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One year later I did what my publisher and producer said I could not do - I recorded my audiobook in the studio (my walk-in closet) during the chemotherapy part of my second cancer journey.

I was in pain and my voice and body were betraying me. But for hours and hours I recorded anyway.

It may not have turned out perfect - but I am pretty dam proud of it. I just knew in my heart that my audience needed to hear my story and my coaching in MY voice.

“Don’t tell me what I can’t do!” We can do hard things when we follow our Purpose!

#audiobook #purpose #wecandohardthings #author

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There was so much in my conversation with Stacey that stayed with me, particularly around identity, success, asking for help and what happens when life forces us to stop and reassess how we’ve been living.

My biggest takeaways were

🗡️ Sometimes stopping is the strongest thing we can do.
🗡️ We don’t always need to reinvent ourselves, we just need to remember who we were underneath them.
🗡️ Our job title is what we do, not who we are.
🗡️ Looking after ourselves cannot continually come last.
🗡️ Supporting someone means listening to what they need.

I think this conversation was ultimately a reminder that life sometimes strips away the things we thought defined us, only to give us an opportunity to remember who we were all along.

Maybe the question worth asking ourselves is simply “who am I when I take away everything I do?”

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I think this is one of those lessons that reaches far beyond Stacey’s story because so many of us genuinely want to help when someone we care about is struggling. But sometimes we rush into doing before we’ve actually stopped to listen.

We bring the meal, give the advice, tell them what worked for us or try to fix the problem. All with the best intentions, but what we want to give isn’t necessarily what they need to receive.

Supporting someone isn’t about assuming we know what will make things better. It’s about being present enough to listen to what they’re actually telling us and sometimes what they’re not telling us.

They might NOT need anything except someone to just sit beside them and say, I’m here.

I know I’m someone who can run like a bull at a gate when somebody I care about needs help. My instinct is to jump in and do something, but this conversation reminded me that real support isn’t about what makes me feel useful, it’s about what makes them feel supported.

So perhaps the next time someone you care about is going through something, instead of leading with “Here’s what I think you should do…”, try asking “what do you need from me right now?” and really listen to the answer.

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$You can be “successful” on paper and still feel like you’re falling apart in private. Stacy knows that reality from the inside of big tech, where a single high stakes revenue meeting at Google leaves her shutting the laptop, sliding under her desk and sobbing because she’s certain her career is over. Nothing explodes outwardly, but everything fractures inwardly and that’s the moment her body finally wins the argument. We talk through what happens next with therapist mandated six month leave, a crash course in burnout recovery and the messy, honest work of listening to your body again. Stacy shares how she used therapy, journalling, movement, family time and unexpected practices to rebuild her confidence without pretending she was fine. Along the way we dig into imposter syndrome, class signals and the pressure to fit a corporate mould that can slowly erase your bright, creative self. Then the conversation turns deeply personal. Stacy opens up about being diagnosed with breast cancer while chasing a director role, hiding it from almost everyone and why she never wants to isolate like that again. When cancer returns later, she chooses a different path building a tribe, asking clearly for the support she actually needs and using one powerful question that works in friendships, leadership and parenting alike “How can I support you?”$

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