Dear friend,

I hope today brings with it chuckles and chortles.

Laughter, essentially. May you find something that gives you the afternoon giggles and lets you take a break from the screen, to be like "damn. that was funny."

I used to say this line all the time:

"I help women in tech fall back in love with their careers."

And for a while, it felt right.

I said it on LinkedIn, intro calls, workshops.

I said it everywhere. (kind of like a parrot 🦜)

And it resonated at the time with what I was seeing.

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Smart, thoughtful women who had built impressive careers but felt completely drained, even though they really valued their careers.

They were burnt out, unsure what was next, and quietly wondering if something was wrong with them.

"Should I leave tech (and the tech paycheck)?" was a common question.

So we’d work together to retrace our steps of how we got to this point of exhaustion.

And got back to what actually matters in their career.

This helped.

But it wasn't enough.

Because when I looked at what they actually did after coaching, it wasn’t just "falling back in love with their careers."

They were making much bigger changes.

Beyond work.

They were quitting.

Launching side projects.

Building businesses (2 coaches in our current cohort).

They were making space for creativity, for rest, for possibility.

Y'all. One of my clients (an engineering manager with a love of horse-riding) literally bought a horse this weekend. A whole horse!

Another started a business this month to give herself time freedom and has 3 paid clients already! When she started working together, she literally thought it would be impossible to get a client that'd pay her $1.

These weren’t just career changes.

These were full-life recalibrations.

They were reimagining what their lives could look like.

And going after that.

Even if it meant career wasn't at the forefront.

So I've updated my language to match what was really happening.

Now I say:

“I help women in tech reimagine what’s possible.”

It’s less catchy, maybe.

But it’s more honest.

It’s about reconnecting with the part of you that’s creative and curious.
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Sometimes that looks like:

→ Saying no to something you’ve outgrown

→ Taking a pause, even when you don’t have the next thing lined up

→ Doing something just because it brings you joy

→ Not constantly throwing yourself into the fire of chaos, just because you can
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It's your turn. What kind of possibilities do you want to create in your life?

Rooting for you,

Sarah

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p.s.

Here’s a photo of my view, writing away from a quiet café by the water.

A small, dreamy moment that felt completely out of reach just a few years ago.

Now it’s part of my everyday life. And I don’t take that for granted ❤️