This week on the One Fear Per Year podcast, I sat down with someone who understands the weight of “doing it all”… because she lived it.

 Carol Williams isn’t just a productivity coach.

She’s a certified coach, speaker, and thelongtime Dream Director at the Beacon of Light Center --> thewoman executives and business owners call when their life feels scattered and they’re burning out quietly behind the scenes.  

She has spent 16 years helping entrepreneurslevel up without losing themselves, speaking at statewide HRorganizations, summits, and podcasts, and building her signature “Success Cake”method that brings the fun back into productivity.  

But what I didn’t expect was how deeply she would speak to the fears we never say out loud.

The ones that push us to overwork.

The ones that whisper “you won’t be enough unless you keep going.”

The ones that make us ignore our own non-negotiables until we crack.

She shared the moment everything changed for her, leaving a toxic marriage, sitting with the terror of “How will I make it alone?” and asking for help for the first time in her life.

(Not because she wasn’t strong… but because staying the same was finally more painful than stepping into the unknown.)

We talked burnout.

We talked feminine and masculine energy.

We talked about why so many of us are afraid to slow down… even when it’s the only way to heal.

And at the end, I asked her the opposite of fear.

One word.

Her answer?

Love.

Because we’re either living from fear, or living from love.

And every day, we choose.

What’s one fear that’s been pushing you to go faster… when what youreally need is to pause?

Full episode in the comments below! 

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