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To the high-achiever who doesn’t know how to do anything halfway. 👀

No matter how many times you tell yourself, "I can’t do this anymore" or “that was not my best work,” you somehow still end up wildly exceeding everyone's expectations.

Take note of that. Maybe it's time you start giving yourself a little more credit. 🫶🏾

Is this you? Let me know in the comments & tag the overachiever in your life.

For the over-achiever with way too much on her plate right now…take what you need this week. 🌷↓

1️⃣ Commit to a plan-free weekend.

Sometimes all you really need is to cozy up on the couch and do absolutely nothing for an hour…or twelve. Enjoy it.

2️⃣ Play hooky from your "self-care" habits.

There's a difference between doing wellness and actually being well. High achievers are masters at turning rest into another performance metric. The morning green juice, workout, meditation, journaling sesh, or wind-down routine? Do it if, and *only* if, your body actually wants it that day. Skip it if it doesn’t.

3️⃣ Be painfully unproductive for an hour.

Paint badly. Do cartwheels in the backyard. Dance to a song you loved 20 years ago. Waste time on purpose. Then notice how much of it starts to come back to you.

4️⃣ Walk, commute, eat, or fold laundry *without* any stimulation.

Notice when the instinct to plug your ears with a podcast or put on a show is really an attempt to avoid being alone with your own thoughts. Let yourself sit in that silence instead of filling it.

5️⃣ Build in screen-free time.

Screens are often how we avoid the boredom (and stillness) we're actually afraid of. Try a screen-free rhythm this week: a full weekend, every lunch break, or every night from 8pm to 7am.

6️⃣ Protect one pocket of spaciousness each day

Morning, lunch, or evening. It doesn’t have to be the same every day, but it *does* have to be every day. You deserve space and stillness that you can actually look forward to.

Share this with the ambitious woman in your life who needs it. And let me know which one you’ll be trying this week! 👇🏾

Be honest: which do you need right now? 👀

I used to think a slow summer wasn't possible for me either.

Logging off while the sun was still up to savor the extra long days.
Taking Summer Fridays.
Saying yes to spontaneous plans without wondering what work I'd be sacrificing.

It sounded idyllic. I craved it. I secretly envied those who had it.

But it never seemed to happen. Not for *me.*

First, it was because I was a junior attorney trying to prove myself at a top firm.

Then, it was because I was climbing toward VP, and couldn’t risk losing momentum.

Finally, I was a new business owner convinced I had to work 24/7 if I wanted to grow.

Every season had its reason. 🔁

But here's what I know now:

It was never about the job, the deliverables, or even summer itself.

It was me, operating from a pattern so old and deeply ingrained that I’d built my entire career and life around it.

A pattern that told me my worth was tied to my output and that joy could always wait.

That's why every single summer, without fail—even when business slowed down and my body was begging me to rest—I found a way to fill the space anyway.

If you see yourself in this, here's the reframe that changed things for me:

→ Open space isn't a problem to solve.

You don't have to earn it, fill it, or make it productive.

When space opens up, let it stay open. Even when it physically pains you (and it probably will).

Because *that’s* the work. 🤎

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For most of my life, I could work my way to almost any outcome I wanted. That stopped working this year. ↓

Every time I needed to get somewhere, I put my head down and got there.

Harvard Law.
Wall Street attorney.
VP at the NBA.

No matter what the next goalpost was, hard work was the answer.

But I'm in a season right now—personally and professionally—where the things I want most are completely outside of my control.

And for the first time in my life, the old playbook is *not* moving the needle.

So I'm learning to do something that goes against every instinct I have:

Nothing. ✨

Intentional stillness. Patience. Trust. And a whole lot of surrender.

I won’t pretend this comes naturally to me. It definitely doesn’t. In many ways, this might be the hardest work I’ve ever done.

But I'm starting to think it might also be the most important.

If the old playbook has stopped working for you too and you’re ready for a new way forward—my free masterclass “Exceptional Alignment: The Leadership Model You Were Never Given” is where I'd start.

You'll walk away with a completely different model for success—one that doesn't ask you to sacrifice everything to sustain it.

💖 https://www.domoniqueworship.com/alignment-masterclass

“But I just need to finish one more thing!”
→ three hours later, still zoned out at the desk

“I really don’t have time today.”
→ loses half the day in endless Slack threads and email chains anyway

“If I take my foot off the gas, I’ll fall behind.”
→ burns out and can't think clearly for weeks.

Sound familiar? It’s not just you. I lived here for years.

I used to think I had a time problem. But the real problem was what I believed I was allowed to spend it on.

Work, hustle, and everyone else’s needs = safe ✅

Resting, slowing down, stillness = dangerous ❌

If you’re an ambitious woman who struggles to turn off (whether for a short lunch break or an actual vacation), you might be subconsciously telling yourself the same story.

The good news is: it’s never too late to write a new one.

Want to learn step-by-step how to create a version of success that honors both your ambition *and* your well-being?

This is exactly what I unpack in my free masterclass for women leaders: Exceptional Alignment: The Leadership Model You Were Never Given.

🔗 https://www.exceptionalalignment.com/individuals

Reminder that you don’t need to justify your existence with laundry, exercise, or toxic productivity. 🫶🏾 Sometimes doing nothing is the hardest (and most important) work of all.

Does this look eerily similar to your “day off”? Be honest. 👇🏾