Salon #5

WHO BEFORE HOW

How Your Future Self Solves the Problem You Keep Sliding Back Into

Come grab your coffee, get comfy, and press play.

 

This week’s Soul Salon is about the problem you’ve been trying to solve for years — the one where you make progress and then slide back — and why the solution you keep reaching for is the reason it never sticks.

 

The Teaching
I had a client who hit her breaking point weighing out carrots, asking herself how many she was allowed to have according to her calorie budget. That moment is the whole teaching: if you wouldn’t want to live that way for the rest of your life, it probably isn’t the solution.
 
I’ll walk you through Who Before How — figuring out who you’d be on the other side of this problem before you go anywhere near the strategy — and why going straight to the how keeps you drastic.
 
When you plan from your current identity, you’re planning from a place that feels insufficient and in a hurry, so you design something for your best day and then punish yourself when your worst day arrives.
 
Your Future Self is already living the answer, and it’s simple enough that she could do it forever. We’ll also get into why she isn’t living a life free of problems — she just has more interesting ones.
 
Live Coaching
A question came in from a woman who’s accomplished everything she set out to accomplish and still feels empty. Her family and friends rely on her for money, advice, housing, everything. She has no one to rely on. High functioning on the outside, burnt out and drained on the inside.
 
Watch where this actually starts, because it isn’t with a boundary. It starts with the grief of learning, very young, that nobody was coming — and with a memory of a little girl doing a grown-up’s job while everyone told her how proud they were.
 
Then we get into the reframe that changes what all that giving costs you.
 
Why You’re Really Burned Out
We don’t get burned out by the workload. We get burned out by our thoughts about it — and I’ll show you the two specific thoughts that do it.
 
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August 4, 2026

Meet Your Guide

 

Hi, I’m Natalie.

 

Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Life Coach, and a woman who knows firsthand what it’s like to take on big projects, be responsible for deeply helping many people, and still let it feel fun and purposeful. And be something that GIVES me energy.
 
I’ve facilitated hundreds of healing groups for more than 1,000 women over the last 10 years.
 
I help sensitive, big-hearted women to heal the pattern of always giving and never receiving — so you can feel confident, connected, and at peace with yourself. Without becoming lazy or losing the people you love.

Imagine actually enjoying the life you’ve built.

 

When we work together, you will:

 

Quiet Your

Inner Critic

So your mind can feel like a refuge instead of a battle

Create Loving Boundaries

So your relationships feel better, deeper, and stronger

Claim Your Desires & Enjoy Your Life

So you wake up with energy, purpose, and contentment

The most common reaction after your first coaching session is feeling pleasantly surprised.

 

You thought that talking about something vulnerable would leave you feeling exposed.

⇢ But instead you feel seen, and your heart is full because you discovered how much better you feel with a different persepctive.

 

You doubted you’d feel much progress with this issue that’s been plaguing you for a long time.

⇢ But actually, you’re so clear on what’s really going on and exactly what you need to do to resolve it.

 

You were afraid that “getting into it” would make you feel worse.

⇢ But you end up feeling at peace and lighter than you expected.

 Ready to have this healing for yourself?

 

If something inside of you is getting excited for the possibility of your own big changes, the next step is to book a free consultation.

 
This is a no-pressure conversation where I will tell you whether or not working together can help you. No BS. I’ll let you know the exact skills you would need to build to get where you want to go, and if your results would be guaranteed.
 
Whether we decide to work together or not, you’ll leave our call with a step-by-step plan for what it will take to get you to the next stage of your life. And you’ll experience what it feels like to find hope and faith in yourself that you can do it.
 
Your brain might be saying, “Let me think about it.”
 
One of my clients said it best: “I’ve been trying to find an instant solution for 20 years. And if I keep trying to find an instant solution, I will be in this same place in 20 years.” 

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