There’s a quiet truth we bump into when we start leveling up: not everyone is meant to go where you’re going. That doesn’t make them wrong. And it doesn’t make you superior. It simply means your paths are no longer aligned. Growth creates forward movement. And movement reveals things: habits, relationships, business collaborations, even the way we speak to ourselves. When you begin to choose clarity, purpose, and aligned action, you naturally separate from anything (or anyon

For years, culture painted midlife as a crossroads of decline — the point where youth fades and the best days are supposedly behind us. I never bought into that story. Maybe it’s the coach in me, or maybe it’s the part of me that’s learned the hard way that endings are often disguised beginnings. What I see — in my clients, in friends, and in my own life — is not decline. It’s awakening. Midlife isn’t a crisis; it’s a recalibration. It’s the body whispering, “Slow down and li