Have you forgotten what it feels like to set it down?

Published about 2 months ago • 1 min read

Reader,

Every successful woman I know is the keeper and holder of all the things.

You’re the one who plans and anticipates what could go wrong and proactively solves it before anyone notices.

You’re the one holding the logistics, the people, the business, the family, the calendar, the contingencies, and evvvvvverything else that makes things run like a well oiled machine.

You’re so used to being the master carrier that you’ve forgotten what it feels like to set it down.

That’s one of the things I think about most as I prepare for Built to Last Egypt this October.

For two weeks, my team and I are the holders of the plan. We’ll manage the itinerary, logistics, meals, the where-do-we-go-next, and every other little detail.

You don’t have to think about any of it.

When you stop being the one who holds all the details, space - real space - opens up in a way that your everyday life almost never allows.

It’s in that space, Egypt does its best work.

There’s something about standing inside a temple that has been there for three or four thousand years that recalibrates you.

We travel to Europe and marvel at buildings that are eight hundred, a thousand years old. Egypt is older than that by millennia. These places have witnessed the rise and fall of entire civilizations and were already ancient when the structures we consider ancient were brand new.

When you stand in front of something that has endured that long, your own timeline shifts.

The thing you’ve been gripping so tightly, the decision you can’t seem to make, the questions you can’t stop circling, suddenly have room to breathe. You gain perspective and insight that simply isn’t available in the middle of your regular life.

That’s what this retreat is really about.

It’s about what becomes possible when you finally put down what you’ve been carrying and let something new open up in the space that’s left.

Two spots remain for October and doors officially close on June 17.

If you can feel yourself wanting to set it all down, even just for a moment, click the link below to learn more.

xo,

P.S. If you have questions or want to chat through this, let's jump on a call! I'm happy to answer any question or address any concern you might have! Hit reply to this email or grab a spot here.

I work with female founders at professional inflection points, when the next decision feels weighty and hard to see clearly from the inside. In my weekly newsletter, I write for women navigating decisions that don’t have obvious answers. You can expect straightforward insights that challenge you to think about whether your business is actually built to last.