I braced for a sleepless night

Published 27 days ago • 2 min read

Hey Reader!

A few nights ago I was taking my supplements with dinner, fully on autopilot, when I realized (with a gasp of horror!) that I'd just swallowed my morning ADHD meds right along with them.

It was 6:30pm, and I immediately started panicking about the sleepless night I was sure was coming. I take my ADHD meds first thing every morning because it's a stimulant, and my sleep is already a nightly negotiation with my anxiety and chronic pain.

My very first thought, as soon as the pills washed down, was: "Oh my God, I'm such an idiot."

My brain skipped right past "huh, that's annoying" and went straight to quietly (okay, and a little out loud) berating myself for a mix-up anyone could make.

And then, the unthinkable happened...

Wildlife gif. A white owl turns his head to look straight at us and has an expression of pure shock. Its eyes are wide and its mouth is open as if gasping.

I slept! Pretty much exactly like I always do: not amazingly, but not one bit worse than usual. The catastrophe never showed up, but the self-flagellation sure did.

That voice has lived with me for decades, holding me to a standard no actual human could meet. And of course it came into my business too.

Which is exactly what this week's episode of Bold Women in Business is about. I sat down with career coach Monika Kunz (founder of The Springboard and one of my favorite clients 💗) to talk about the patterns we entrepreneurs swear we left behind at our old jobs — the people-pleasing, the over-delivering, the imposter voice that gets loud right before we do anything that matters — and why they follow us into our businesses anyway.

You didn't leave all that baggage at the office. You took yourself with you.

Go watch/listen, and maybe go a little easier on yourself this week than I did at 6:30pm 🫶🏻

Episode 73: Redefining Succe...

Jun 7 · Bold Women In Business P...

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Rachel Honeyman

CEO @ HoneyBeBold

HoneyBeBold, Oceanside, NY
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