🤌 why this moment felt unsafe to me, [FIRST NAME GOES HERE]


The other day, I was looking at the word success.

And out of nowhere, a childhood memory surfaced.

My parents were visiting my grandparents in Florida when a big storm hit here in Buffalo.

Water was getting into people’s homes, and my dad’s construction business phone started filling up with messages.

I remember sitting by the answering machine and counting them.

Nine messages.

Nine people needing help.

My parents called to check in from Florida and asked how many messages were on the answering machine.

I said 9.

He ended his vacation early and booked a return flight home that night.

At the time, I didn’t understand why.

But my younger self absorbed something powerful in that moment.

Without realizing it, I formed a belief:

⚡️ Success means you have to leave your family.

⚡️ Success means you can’t rest.
⚡️ Success means work always comes first.
⚡️ Success means vacations get interrupted.

So when I looked at the word success the other day, something inside of me resisted it.

Because if success meant losing time with my family…

Why would I want to be successful? I wouldn't trade time with my family for anything.

What I see now — nearly 35 years later — is that the real reason my dad came home wasn’t success.

It was financial pressure.

But a child doesn’t see the nuance.

A child just sees the moment.

And that moment becomes a belief.

This is how so many of our patterns, beliefs, and the rules we live by are formed.

Not because we consciously chose them.

But because something happened that our younger self tried to make sense of.

Which is why telling someone to “just go for it” often doesn’t work.

Because sometimes there’s a story underneath the surface that needs to be understood first.

And when that story comes into the light, everything can begin to shift.

If this story sparked something for you, I created a short guide that will help you uncover your own Locked-In Moment.

You can download it here

You might be surprised how one small moment from the past can shape what feels possible today.

Sending you so much love and support Reader,

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