The Pattern to Leave Behind in 2026
I snapped at my husband over something small. And what came out of my mouth showed me a pattern I’d been running for years.
“I know we joke that you guys can all just access my brain — the family cloud — but I’m exhausted. I’m out of bandwidth.”
He didn’t see me juggling four calendars. The meal plans. The bedtime routines. The constant “Mom, where’s my…” Managing my team while holding the vision for my business. I was the cloud for my family AND my business.
Before you set a single goal for 2026, you need to see what patterns you’re dragging with you.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
- The moment I realized I’d made myself “the family cloud” — and what it cost me
- Pattern #1: Hyper-Independence — why “if you want it done right, do it yourself” is keeping you stuck
- Pattern #2: Conditional Permission — the “once/then” trap that sounds like wisdom but keeps moving the goalpost
- Pattern #3: Time Scarcity — why it’s not ambition, it’s self-abandonment
- The questions that help you work with patterns (without adding them to your to-do list)
- My challenge for you before the new year
Featured Moment:
“I gave myself maybe sixty seconds of satisfaction before my brain kicked in: ‘Okay but what’s next? You’re behind on this other thing.’ Sixty seconds. That’s all I allowed myself. And I remember thinking: If I can’t celebrate this — if I can’t let this land — what’s any of it for?”
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- Website: https://masteringascension.com/coaching/
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Resources:
- Your Breakthrough Blueprint (Free Quiz): https://subscribepage.io/breakthroughblueprint
- You & Your Soul-Led Business Program: https://ascensionacademy.life/product/you-your-soul-led-business-development-program/
Memorable Moments:
- “I know we joke that you guys can all just access my brain — the family cloud — but I’m exhausted. I’m out of bandwidth.”
- “He didn’t know it, but he’d just thrown a match into a pool of gasoline.”
- “Hyper-Independence is dangerous because it works.”
- “That ‘once/then’ language? That’s the tell.”
- “It’s not ambition. It’s self-abandonment.”
- “You cannot change what you refuse to look at.”
- “2026 will give you exactly what you allow.”
