Most mornings, my day starts before the sun does. Coffee in one hand, laptop in the other, and a quiet prayer that the Wi-Fi — and my energy — both hold steady.

Like many women I work with, I wear more hats than I can count. Business owner. Wife. Mom. Friend. Consultant. Leader. And sometimes, if I’m being honest, chief problem-solver for everyone in my orbit.

But here’s the truth: I don’t do it all. Not anymore.

Because doing it all nearly broke me.

For a long time, I thought success meant juggling everything perfectly — the inbox, the invoices, the home, the emotions. I thought being a “strong woman” meant being the one who could hold it all together.

But somewhere between nap times, strategy calls, and late-night Slack messages, I realized that the more I tried to carry, the less I could actually enjoy what I’d built.

That’s when I started building differently.

I stopped chasing “balance” and started creating alignment — between how I work, how I lead, and how I live. I stopped structuring my business around what the world said I should do, and started asking, “What’s actually sustainable for me?”

And that question changed everything.

Today, I run two businesses from my home in Chattanooga — both rooted in helping women create companies that feel as good as they look on paper.

Yes, there are systems. Yes, there’s strategy. But there’s also grace. There’s space for school drop-offs and deep work. There’s time blocked out for client calls and walks around the neighborhood. There’s a rhythm — not perfection, but peace.

Because I believe business should honor the whole woman behind it.

It should support your creativity, not squeeze it dry.
It should make room for your life, not compete with it.
And it should grow with you — not at the cost of you.

When people ask how I manage two companies while raising a family, I smile and say, “I don’t manage it all — I steward it.”

That means I make decisions with intention.
I build systems that support the way I think and live.
And when I feel that old pressure creeping in — the urge to do more, be more, prove more — I remind myself:

Doing less is leadership.

If you’re a woman building something beautiful — but feeling like the business is starting to run you — I want you to hear this: you don’t need to carry it all to be successful. You just need to lead differently.

That’s what I help women do every day — design systems, structures, and rhythms that work with who they are, not against them.

Because the goal isn’t to do more.
It’s to do what matters — with confidence, clarity, and peace.

Here in Chattanooga, I’m proof that business can be built differently.
One that’s profitable and purposeful.
One that’s full of honor, wholeness, and grace.
One that leaves room for the woman leading it.

And that’s the kind of success I’ll always choose — because it’s the kind that lasts.

Want to see what doing business differently could look like for you?
Let’s take a look at what’s draining your energy and design a business that gives it back.