You’re Not Starting Over. You’re Starting From Experience.

The Inner Reset isn’t just healing. It’s honoring how far you’ve come.

There’s a story I keep seeing in the wild lately…especially among women over 40.

“I’m starting over.”

• New job

• New business

• New offer

• New body

• New chapter after loss, burnout, or a long-held Corporate role

It’s brave and beautiful, but it often feels like there’s a sense of shame underneath it.

Why am I back here?
Why can’t I figure it out by now?
Why does it feel like I’m rebuilding from scratch?

If you hear nothing else, hear this: You are not starting over.

You’re starting from experience.
From wisdom.
From self-awareness, you didn’t have the first time.

You’re pivoting, not failing. I say this with so much love because I’ve been there.

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My Own Pivot Point

Back in 2012, I was deep in what I now recognize as high-functioning depression.
On the outside, I had it together. Inside, I was unraveling.

Fourteen years of traditional therapy, six antidepressants, and still, I couldn’t feel myself. I knew I needed something different.

That’s when I met Maia, a life coach who would unknowingly change the trajectory of my life.

I wasn’t looking to become a coach back then. I was trying to survive.
But as we worked together, something shifted. I began to see my wounds not as something to hide… but as something I could harness for good.

That phrase she used with me, "your wound is your work," landed hard.
Not as a burden.
But as a clue.

The very thing I thought disqualified me… was the thing that made me powerful.

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From Systems to Soul

Even as I built a successful business helping others behind the scenes, the deeper question stayed with me:

"Is this really what you want to be doing?"

For a while, the answer was yes. Systems gave me safety.
The organization gave me control.
Helping others succeed made me feel like I was making a valuable contribution.

But over time, something else began to grow. The part of me that wanted to share, write, and guide.

The part that remembered what it felt like to be lost, heavy, unseen, and how life-saving it was when someone finally saw me.

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There’s No Timeline for Becoming

You’re not late for your purpose.
You didn’t miss your moment.

Everything you’ve lived until now is part of the work, not separate from it.

You’re not starting over at all.

You’re stepping in more fully.
With more self-awareness.
Aware of what matters and what no longer does.

Maybe that’s why this pivot feels scary because you’re awake for it.

You’re not chasing someone else’s dream or validation.
You’re asking what would feel most aligned now.

And that takes guts.
It takes patience.
It takes trusting that your younger self didn’t get it wrong… she just helped bring you here.

The Inner Reset™: What This Work Is Really About

This is the heart and soul of The Inner Reset™.

It’s not a productivity sprint.
It’s not a one-size-fits-all plan.

It’s a soft landing for the hard stuff.
A return to the version of yourself that’s been waiting for you.
It’s a place to lay down the shame of “starting over.”

You’re not lost. You’re learning.
You’re not broken. You’re becoming.

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A Few Questions, If You’re In This Season Too:

• What feels like a “false start” in your life, but is a sacred pivot?

• What old story are you ready to retire about your worth or timing?

• What would it feel like to say: I’m not starting over. I’m starting from wisdom?

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To everyone who’s made a leap recently (or is even thinking about it):

You’re in process.
And your process is valid.

This next chapter doesn’t need to look like anyone else’s.

It just needs to feel like you.

And if you want to walk it together, I’m right here…..writing, remembering, and resetting, too.

All love,
Sue

P.S. You can start with Day One of the Reset here

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