It dresses itself up as wisdom. It tells you hesitation is maturity and instinct is recklessness. But the reality is, instincts are built through lived experience. Through hard seasons. Through the resilience earned by showing up, failing forward, and figuring it out when there was no manual.

At some point, continuing to doubt yourself becomes the riskiest move of all.

So this year, I'm not outsourcing my confidence. I'll not wait for permission slips from people who are not living my life. I'm listening to the part of me that has navigated complicated seasons, built community from scratch & kept going when the math did not math but the purpose still made sense. And so should you.

And betting on yourself does not mean doing it alone. There is a whole gaggle of gals doing brave, aligned, slightly terrifying things right alongside you. Changing careers. Starting businesses. Making tough relationship decisions.  Being publicly vulnerable.  Leaving situations that no longer fit. Choosing themselves without apology and building something better on the other side.

If you have been standing at the edge, waiting for a sign that now is the time...

*Squeezes your hand* This is it.  

You are not late. You are not behind. You are not irresponsible for wanting more. You are surrounded by women who will cheer when you push all your chips in.

We are here. We are rooting for you. And we are making room at the table.

This is the year to bet on yourself. Join us.