May 12, 2026

Why You’ll Never Leave the Classroom Without This Number

11 minutes

You already know you want out. You’ve been dreaming about it, researching side hustles, maybe even looking at Etsy shops and MLMs trying to find something that could make it work. But if you don’t know your actual exit number, that dream is going nowhere.

In this episode, Marli breaks down the one thing that separates teachers who actually leave the classroom from the ones who keep saying “maybe someday” – and it starts with a number that is probably a lot smaller than you think.

In this episode:

Why your full teaching salary is almost certainly NOT your real exit number

The dangerous jump most teachers make from “I want to leave” straight to “it’s never going to work for me” – and what to do in between

The three-step Exit Plan Framework that turns a dream into an actual math problem you can solve

How to reverse engineer your exit number into real sleep consulting clients

The question you should actually be asking yourself about your skillset

Why the women who left weren’t braver, luckier, or less busy than you

The Classroom Exit Plan Kit — a $7 tool that walks you through calculating your exit number, translating it into real clients, and figuring out if sleep consulting is the right match for your skills.

Grab it here: thecradlecoachacademy.com/exit-bridge

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