I’m giving myself permission to slow down, relax, and still dream big. In this episode, I reflect on a rainy Sunday with Mabel, a prosperity exercise that stretched my vision for the book franchise I want to build, the small habits I want to strengthen before the year ends, and my next steps with publishers, libraries, content, writing, and illustration.

I’m learning that little steps count especially when they lead to clearer decisions, new ideas, and a more sustainable way of building. In this episode, I share a customer-discovery conversation that helped me simplify my book formats, update my website, plan new content, explore another children’s-book idea, and reflect on becoming a future Simon & Schuster author who can trust a team while focusing on writing and creating.

I’m reflecting on the three qualities I want to strengthen as I build a more abundant life: resilience, confidence, and joy. In this episode, I share what consistency has taught me after more than two years of sending these messages, post two versions of my video, think through customer discovery and business progress, and remind myself that I do not have to solve every future decision, including a possible finance MBA, today.

I’m treating this season like a series of experiments: testing two versions of my YouTube video, trying different captions and thumbnails, exploring AI tools for images and captions, and staying open to unexpected income opportunities. I also share a possible new opportunity, planning my return to New York, working with my illustrator, caring for Mabel, and reminding myself that every experiment teaches me something, even before it brings the result I want.

I’m learning to expand my vessel aka the capacity I believe I have to receive success, wealth, support, and new opportunities without feeling undeserving of them. In this episode, I reflect on a prosperity seminar, rewrite a limiting belief about worthiness, pitch a UGC brand, film multiple versions of my newest video, celebrate submitting two assignments, and remind myself to focus on what I can control one day at a time.

I’m feeling overwhelmed by the weight of building my books, marketing, customer discovery, income, school, and content creation as a one-person team. I’m also learning that support can mean more than people realize. In this episode, I reflect on a friend’s reminder that something small to them can be something meaningful to me, reassess my book timeline and sales goals, and remind myself that I am allowed to admit when I need help.

I had a hard day with disappointment, shifting book deadlines, financial pressure, and the feeling that too much of my time belonged to everyone except me and somehow I still found my way back to creating. In this episode, I share why I am learning to protect my time, give myself more compassion, and trust the original YouTube concept I created, directed, and prepared for Grace Reads Out Loud.

I’m turning my ideas into a more intentional plan: building potential UGC brand partnerships, creating content that can work like a commercial for my children’s books, and figuring out what it will take to cover my November expenses. I also reflect on my strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, my upcoming illustrator conversation, returning to Houston, and the practical work of creating income while I build the future I want.

I’m learning that rest is not falling behind, it is producing the energy I need to create, connect, and keep building. In this episode, I share my mentor’s next four big founder assignments, a sweet day with a friend in New York, finishing my Naikan reflection practice, thinking through publishing contracts and my writing future, and why I want my success to create both freedom and more joy.

I’m giving myself permission to call this a rest week, even though my brain keeps trying to tell me I should be doing more. In this episode, I share my first YouTube upload, a TikTok Live that helped shape a week of content ideas, submitting my work to a gift guide, reconnecting with community through dog walks, releasing guilt, and celebrating the return of my favorite sweatpants.