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Why Firing Someone Can Be a Powerful Gift

TL;DR: The author unpacks a real client story revealing how misaligned beliefs—not job performance—triggered a firing, showing how inner resistance creates outer conflict, and why alignment always tells the real story. This is part 3 of a 4-part story.

Let’s be honest—most people think they make employment decisions based on facts. Performance metrics. Deadlines met. Tasks completed. But the truth is, none of that matters when someone has already made up their mind about who you are.

That’s what happened between Jane and Sally.

Jane had been telling stories—persistent, loud, negative stories—about Sally’s value for a long time. “She doesn’t contribute.” “She’s not a good fit.” “She just doesn’t get it.” The stories were so dominant, they distorted reality. So when Sally delivered above and beyond on her latest assignment—breaking down content and building a customized database to store it—Jane couldn’t even see it. Not because Sally did anything wrong, but because Jane literally couldn’t see beyond her beliefs.

And here’s the thing about dominant beliefs: they create reality. Not in a metaphorical way, but vibrationally, tangibly, literally. Jane’s filter was so active that it collapsed the moment into something tailored to Jane’s filter: a task undone, value uncreated. So she did what matched her vibration—she decided to fire Sally.

This wasn’t about job performance. It was about energetic incompatibility.

Money, above all

Jane and Sally were no longer vibrationally aligned. Jane’s Belief Constellation had shifted to a place that no longer matched Sally’s presence. That doesn’t mean Sally did something wrong. It means the relationship had run its course. But most people can’t accept that. They want reasons, data, justification. So they turn misalignment into misconduct.

And when that happens, not only is the employee misunderstood, but the employer walks away from a learning moment that could have expanded them both.

Jane was feeling intensely negative about this decision. Why? Because her stories weren’t just about Sally’s work. They also collided with something stronger: her relationship with her partner, who is funding the business. For some time now, Jane expressed fear and insecurity about not living up to expectations her partner had for her performance and results of the company.

To mask that fear and insecurity, Jane made it about Sally’s performance. That was obvious, when her partner joined Jane and my conversation about Jane wanting to fire Sally. Jane’s partner was equally adamant. And of course he was: he had collapsed into Jane’s belief momentum. So all he could see in Sally was someone not delivering. That amplified Jane’s beliefs that she was right. All the while neither were very clear about what this was really about: money. An entire Belief Constellation about money.

Practicing What I Preach

Another subject drove Jane’s momentum of negative beliefs about Sally. This one was even deeper: their friendship. The discomfort she felt wasn’t about firing someone. It was about being out of alignment while doing so.

That’s why I insisted she get aligned with the decision before acting. Not because I was trying to delay her, although that’s what she thought I was doing, but because I knew if she made a decision from resistance, she’d attract more contrast. And that’s not what she wanted.

When people act from misalignment, they often think they’re taking control. But really, they’re surrendering to momentum they don’t understand. Decisions made from emotional turbulence usually just reproduce that turbulence in a new form.

As all of this was unfolding, I noticed a tiny twinge in myself. Another client had just told me they contemplated reducing their sessions for financial reasons. And now, Jane was about to fire someone whose sessions she was paying for. The old scarcity voice knocked at the door: “Will your income shrink?”

But I’ve been doing this too long to fall for that voice. I took myself into the park and soothed the belief. I reminded myself: money doesn’t come from clients. It comes through them. No, money comes from alignment, not people. People are the conduit through which it comes sometimes. But it can come in other ways too.

Divine, perfect unfolding.

And that alignment? I had it. Which is why, when Jane moved forward, I was able to stay steady. No panic. No worry. Just clarity. Sally might not be a client anymore, I thought. But something tells me this story’s not over. And as I worked with Jane – a very resistant Jane – and her partner to navigate their resistant turbulence, I felt awe about how so many things were going right, right in the midst of everything looking like it was going wrong.

In an additional call, Jane, her partner and I worked through some negative stories Jane had, mostly involving firing a friend. I knew much more needed addressing in Jane’s Belief Constellations. But those things would have to wait. For there was too much Belief Momentum on them to address them all at once.

The rest of the story unfolded in divine perfection. There’s still a LOT to be told. Including something that happened yesterday that I will add in a Part 5. But for now, stay tuned for Part 4, which drops tomorrow.

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What Happens When Getting Fired Is Actually an Upgrade

TL;DR: The author recounts how client Sally transformed a sudden firing into unexpected confirmation from the Universe—turning perceived rejection into a launchpad for independence, clarity, and personal empowerment. This is part 2 of a 3-part story.

Sally’s phone rang. On the other end, her employer and friend Jane delivered news she didn’t see coming: her employment contract would not be renewed. No warning, review or improvement plan. No space to explain. Just a sudden end to the role she’d been performing, in her mind, with care, creativity, and dedication.

Now, Sally had trouble performing. But that’s because the company mission and organization changed drastically and Sally joined expecting something the company no longer was. She tried to adapt. But her efforts weren’t good enough.

Jane’s rationale for letting Sally go? On the surface it was Jane’s perspective that Sally added no value to the company. Evidence she gave was a task Jane believed Sally failed to complete. But that rationale was a mask. In truth, Sally had completed it—beautifully. Not only had she followed the assignment to break Jane’s blog content into repurposable chunks for social media, she’d gone a step further. She created a powerful, scalable content database, custom built from scratch with the help of ChatGPT.

It was smart. Strategic. Future-facing. But Jane couldn’t see it. And that is the crux of this story: the moment when a person’s active belief system filters out any reality inconsistent with it. Jane believed Sally wasn’t adding value. So, even when Sally delivered value, Jane literally couldn’t see it. This is the power—and the peril—of our dominant narratives.

Beliefs Create Blind Spots

This moment is more than a misunderstanding. It’s a living demonstration of a core Positively Focused truth: We don’t see “reality.” We see our beliefs projected into form. And Jane’s beliefs were loud: Sally isn’t contributing value. She doesn’t understand what I need. She’s wasting time. And she’s wasting my money.

When those beliefs are dominant, the Universe must deliver a version of reality, including people in that reality, proving the beliefs true—no matter what’s actually happening.

Immersed in those beliefs, Jane looked at a blank database and saw wasted effort, not innovation. She heard an explanation and felt frustration, not partnership. She concluded that this was the final straw, not the beginning of a breakthrough.

And Sally? Sally found herself abruptly fired—not because of her performance, but because her employer’s vibration had reached a tipping point. But the story doesn’t end here. Not even close. Because the Universe doesn’t work in straight lines. It works in spirals of expansion. And this firing was merely a pivot point. A stepping stone. The launching pad for something greater.

Jane couldn’t see the value Sally offered because she couldn’t see around her persistent belief momentum.

Sally’s Response: A Masterclass in Alignment

When I connected with Sally later that day, I was curious. Not worried—curious. Because I knew three things: One, Sally had been living the Positively Focused practice. Two, I had held steady in my own vibration around this outcome. And three, the Universe always delivers in our favor when we allow it.

So I wasn’t surprised when Sally told me she felt… good. Not shaken. Not devastated. Just calm. Clear. Receptive. That’s because, as soon as she hung up with Jane, the Universe swooped in with confirmation:

  • A text from a woman she deeply admired, a dance instructor she respected but had never called a friend. The message read: “I really believe we have a lot in common and I’m happy to call you my friend. You’re so positive and uplifting and I appreciate you.”
  • A chance encounter in the elevator with a stranger who offered warm, spontaneous appreciation for Sally’s physical beauty—another clear signal from the Universe: “We see you. You are loved.”
  • And the biggest moment of all: Sally realized she wanted to keep working with me—even if it meant paying out of pocket. Because this practice had given her more than any therapy session ever had.

She had just been fired… and yet she was feeling more empowered, more sovereign, and more certain of her path forward than ever before. She also knew Jane firing her had nothing to do with her. Now that’s alignment. That’s sovereignty.

Futures as Bright as the Morning Sun

Sally took an aptitude battery early in her employment with Jane. The battery returned what I already felt in Sally’s vibration. Sally is a leader, it said. She’s here to pioneer new pathways, not follow in the footsteps of others.

Sally isn’t quite at that vibrational frequency to realize this herself. She found the battery results at odds with her thinking. But that’s because her thinking still carries old beliefs of inadequacy, need and a bit of unworthiness.

And that’s why I enjoy guiding people through this practice. I’ve honed my awareness so that it is a sharp perceiver of what lies at the core of people. I can see their brightest future. Furthermore, I’ve built a structure that can have people end up living that future.

It requires dedication. It requires some letting go of old selves. The results, however, are so worth it. Everyone’s future can brighten like the morning sun, dispelling all distortion and revealing the joyful reflection of one’s eternal, divine inner state. I’m here to help those ready for such futures walk into them.

Perhaps you’re one such person. Let’s find out.

Meantime, we continue with this story tomorrow. We’re not even half-way through the amazing manifestations flowing from this one interaction. In case you missed it, here’s Part 1.

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How To Make Money And Easily Serve Your Customers

TL;DR: Debra’s $10K breakthrough wasn’t about building a website—it was about rewriting beliefs. Discover how letting go of hustle unlocked her worthiness and aligned her with true abundance.

It’s been a crazy good week for nearly every Positively Focused client. My week has been the same. I want to share all that happened, but there’s so much, I don’t think I can get it all in before next week comes.

So let’s start with this wonderful realization one client had around a new customer she got. I think it’s an experience everyone can relate to. Most people believe you have to work hard to earn money. And for this one client, Debra, that belief showed up loud and clear—just as she was about to receive a $10,000 payment.

Debra is a talented entrepreneur who recently signed a client for a $10,000 website build. The client was eager, ready, and willing to pay. The project would meet all their needs, and Debra already knew the simplest, most elegant way to deliver: by using Squarespace. But instead of feeling excited, Debra was feeling something else entirely—stress, guilt, and resistance.

“I’m feeling this anxiety,” she said in our session. “Like, this shouldn’t be so easy. I should be doing more for $10,000.”

That thought—so familiar to so many—was rooted in a powerful, deeply held belief: that money must be earned through hard work. Debra’s entire system, built from family dynamics and work culture, told her this project required sweat, struggle, and complexity. Squarespace? That felt like cheating.

Going deeper

Debra’s husband, Jim, had offered her practical advice. “He said, ‘They don’t care how you do it. They just want a website that works.'” But Jim’s words, while logical, didn’t land. Why? Because the discomfort wasn’t coming from the client’s expectations—it was coming from Debra’s beliefs.

In the Positively Focused practice, we say: There is no amount of effort that can overcome belief momentum. That means: if your beliefs say you have to suffer to be worthy of receiving, then suffering is what you’ll get—even if everything around you says otherwise.

That’s what was happening with Debra.

So we went deeper. I asked her to explore where that belief came from. She said, “It’s definitely from my upbringing. And my time in corporate. It’s always been: prove your value, grind, deliver more than expected.”

Let the Universe do the heaving lifting and life just gets better and more fun. Just the way it was meant to be.

And yet, her life now looks very different. She’s manifesting clients. Debra’s building a business rooted in her values. She’s in the process of unlearning that old belief system—but the old momentum is still active.

“The Universe doesn’t need your effort,” I reminded her. “It wants your alignment. The work is in tuning your beliefs so they match what you are: someone worthy of receiving.”

As we moved through the process together, something softened. She laughed. The tension in her voice began to dissolve.

Then she said, “Oh my god. This really isn’t about the client at all. It’s me. It’s all me.”

Exactly.

Giving ourselves permission

When we believe money comes through effort, we trap ourselves in a pattern where ease feels suspicious, even “lazy”. And yet, manifestations—including financial ones—don’t come from how much we do. They come from how much we align. Action doesn’t create outcomes; it places us at the coordinates where the outcome is already happening as a result of our alignment.

Debra had aligned with a $10,000 client. The evidence was already there and it came effortlessly. But her beliefs hadn’t caught up yet. That’s where the real work was. By the end of our session, she said:

“I feel so much better. That anxiety—it’s not there anymore. I can see how I was making it about the money, but it’s not. It’s about me giving myself permission to receive.”

That’s what the Positively Focused practice is all about. You don’t need to hustle harder to get what you want. You don’t need to manipulate the outer world. All that’s needed is tuning to your inner world.

Because it’s not the work that earns the money. It’s your alignment that opens the door to it. Debra’s journey is one all of us are on. We’ve been taught to glorify effort, to earn our worth, to doubt our ease. But there’s another way—a way that honors our inherent value, aligns us with joy, and makes room for the abundance that’s always trying to reach us.

That’s the work worth doing. And it begins not with effort, but with belief. Feel the joy of being in alignment with the abundance that is yours. Become a client. We always have your back.

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What Happens When a Customer No-Show Makes Magic

Most people would’ve called it a failure, a waste of time. Proof that the customer was flaky and unreliable.

But that’s not what my clients saw.

What unfolded, last Friday, for both my clients “Maya” and her employee “Talia”, wasn’t a mistake — it was masterful orchestration. A stunning example of how contrast, when met with awareness, becomes expansion. And how apparent disappointment can reveal a deeper harmony, the revealing of which couldn’t have been scripted better.

Here’s what happened.

The Setup

Maya had been feeling frustrated about a particular customer — let’s call her “Sabrina.” She’d talked about her in our sessions before. To Maya, Sabrina was the kind of customer who never seemed to honor the schedule. Always late. Often rescheduling at the last minute. Sometimes, not showing up at all. And when she did, using way too many words to get a point across.

Naturally, Maya interpreted that behavior as a reflection of Sabrina’s flakiness. But what she didn’t see — at first — was that Sabrina was actually reflecting something else. Something vibrational. Something deeper.

She was mirroring Maya’s own resistance embodied in Maya’s negative beliefs about her customer.

That resistance also included beliefs Maya had about her business not being where she thought it “should” be; resistance about not doing enough. Resistance about not being enough. These coupled with the subtle belief that, because her partner is funding the business, she has to “prove” herself by pushing harder, performing more, and showing constant effort.

So when she saw Sabrina showing up inconsistently, Maya didn’t recognize her as reflections. She saw her as a problem.

But then came Friday.

The “Failed” Appointment

Maya had an appointment with Sabrina that day. Sabrina’s office is across town — a long haul from where Maya lives. Still, Maya got ready, even though she felt off. Her stomach wasn’t right. Her body was signaling discomfort.

In that moment, her Broader Perspective was whispering, You don’t need to go.

But Maya — like many of us — has old momentum. The kind that says “Push through.” She believes real leaders show up no matter what. So she discounts intuitive nudges in favor of obligation.

That’s what had her get in the car and start driving. Along the way, her discomfort increased. So much so that she thought she might pass out. She pulled over, tried to ground herself with food — a burger and fries — but it only made things worse. So, she pressed on.

And when she finally arrived at the nonprofit’s office? Sabrina looked confused. She gave Maya a “Why are you here?” look.

It turns out: Sabrina hadn’t even put the appointment on her calendar. She had no idea they were supposed to meet. And she had to cancel — on the spot, despite everything Maya had just pushed through to get there.

Now pause here. This is the moment where most people would snap. Maya didn’t though.

Most people would snap had this happened to them. Not Maya though. Talia didn’t either.

The Realization

Instead, she caught herself. And in catching herself she saw the perfection. If she had honored her initial nudge — if she’d followed the discomfort in her body and chosen rest over effort — she would’ve been in sync with what her Broader Perspective already knew: that the appointment wasn’t real.

She would’ve matched Sabrina’s energy without needing to live the contrast. She would’ve flowed instead of pushed. And Maya got that, after the fact, right there in the lobby.

Maya then she called Talia. Talia, who was set to attend the appointment remotely, was back home in Houston when Maya called. And the moment she heard the story, she interrupted with: “This is contrast.” This is because Talia, too, is a client. She understands the value contrast represents, just as Maya sometimes does.

And just like that, they were both in it — in the joy of revelation. What looked like a mishap was actually a mirror. A reflection of Maya’s old momentum: the belief in obligation over intuition, control over flow. Together, Maya and Talia celebrated the realization.

They saw that Sabrina was playing a role — not just for Maya, but for everyone involved.

Because Talia had something else going on that day too: a friend had shown up unannounced, hoping to spend time with her. But because of the appointment, Talia felt she had to prioritize work — and her friend had to adjust.

If Maya had canceled, Talia would’ve had the space to be with her friend. Had she canceled, her body would’ve rested. If Maya had canceled, no one would’ve been out of sync. In other words, the only thing “off” was ignoring the nudge.

That’s not a failure. That’s feedback. It’s contrast serving us, clarifying our path forward.

The Integration

By the end of the call, Maya and Talia had already changed their process framework. They decided to implement new appointment protocols — confirmations two days in advance, and again the day before. Not from fear, but from alignment. From trust. From learning.

Oh, and also heeding nudges/impulses from their Broader Perspective!

They also changed the way they saw Sabrina. She wasn’t flaky. She was an angel. A precise vibrational actor, playing her role in a scene designed to help Maya release old beliefs. The belief that she had to push. Beliefs that she must prove. A belief that this customer was misaligned and irresponsible. When in fact, her customers are always reflecting Maya’s vibration — and giving her the perfect material for expansion. Just like the rest of her wake-scape.

What I love most about this story is that Maya didn’t double down. She didn’t villainize Sabrina, nor did she snap. She saw the unfolding, and so did Talia. And in that seeing, everything changed.

This is what it looks like when you live from the Positively Focused perspective. Not because life never brings you surprises — but because you recognize that every surprise is alignment, in motion.

Even the ones that come disguised as a last minute, on-the-spot cancellation.

Want some of this action? Become a client and let’s get on it!

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How Hating People Can Destroy Business Opportunity

An interesting dynamic/trend showed up in my client practice in the last few weeks. The trend prompts from within me a question worth asking: Does humanity hate itself?

Of course, this is NOT a dominant vibration across all humanity. LOVE is the dominant vibration. But humans “enjoy” free will. Some can, therefore, turn towards “the dark side”. And, apparently, some do, while not really knowing that’s what’s happening.

Two clients find themselves now looking at misanthropic beliefs driving interactions with people in their lives. One person’s experience, who I wrote a long post about, publishes in July. Today, I want to talk about what another client and I uncovered.

This client runs a business. I wrote about her experience before this week, here, and here. Her business has few customers, all reflecting the current state of the owner’s alignment (aka “being a match”) to the version of the business representing “success”. The customers she does have are, of course, people. Like all humans, they have beliefs and momentum stemming from those beliefs, many of which are distorted. So, depending on how one views those people, they show up in different ways.

“Ghosts” as co-creators

I call this client “Madison” in the previous posts. At first, Madison, was excited to have these customers. But as time went on and these people’s “peopling” emerged, so too did Madison’s misanthropic beliefs.

“I like people…to an extent.” She said when I asked her about complaints she made about her customers.

I would think she would hold very positive beliefs about these people. They are, after all, paying her and co-creating her business along with her into exactly what Madison wants. And yet, she focused on what’s wrong (in her eyes) with these customers rather than everything going right with them.

What’s really interesting is, her complaints about the customers caused those troubles she sees in them to dominate her awareness. Two of the customers, according to Madison, “ghosted” her, for example. They would not return her calls after the first conversation in which they showed initial interest. Meanwhile, I knew both customers were in the bag, so to speak, that they were going through their own internal processes to become the customers Madison wanted.

In the bag

But all my client could see was what she believed to be evidence that they were NOT in the bag. Which is why when I reminded her she had these two customers, she got really frustrated with me. She could only see evidence aligned with what she believed. Not what I knew. She was right. I was wrong. The customers were NOT customers.

But they were. Of course, Universe had the last word on this.

One of the customers is Madison’s dentist. Madison told me during our conversation where she ranted about how this customer ghosted her, that she had a dental appointment in the next few days. She worried about how awkward that appointment will be given the current status of the deal.

I reminded her the deal is in the bag and not to worry about it. She wasn’t hearing that, however.

Sure enough, though, after her appointment, Madison called me excited. She said the receptionist enthusiastically told her the dentist was eager to talk with her about the deal. They were ready to move forward, the receptionist said, and wanted to get a date on the calendar to get started.

My client said she was concerned about setting that meeting on a day where the dentist had patients. Madison didn’t want to inconvenience him. But the dentist, while examining my client, cut to the quick: he said he wanted to get this work done and told her not to worry about that. Let’s just get it on the calendar, he said.

When they did meet, Madison told me, the dentist didn’t haggle. He didn’t resist anything. He was good to go at the full price my client initially quoted. A full-price paying client in the bag!

Distortion kills relationships

So this is really instructive: Our beliefs about people shape what we see in people. Our beliefs can create or hinder any potential. Had the client not been in the Positively Focused practice, she might have taken action based on her “ghosting” belief that could have completely severed the deal and confirmed her negative interpretation.

How many times have we held a belief about someone, an interpretation, which triggered frustration or anger in us, then we acted on that frustration or anger in a way which killed the relationship, a relationship that could have gone the other way had we held a different belief about it and acted from that belief instead?

Relationships, intimate ones and business ones, have ended simply because of distortions active among the parties invovled. Madison’s kerfluffle with her employee, which I wrote about in the posts I linked to earlier in this post, was based on such distortions. Distortions both parties — Madison and Jane — held about the other. Madison was ready to let Jane go.

Today, they’re stronger than ever and committed to using the practice to see the best in each other. That’s a really good thing and a great outcome from a strongly negative experience.

Becoming gods that we are

There are a lot of people in the world right now railing against other people. Their beliefs about those people aren’t positive. When we point a finger at another, in blame or accusation, three fingers remain pointing back at us. This tells us, what we blame or accusation another about, exists in us in abundance. And so does the solution to what we’re complaining about.

Complaint contains strong belief momentum. That momentum, persisted with, will eventually gain more momentum, leading to misanthropy, which is a chronic state of complaint about people. That momentum will inspire matching behavior in us as well as behavior confirming beliefs we have about those we revile. And that explains why so many harbor such lowly beliefs about their fellow humans.

They’re creating the versions of those people they hate.

The good news is, it’s not permanent. Everyone releases such distortions after death. But why wait until then? Like Madison, we can walk into a new world, one where everyone becomes for us the angels that they are, reflecting back to us what is dominant in us. In other words, we can reveal to ourselves what others really are: servants of our sovereign expansion.

We can do that now, in this life. We don’t have to wait until after death. But we must choose. Then we must devote ourselves to this worthy cause. The cause that is our expansion into our greater god-self.

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The Powerful Truth About Why Her Business Feels Stuck

Not every client session ends with a breakthrough. Sometimes, what emerges is a mirror so clearly reflective, it can only be received in layers. That’s what happened with one of my clients this week—let’s call her Madison—as she wrestled with tension in her business and growing frustration with both her employee and her small number of customers.

Madison runs an emerging, but very real, small business. She has four paying clients, and more showing interest. From where I sit, it’s happening. The momentum is building. But from where Madison stood in our recent session, all she could see was how much wasn’t happening.

She felt burdened. Not just by the challenges of running the business, but by the belief that she had to do more to make it succeed. She thought she needed her employee— Jane (whose experience I wrote about previously) — to match that “doing” energy. More outreach. More follow-through. Increased visible hustle. But Jane wasn’t responding to those cues. And Madison was taking it personally.

She was also taking it out on her customers—grumbling about their quirks, dismissing their contributions, struggling to feel grateful for the very signs that her dream was taking root.

Pushing doesn’t help

At the heart of it all was pressure. Not pressure from her partner Tim, who’s funding the business. But from the version of Tim Madison carries in her. No one exists in our reality but us. Everyone else who seems to be there are versions of those people we create. We create them through thoughts and beliefs we have about that person.

This is something I share with clients over and over. It’s hard to get, until the client receives Universal evidence proving it’s accurate. Then the game changes. But for Madison, she hasn’t fully let that accuracy sink in. So she’s not trying to change her beliefs about her partner.

I know Tim isn’t hovering over her, demanding performance. I know this because he’s a client too and we’ve spoken many times about this. But Madison’s version of Tim is demanding. That internalized voice keeps saying: “You need to prove this is working. You need to get bigger, faster. You need to do more. It’s MY money after all!”

So she pushes. And when the business didn’t respond to the push, she got angry. Not just at the business, not just at Jane, but at herself as well.

Our session wasn’t about resolving that anger. It was about revealing it. Naming it. Making space for what was really going on.

Feeling stuck

“There’s nothing wrong with you. There’s nothing wrong with your business. There’s nothing wrong with Jane,” I told her. “It’s just a bunch of distortion that you’re telling yourself, and then you’re feeling shitty because you’re in the distortion.”

She heard that. Not with ease, but with recognition. Her head nodded even as her body resisted and remained stiff. Because deep down, she knows what’s so: She’s not failing. She’s just running with her old belief momentum. The one that says success comes from effort, not alignment. From force, not flow, not letting go.

But the business she’s building can’t be grown from that energy. It’s asking her to trust. To appreciate. To be, not just do. And Jane—by not cooperating with the push—is reflecting that truth beautifully. Not out of defiance. But out of resonance. She’s mirroring back exactly where Madeline is stuck: in the doing.

“You’re in a good place,” I told Madison. “…we can talk about this next week and the week after, if you want to. If that’s what it’s gonna take to get you to let go of the doing and lean into the being — and also lean into the appreciation of the four customers you have and the revenue they’ve provided, no matter how small.”

Madeline left that session still feeling stuck. Still frustrated. But with something new: a clearer view of what was really going on. And that clarity, even if uncomfortable, was the invitation.

It’s no surprise then when one of the four customers she had disparaged for “ghosting” her, actually showed up eager to take the next steps because they need exactly what Madeline is offering!

Letting go

This is how real transformation often unfolds—not in grand moments of release, but in quiet reckonings. In honest reflections. In the willingness to stay with ourselves even when we don’t feel resolved.

So if you’re pushing and nothing’s moving…If you’re trying to “make it happen” and the universe seems to be ignoring you…Pause.

What if the stuckness is sacred? What if the resistance is your business—or your life—asking you to be with it, not bulldoze it?

The Positively Focused path isn’t about doing more. It’s about aligning more deeply, letting go, then letting inspired action emerge naturally. That’s not always easy. But it’s always true.

Madeline is learning that. And if you’re here, maybe you are too.