I want to be real with you, because you deserve that. Over the past couple of weeks I've had moments where I was really, really down emotionally, moments that even scared me a little. I've realised that working alone in my flat, building this online business for the past year and a half, has been slowly burning me out. I don't want to end up destroying myself, so I'm listening to what my body and mind are telling me: I need simplicity, stability, and something that genuinely feels aligned, without so much weight on my shoulders. There's also something I want to be honest about. The image I've been holding: in front of my partner, my parents, my friends, and even in front of you... of someone pushing hard to build something online, has become really difficult to carry. I think I just need to let that go and choose something more real for where I actually am right now. So I've made the decision to step away from Aligned Creators and from the online business world altogether. I know I promised a 30-day outreach challenge starting this week. I'm sorry, that won't be happening. I didn't want to just disappear without explanation, which is why I'm telling you directly. What I can leave you with: everything I know about getting your first paying clients is already in the classroom. The videos are gone, but the full written process is there: the exact method I used with my own clients, who paid me for it. The scripts, the steps, everything. If you do the outreach as it's laid out, it works. The community will stay open until June 3rd so you have time to go through anything you want to keep. Now, the part I really mean. Thank you. Genuinely. - To my activity allies: @Amanda Smith @Nicholas Lee @Suzzie Woods @Lidia Axe @Sabine Hope - To everyone who showed up, commented, contributed, and made this feel like a real place, you made this worth doing. - To the clients I had the privilege of working with: @Mat Edwards @Wendy Prager @Edith Calls @Logan Smith @Dovydas Zemeninkas @Branco De Souza

It felt too honest. Too raw. Too much like admitting something I wasn't sure I was ready to say out loud. But here it is: I think this online journey might be my drug. And I'm not sure I want to fix that. When things are going well here, when I feel like I'm moving forward, creating something real, my whole life feels good. I want to exercise, I'm excited to wake up, I enjoy being with the people I love. But when I'm struggling... everything crumbles. My sleep, my relationship with myself, my sense of worth. All of it... I recorded this video trying to figure out if that's healthy or not. And honestly.. I don't have a clean answer. But I have a feeling a lot of you will relate to it. If you've ever felt like your passion project or your business has become the thing your whole emotional life orbits around, this one's for you. Anyone else feels this way?

I want to be honest with you about something. For the past two weeks I've been completely stuck. I kept asking myself: am I helping the right people? Is my positioning aligned? Should I be doing ads or organic? Am I being authentic or am I just copying what works for someone else? I was going in circles. And the more I tried to find the perfect answer, the more paralysed I became. Today something shifted. I realised I was treating alignment and making money as opposites, like I had to choose one or the other. But they're not opposites. They're the same journey, just different stages. Getting your first paying client is step one. Building something scalable and sustainable is step two. I've done step one. I'm figuring out step two in real time... right here, with you. That's what this community is. It's definitely not a finished system. But a real journey, documented honestly... If you've ever felt stuck between doing what feels right and doing what actually works, I see you. That's exactly where I was this morning. Where are you on your journey right now? Drop a comment? I'd genuinely love to know. 🧡

Threw a party with friends last week. Stayed out late. Had drinks. Laughed until my face hurt. Didn't check my phone once for work. For someone who spends most days inside their head building a business, this felt absolutely terrifying and also the most alive I've been in weeks. I kept waiting for the guilt to show up, the voice that says I should be working, posting, optimizing. It never came. Instead I woke up the next day with more energy than I've had in months. Turns out letting go of what you think you should be doing gives you way more fuel than white-knuckling through another productive evening ever could. Sometimes the best thing you can do for your business is remember you're still a person. What's one thing you used to love doing before you became a business owner that you've completely stopped making time for?

We recently hit 100 members in the community, and I'd like to thank every single one of you, Aligned Creators, for trusting this space and honouring it with your presence. I would love to understand a little bit more about where you all are in your journey so that we can get the community to support you best. Where are you all at? How many of you already got their first paying client through coaching, and how many of you didn't? Feel free to write in the comments. What would be supporting you right now? Talking about - The emotional side of building a business? - What an aligned business truly feels like to you? - More concrete strategies to get clients? - Networking? Every single day we align with who we deeply are and the business we're building, we're changing the world. Let's support each other through this shift ❤️❤️