The sacred fall isn't about failure. It's about having the courage to let go of what no longer fits so you can discover what's actually yours to build.

There's a moment in every high-achieving woman's life when the very foundations we've built our success upon begin to crumble. Not because we've failed, but because we've outgrown the person we had to become to get where we are.

This week, I'm sharing a story a friend shared with me. It's from a woman who had it all—thriving business, international speaking career, long-term relationship—and who made the radical choice to walk away from everything when she realized she'd lost herself in the building of it all.

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Much has already been written about the state of our world—the rise of extremism, the impact of unrestrained capitalism and patriarchy on families and communities, the environmental devastation, the systematic destruction of entire peoples. No matter where you sit on any spectrum, you're feeling it. We'd have to check your pulse if you don't.

These are hard, dark times. Even the world's wealthiest discover that billions cannot protect them from reaping what they've sown—from publicly destroying powerful relationships to watching their empires crumble.

It feels overwhelming. What can any one of us do that makes an actual difference?