The thing blocking your next level isn’t a lack of clarity…it's your attachment to certainty and wanting to be perfect.

In this deeply personal episode, Brenda shares:

• Why “being gentle with yourself” can quietly become self-sabotage
• The identity shift required for your next chapter
• What her daughter taught her about perfectionism at 18 months old
• How wearing a green dress to a dance event became a declaration of readiness
• The difference between your operating system, programming, and aligned action
• Why letting go is often more powerful than achieving

If you are a heart-centered, high-capacity leader over 40 who knows they're meant for more but keeps hesitating -  this conversation will meet you exactly where you are.

In This Episode:

• The danger of waiting for certainty
• What you’re pretending not to know
• The 3-part alignment model: operating system, programming, action
• Identity work and nervous system regulation
• How to stop self-abandoning in the name of “safety”
• Why reciprocity matters energetically
• The Intuitive Leader Retreat invitation

Journal Prompts from This Episode:

1. What am I avoiding under the guise of waiting for clarity?

2. What am I pretending not to know?

3. What am I no longer available for?

4. What identity am I stepping into now?

Ready to shift your self-concept?
The Intuitive Leader Retreat (March 3–5, Lincoln City, Oregon) is enrolling now.
https://www.brendawinkle.com/retreat2026

Download your free energy audit: https://www.brendawinkle.com/audit 

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