Mini Series Ep3: When Letting Go Feels Like Loss (But Leads to Freedom)
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When Your Business Doesn’t Need You Anymore: Grief, Freedom, and Letting Go of Being Essential
I spent years being the centre of my business — the one who built the systems, held the relationships, and carried the weight. So when the school finally ran without me, it should have felt like success. Instead, I felt strangely lost.
In this episode, I talk about the complicated emotions that surfaced when my business didn’t need me every day: the pride in what I’d built, the grief over not being the essential one anymore, and the fear that I was somehow doing it “wrong” because I wasn’t hustling like everyone else.
I share stories of trusting my COO, letting go of team members who pulled me back into chaos, and slowly accepting that freedom can feel awkward at first.
If you’ve built something that now runs more without you, and you’re not sure what to do with that space, this conversation is for you.
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Key Takeaways
The mix of relief, grief, and identity loss when your business no longer relies on you daily.
How trust in the right support can create real, lived freedom.
Why comparison makes ease feel like you’re failing, even when you’re not.
The difference between being involved and being informed as an owner.
Encouragement to see a self‑running business as a win, not a sign you’re “checked out.”
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