That’s the energy I’m bringing into these 10 days leading up to Solstice. I host Soul Growth Circle, a space for self-aware, sensitive people who are ready to stop overriding themselves and begin listening to their bodies through The Body Dialogue Method™ and Reflective Reprogramming™. Yesterday we began a 10-day series called The Forgotten Story of Solstice with Day One: The Remembering. Today we’re moving into Day Two: The Quiet Threshold. Through the series, each day offers a simple reflection, with optional meditations and embodied exercises woven throughout. This isn’t about setting goals or fixing yourself. It’s about noticing what’s ready to be set down so your system can settle and reorganize naturally. Members get space to slow down, reconnect with their inner authority, and let change happen without force. If you're interested in learning the forgotten traditions of Solstice... We'd love for you to join us. 👉 Soul Growth Circle

You sit down with your notebook, your favourite pen, maybe a warm drink. Today’s the day you’re finally going to validate that course idea you’ve been thinking about for months. You start doing the searching, the market research. And then you see it... A course that looks a whole lot like what you’ve been planning. The title feels uncomfortably close to what’s in your Google Doc, the creator has a bigger audience, their branding looks polished, they have testimonials, case studies, maybe even a big ad campaign behind them. And very quickly, the story in your head shifts from: “I think this could really help people." to "Great. I’m too late. Someone already did it.” Most people stop right there. They close the tabs.They tell themselves they’re being “realistic.”They quietly downgrade the idea from “potential offer” to “never mind.” But here’s what I want you to sit with: Seeing someone else teaching what you want to teach is not, by itself, evidence that you shouldn’t create your course. It might actually be one of the strongest indicators that you’re onto something valuable. In this week’s episode of The ART of Online Course Creation, I’m digging into that moment: - What’s really going on when you find “your” course already out there - How to look at competitors without spiraling into self-doubt - The difference between “it already exists” and “there’s no room for me” - A behind-the-scenes story about how I navigated this when I saw a very big, very visible creator teaching something that looked a lot like what I do I’m also sharing why some of the popular “validation shortcuts” (like quizzes that tell you if your idea is profitable, or AI tools that promise to do all your market research for you) can leave you more confused, and what to do instead. If you have: - a course idea in your notebook - a half-finished outline in a Google Doc - or just a topic you can’t stop thinking about… …but you keep seeing other people doing something similar and using that as a reason to hesitate, this episode is for you.

Welcome to Metrics Monday, that time in the week where we (upon request of the members) pull back the curtains and show you behind the scenes of the Classifieds. Number of Members: 803 (+45) Number of Premium Members: 166 (+9) Percentage of members who are Premium : 20.7% no change About Page Conversion: 28.1 (-1.3%) Churn = 9 in December Discovery Ranking in Money: #31 (-1) Discovery Ranking Overall: #101 (-5) Highest Activity Day: 1264 on Tuesday Lowest Activity Day: 533 on Sunday What it all means: So, most of you know that we rose 16 places in the money category in a matter of about 48 hours due to our Black Friday Free For All. I was expecting a bit of a correction, but what surprised me the most was how long it took for that correction to occur. We were vacillating between #27 and #28 for most of the week, but then a dip in activity made the star flicker last night and then go off this morning when we settled into 31st place. Our activity has always been the lowest on the weekend, which makes sense as many of us choose to prioritize our families at that time. Another interesting number is the percentage of members who are premium, which has remained unchanged. I'm very happy with almost 21% of the members choosing to be premium, so this is a great number. You'll notice a new metric I'm tracking, which is churn. It's only reported for the month, so it's a bit of a weird one to track, but people have been interested in it. I'm not sure how long I will continue to report on it because, personally, I don't look at it. I think it's a normal part of running a community, especially one like this - sometime members leave because they are no longer Skool group owners... Anyway, in the future I'll make more of an effort to put prompts for posts in the community as it seems like this really inspires people to post and encourages great interactions, engagement, and sign ups in your communities. This past week has been a bit of a doozy for me with pink eye (thanks daycare!), laryngitis, and a chest cold/cough - and family visiting!!!

The Myth: People feel guilty for being tired, overwhelmed, or touched-out during the holidays because they “should be grateful.” The Truth: Gratitude doesn’t replace exhaustion. Gratitude doesn’t regulate your nervous system. Gratitude doesn’t carry the emotional or invisible load. You can be grateful and overwhelmed. You can love your family and need a break. You can cherish the season and want silence. Your nervous system doesn’t care about holiday expectations — it cares about capacity. If you want a space that honors the complexity of being human in this season, I’d love to welcome you into the Sanctuary. 👉Soul Growth Circle 💜🕯️

A lotta people think hiring a Virtual Assistant is supposed to save them lots of money. [The hire a VA for $3/hour is so not the vibe, btw] Here’s the deal ⤵️ VAs don’t save you money on the tasks. They save you money on everything you never see as a line item when hiring them ⤵️ No office overhead. No benefits package. No “we’ll train her” chaos. Most VAs come in already knowing more about some of your systems than you do, and yes, they will absolutely end up teaching you how to run aspects of your own business better. People say, “But $20–$40/hr is expensive.” Really? Compared to what? Buying a desk, a laptop, onboarding manuals, HR paperwork, workers comp, training time, benefits, and pretending you know how to manage someone full-time? >insert eye roll< But the BIGGEST SAVE hiring a skilled and talent VA gives you: TIME! A legit Virtual Assistant costs less to support, less to train, and zero to babysit. And the time they give you back is the part that actually makes you money. Inefficient support drains you slowly. 📣 Professional support pays you back loudly 📣 If you actually want to see how VAs work, the kind who show up like pros, ready to work, with partnership in mind, come check out the Hire a VA community. You’ll never want to look for “cheap support” again.