Behind the Scenes đŹđ: 2 Years of The Sisterhood + the Truth About Building Your Dreams
Ever look back and realize just how much can change in two years? The Sisterhood Community started as a visionâa place for women to grow, connect, and take care of themselves in ways that truly matter. Now, two years later, itâs become something bigger than I could have imagined. In this episode, weâre celebrating the journey, the lessons, and the leaps of faith it took to get here. Whether youâve been with me since day one or are just finding this space, I hope this conversation inspires you to step boldly into your own dreams.
IN THIS EPISODE, WE CHAT ABOUT:
â» The moments that shaped The Sisterhood over the past two years
â» The fears, doubts, and mindset shifts that came with the journey
â» What I had to leave behind to step fully into this vision
â» The power of community and why we need each other
â» Whatâs next for The Sisterhoodâand how you can be part of it
LETâS DIVE IN đ€
Hey hey Sisterhood! With the kickoff of Spring in The Sisterhood Membership, weâre officially celebrating TWO years of this incredible community, and I canât help but reflect on what this journey has truly been aboutâbecoming, unbecoming, and having the shaky courage to start over.
Two years ago, I walked away from something that had been a massive part of my life for over a decade. I didnât know exactly what I was stepping intoâonly that I couldnât stay where I was.
And let me tell you⊠when you start over, itâs messy. Itâs uncomfortable. You second-guess yourself. You wonder if youâre making a mistake. And yet, some of the most defining moments of our lives come not when we have all the answers, but when we find the courage to move forward anyway.
My trainer said something in class the other day that really stuck with me:
"Think about the moments in your life that youâre most proud of."
And as I started scanning through my own journey, I noticed something: the moments Iâm most proud of werenât the ones where everything felt easy, safe, or certain. They were the moments when I left. The moments I laid something down, not knowing what was next. The moments I took a leap before I felt ready.
Thatâs what todayâs episode is aboutâleaving, laying down, and leaping into your dreams. Because if youâre feeling that pull to step into something new, but fear is keeping you stuck? I see you. I get it. And today, I want to remind you: You donât need all the answers. You just need to take the next step.
Letâs dive in.
THE INNER BATTLE OF LEAVING, LAYING DOWN, AND LEAPING
I call it shaky courage because thatâs exactly what it feels likeâfear and faith tangled together. Itâs terrifying. Itâs uncertain. And yet, deep down, you know⊠itâs necessary.
Maybe youâre feeling that nudge right now. That quiet, nagging whisper in your gut that something isnât quite right. Some days, you can ignore it. Other days, itâs so loud it makes your chest tight.
You tell yourself:
đđŒâMaybe Iâm overthinking.â
đđŒ âMaybe I should just be grateful for what I have.â
đđŒ âWhat if I make the wrong choice? What if I regret it?â
But can I be honest with you?
If youâve been feeling that pull for a whileâif something in you is craving more, needing change, feeling restlessâ thatâs not just a passing thought. Thatâs your soul telling you itâs time.
I know this because Iâve been there.
I know what itâs like to hold onto something longer than I should because itâs familiar.
I know what itâs like to wake up every day with that tight feeling in my chest, knowing I need to move forward but being scared out of my mind to actually do it.
I know what itâs like to wish someone would just tell me what to doâto give me the guarantee that if I leave, if I lay it down, if I take the leap⊠itâll all work out.
But hereâs the truth:
No one can make that choice for you.
There will be no perfect timing.
No one is coming to give you permission.
This is your life.
And if you donât choose you, who will?
SHAKY COURAGE
Iâve had to make some really hard decisions in my life. Decisions that didnât come with a roadmap or a guarantee. Decisions that, at the time, felt impossible to make.
And I wonder if youâve been there, tooâstaring at a crossroads, heart pounding, knowing deep down that staying where you are isnât an option anymore⊠but terrified of what stepping forward might cost you.
I get it.
I remember calling off my wedding at 22âknowing in my gut I wasnât ready, even though I couldnât fully explain why. It wouldâve been so much easier to go through with it, to silence the whisper inside me and keep everyone else happy. But deep down, I knew that easy wasnât the same as right.
I remember moving from Michigan to Miami, leaving behind everything familiar to chase something I couldnât quite name yetâa version of myself I hadnât met but knew I was meant to become. It was exciting, sure, but also lonely, overwhelming, and filled with moments where I second-guessed everything.
I remember walking away from a stable teaching career, stepping into a world where there were no paychecks waiting every two weeks, no certaintyâjust a calling I couldnât shake and a dream that felt too big for me.
I remember closing the doors on my Beachbody community after pouring a decade of my heart into it. Something that once felt like my purpose no longer fit who I was becoming, and as much as I wanted to hold on, I knew that holding on would cost me more than letting go.
Each one of these moments? They werenât easy.
They werenât glamorous.
They werenât the kind of bold, fearless leaps you see in movies.
They were messy.
They were filled with doubts, late-night journaling, and whispered prayers of âGod, where are you in thisâŠwhere are you taking meâŠhelp me feel brave.â
They were shaky courage momentsâwhere fear and faith had to meet while I took the next step.
And this is where I need to say something that might go against what you've been told:
A lot of people will tell you that faith and fear canât coexist. That if youâre really trusting God, you shouldnât feel afraid. But I think thatâs garbage.
Because in the moments of my biggest fear, I had to cling tightest to my glimmer of faith.
Faith isnât the absence of fearâitâs what allows you to keep moving in spite of it.
Itâs standing in the unknown with shaky hands and a racing heart and saying, âGod, I donât know where this road leads, but I trust that You do.â
And maybe youâre standing in a moment like that right now.
Maybe youâre staring at the life youâve built, realizing that parts of it donât fit anymore, but walking away feels too scary.
Maybe you know you need to lay something down, but you donât know who you are without it.
Maybe you feel like God is calling you into something new, but imposter syndrome is screaming, âWho do you think you are?â
Sister, I see you. Iâve been you. And I need you to hear this:
You are not crazy for wanting more.
You are not selfish for choosing yourself.
You are not weak for feeling scared.
You are standing in the doorway of your next season. And yes, itâs terrifying. But itâs also where your becoming begins.
THE INNER BATTLE OF LEAPING
Hereâs what nobody tells you about taking a leap: the hardest part isnât the leap itself.
Itâs the battle in your mind before you ever make the move.
The overthinking.
The doubting.
The questioning.
The part where you keep running circles around the same what ifs over and over again:
â What if I fail?
â What if I regret this?
â What if I let people down?
â What if I donât actually have what it takes?
And yet⊠if youâre really honest with yourself, thereâs another voice, whispering just as loud:
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But what if this is exactly what Iâm supposed to do?
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What if this changes everything?
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What if this is the moment I finally step into who I was always meant to be?
This is the war every woman fights when sheâs standing at the edge of something bigger than herself. And I know because Iâve been in that fight more times than I can count.
And so has my sister-in-lawâŠwhich truly inspired me that MORE WOMEN NEED THIS CONVERSATION. A little backstory:
She has a stable job, a good life, sheâs a wonderful wife + mom, has the boat and houseâ everything she was âsupposedâ to want. But there was this pull. This deep knowing that she was meant for something different. Something more.
For her, that more wasnât randomâit was rooted in her own story. And I think thatâs true for all of us. When you feel that pull to a deeper calling it often stems from a deep struggle.
For my SIL, she had walked through pregnancy and felt the weight of trying to find the care, support, and resources she deeply needed but struggled to access. She saw the gaps. She felt the frustration. And instead of just accepting that as âthe way it is,â she decided to do something about it.
She became a doula.
Because she knew that no woman should have to navigate the complexities of pregnancy and birth alone. She wanted to create what she wished had existed for her. A space where every birthing personâno matter their story, background, or circumstancesâfelt fully supported in their experience.
But before she ever stepped into this calling, she had to battle the same doubts that every woman faces when sheâs on the verge of something new:
Who am I to do this?
What if I walk away from stability and it all falls apart?
What will people think if I fail?
And for a while, those questions won.
She told herself the timing wasnât right. That maybe if she waited until she had more money, more confidence, more certainty, then sheâd go for it.
But hereâs what I need you to know:
Fear will always give you a reason to stay put.
Your brain will always try to keep you safe.
There will never be a moment when all the doubt magically disappears.
And thatâs exactly what my SIL had to realize in her own journeyâ
One day you just have to wake up and chose to ask yourself a different, more empowering set of questions:
đ What if the fear never goes awayâbut I do this anyway?
đ What if regret feels worse than failure?
đ What if I let myself bet on ME for once?
And so, she did it. She took the leap.
But let me be clearâthat wasnât the end of the battle.
She didnât wake up the next day magically fearless, bursting with confidence, ready to take on the world. No, sis.
She texted me, still freaking out.
Because thatâs what happens when you step into something bigger than yourself.
She was questioning everything. What if I fail? What if people judge me? What if Iâm not cut out for this?
And I reminded her of something I need to remind you of too:
Taking the leap doesnât mean the fear vanishes. It means you refuse to let it be the thing that stops you.
She had to decideâover and over againâto keep going even though she was scared. Even though people had opinions. Even though the uncertainty made her stomach flip.
And you know what? Thatâs normal.
We tell ourselves that once we âfinally go for it,â weâll feel nothing but peace. But the truth? Peace doesnât come before the leap.
It comes in the choosing. In the doing. In the showing up anyway.
So noâshe didnât wait to be fearless.
She didnât wait for the doubt to disappear.
She just started.
And the courage? It came in the doing.
So, friends, if youâre in the middle of your own inner battle right nowâŠ
If youâve been waiting for the fear to disappear before you take the next stepâŠ
If youâve been convincing yourself that youâll go for it âwhen the timing is rightââŠ
I need to tell you something.
The fear isnât proof that youâre not ready.
Itâs proof that youâre standing on the edge of something that matters.
And the real question isnât âWhat if I fail?â
Itâs⊠âWhat if I donât even try?â
HOW TO LEAN INTO THE LEAP
So now youâre hereâstanding at the edge of your leap. Maybe youâve felt this pull for weeks, months, even years. You know youâre meant for more, but how do you actually step into it when the fear is screaming at you to stay put?
Hereâs what I want you to do:
âš Listen to the nudges.
That feeling in your gut? Itâs not random. Itâs not something to brush off. Itâs leading you. Pay attention. Journal about it. Sit with it. Get quiet enough to hear what God is whispering beneath all the noise.
âš Trust yourself faster.
How many times have you known what you needed to do but spent months talking yourself out of it? The more you listen to those nudges, the more you build trust with yourself. And the more you trust yourself, the easier it becomes to act on what you know.
âš Let fear and faith coexist.
People love to say, Youâre either in fear or in faith. But I think thatâs garbage. Some of my scariest moments were the ones where I had to cling tightest to faith. Fear doesnât mean youâre on the wrong path. It just means youâre stepping into something that matters. So instead of waiting for the fear to go away, let it come along for the rideâbut donât let it grab the wheel.
âš Look ahead to the YOU youâre becoming.
Imagine yourself one year from nowâfully in the thing youâve been scared to step into. What would she tell you? What would she want you to know? Because I promise you, one day, youâll look back on this moment and say:
"Iâm so glad I did it scared."
âš Lean on community.
You donât have to do this alone. Surround yourself with people who remind you of your strength, who see you even when youâre doubting yourself. Because sometimes, when you forget who you are, you need people who will look you in the eye and remind you.
And if youâre looking for that kind of community, this is your invitation.
This spring inside The Sisterhood Membership, weâre walking this out together. Weâre stepping into our next-level selvesânot by waiting until we feel ready, but by choosing to move anyway. Weâre letting go of the fear thatâs kept us small, rewriting the stories that no longer serve us, and surrounding ourselves with women who are on the same journey.
So if youâve been craving that spaceâa space where you can be seen, supported, and encouraged to take the next step in your own leapâThe Sisterhood is waiting for you. Come join us.
As we close out this episode, I just want to remind youâgrowth isnât always glamorous. Sometimes it looks like leaving behind whatâs familiar, laying down the weight of expectations, and taking a leap before you feel fully ready. But two years into this journey, I can tell you this: every step, every stretch, every moment of uncertainty has been worth it.
The Sisterhood isnât just about meâitâs about us. Itâs about creating spaces where we can be real, where we can rise together, and where we can walk confidently into the dreams God has placed on our hearts.
So, if thereâs something stirring inside you, if you feel that nudge to take a stepâconsider this your sign to go for it. Trust the process, trust yourself, and most importantly, trust that God has you every step of the way.
Iâm so grateful for you, for this community, and for the journey ahead. Hereâs to another year of stepping boldly into whatâs next. Iâll see you right here, next week, on The Self Care Sisterhood Podcast.
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