I'm an introvert. Somewhere along the way I realized there are a few things I'm not willing to give up, no matter what a role asks of me. For a long time I assumed that made me less suited to leadership. It didn't. You can protect what matters to you and still lead well, still build something worth building.

The path here wasn't a straight line. It was more of a scribble, honestly. Doubling back, veering off, starting over. But careers rarely move in straight lines, and I've stopped treating that like a flaw.

Not that long ago I was in a career crisis. On paper it looked like a confidence problem. Underneath, my body and my brain were changing in ways no one had prepared me for. This was perimenopause, the long transition toward menopause that almost nobody names early enough. The fog and the self-doubt, the sense that I was working harder for less traction, it all landed at once. So instead of forcing the next move, I slowed down and did the harder work of figuring out who I was and what I actually wanted now.

When I stepped into my next chapter, I showed up as myself, without quietly wondering whether I was enough.

Here's what I keep coming back to. We spend too much of our lives at work for it to leave us empty, and that's especially true in the years when so much else is shifting underneath us. Work shouldn't take everything and give nothing back. It can be the thing that gives you room, choices, and enough steadiness to build a life you want to be in.

If you're somewhere in this season and looking for work that fits the woman you are now, that's who I help. Let's talk.