The One Mistake Women Keep Making

The one mistake high-achieving women make when navigating change?

It’s not what you’d expect.

Especially from someone as smart, capable, and resourceful as you.

You’re the one who holds it all together.
The one who makes hard things look easy.
The one who always finds a way even when it costs you.

So when something in your career starts to feel off, you default to what’s always worked:

→ Learn more
→ Do more
→ Push through it alone

Because that’s what strong women do, right?

We figure it out.
We keep moving.
We don’t ask for help.

WHAT

But here’s what no one says:

The real mistake isn’t missing a strategy.
It’s believing you have to carry the whole thing alone.

You don’t need another certification.
You don’t need to prove you’re ready.
You don’t need to burn out before you’re allowed to pivot.

What you need is space.

Space to be seen, beyond your title.
Space to be heard, without editing yourself.
Space to move, without proving or performing.

WHY

Because transformation doesn’t happen in isolation.

The women I work with aren’t lacking ambition.
They’re just done contorting themselves to keep up appearances.
They’re ready to rise in a way that finally feels like them.

And that shift - from self-reliance to self-honoring is where everything changes.

HOW

Here’s how to start creating that space for yourself:

• Audit your “default mode.”
  When things feel uncertain, do you automatically over-function? Pause and ask: What am I trying to prove and to whom?

• Name the cost of doing it alone.
  Write down three ways self-reliance has served you and three ways it’s silently drained you. Awareness is the first step to change.

• Practice asking for support before you “need” it.
  Reach out to a mentor, coach, or trusted peer. Not with a crisis just with curiosity. Let connection be proactive, not reactive.

• Create space to hear yourself.
  Block 30 minutes this week for “white space.” No agenda. Just you, a journal, and the question: What do I need that I’ve been ignoring?

• Redefine strength.
  Strength isn’t doing it all. It’s knowing when to pause, pivot, and partner. It’s choosing alignment over appearance.

• Anchor into your 4.0 version.
  She doesn’t hustle for worth. She leads from wholeness. What would she do differently this week?

If you’ve been feeling the nudge to do things differently, listen.

You’re not behind.
You’re not broken.
You’re not weak for wanting support.

You’re wise for knowing you don’t have to do it all alone.

Let this be your permission slip to stop carrying it all and start creating space for the version of you that’s ready to rise!

Until next week,

Jaspreet