Your Call: The Wake-Up You Didn’t Know You Needed

Hi, my name is Lesley — and I’m a recovering woman who was once afraid of her own success. Of her light. Of standing out.
 I dulled my shine to make others comfortable. Hid my depth because it came with too much heat. But not anymore.

This episode is a full-body permission slip to release your emotional clutter, claim your gifts, and make the move you’ve been sitting on. Whether it’s publishing, pitching, leaving, starting, or simply believing — this message is for you.

If you’ve ever felt like your dreams were "too much" or your voice was "too loud," press play. I’m breaking down:

• Why your hesitations aren't the truth
• What happens when you finally say yes to you
• And how to trust that now is the time

P.S. This episode is part of the Green Light Podcast Picks — and if you're feeling this shift in your bones, grab the “Dear Dreamer + Doer: Today Is the Day” mug. Part of the capsule. Part of your journey. 

Transcript

 Hi, my name is Leslie and I am a recovering person who was afraid of their success. I was afraid of my power. I was afraid of knowing too much and standing out too much in places that would not embrace me if they knew how much. I would truly shine. Maybe it made me have this inner battle, that desire to control the narrative because I had some bad experiences and I didn't want it to happen again.

Yeah. There were toxic situations, toxic backstabbing, you know, and I was just like, I don't. I'm not doing anything to these people. Why is this attention on me? I know what I'll do. I'll strength, I'll stay in the corner. I won't tell people this. I won't tell them that I can really go deeper than that because that way, even though I don't care what they think, I don't like the the volume I.

Energy that it brings towards me. It's either hot or super cold. I just started to reflect like, how did it become like this? Why is it like this? Is there a a way to break from this energetic chain, so to speak? And I just did. And I don't know if it was just the. The new chapter without my mother in the flesh, that's how I say it.

Or just a, a plethora of things. A different stage in my life that I just am releasing all of the emotional, mental poop of what ifs and just saying be gone when I look back. At relationships that I knew, I knew, excuse me. I knew if I took it to the next level, they were not going to be there. But you look back when you are past that stage and you're like, wow, I can't believe I wanted this energy around me.

I can't believe I moved different things around. I delayed things. I, I didn't go in that direction because I knew all of this would change, and that meant I would have to start something bright, shiny, robust, something out of my control. It would've been amazing, and I was not ready for that. Amazing. I had limited thinking.

I had limited beliefs and I was already thinking about the outcome. I knew what that outcome would be. I knew that if I pursued my dreams, I would've been a different place. And when I looked around, none of those faces would've been there.

I would've been seen differently. It didn't matter what I said. And. It's a real thing and someone listening right now, you could be feeling that way too. You just stand out. It doesn't matter what you do, you just stand out and I just gotta tell you like you just gotta let it go. We got one shot at this.

We have one shot. If you are like me that had unwavering support, you have to just show your gratitude like, like, this person didn't believe in me for nothing. This faith, and it's not to put any burden on you. The point is to be self-motivated, to go, to take that step, to throw caution. To all of these things that are emotional poop,

they don't matter. Whatever you are working on that you don't wanna share with the world, I guarantee you it's good enough because it's not like it answers a product or business idea or you the talent. It's not that, or you, the beauty with the visual, what whatever you have that is, is special. It doesn't matter the age, it's the stage, it's the belief, it's, it's the essence of what you are about.

Doesn't matter. You are not going to check off every box for everyone I know. That's what I tried to do.

I, I rationalized it was something else. And, and, and that's why I continued. But I didn't feel so good. And that's how, you know, why do I, why do I mentally feel strained when I'm working on something I enjoy? And, and it, it just switched for me. It has to feel good. And you. Don't worry about doing what everyone else is doing.

It's is organic to you. Maybe you like cooking, maybe you like gardening. Maybe you like putting outfits together for people. Maybe you know which paint colors go better than other people in your family. Maybe you are the person to balance the books or the accounting. You're great with math or you're just into science or, or something that other people would just scratch their heads about.

And you just have a, a natural, a natural ability to just flow and it just flows through. You focus on it, give it legs to walk.

Give it eyes, give it a nose, give it a mouth, give it light. Give yourself permission to introduce yourself to the world, simply you with all of your splendor, without saying sorry for it.

When I look back. Some of it was me and some of it was definitely my environment. And it's important to surround yourself with the right environment. Don't feel pressure to just be friends with, uh, a certain, a certain look. It's a vibe. I call it the vibe culture. You don't, you don't have to speak the same language.

You don't have to. Like the same clothes, the same things live in the same area. It's a culture vibe. You, you never know who you would vibe with because you are not allowing yourself to come out of your box. Don't, don't size people up. They'll surprise you. Someone that looks completely different from you lives a complete different lifestyle, maybe a different generation.

Could hold that special key that could change everything for you and vice versa, whether it's business, love, friendship. That's why it's like I really, one of my superpowers is connecting with people. This is not a long message. This is for you. Get out of your head, get in the present. Close your eyes if you need be.

And do it. Press in. Press publish.

Do it.

Give notice. End the relationship. Start the relationship. Take the flight, travel abroad, press record, whatever it is. What you've been hesitant to do and you've given yourself a million reasons why now is not the right time. This is your message. This is your sign that it is the right time. See the value in this present moment.

Feel good about whatever it is you wanna do, and don't seek approval because I'm telling you, that will get you off course it will. Keep you an emotional, a self-esteem hostage situation because that thing that you have said, what you say matters about me will dictate your next move and when you move and how you move.

This is your sign and play it over and over and over again whenever you feel like you have that. Confidence hiccup and remind yourself, this is your time. Don't think that anything is guaranteed. Don't focus on it that way because I find it just makes you complacent. The time is now and

it's your call.