You're doing the work. You're staying in the game. And still, things aren't going the way you planned. The client didn't sign. The relationship isn't here yet. The results aren't coming fast enough. And a voice in your head keeps asking: should I quit?

This episode is for you.

2026 was meant to be the year I win. My podcast team broke up with me. My dream assistant resigned in a day. I got detained by US customs for three hours and told to leave the country. I lost every competitive paddle match I entered. And then Austin happened.

And I recorded this episode sweating in a studio with no air conditioning, with a voice in my head telling me to stop.

I kept going anyway. That's the whole point.

This is a raw solo episode about what it actually looks like to be three quarters of the way through your life marathon — when you're tired, things keep going wrong, and you're genuinely asking yourself whether you should quit. I share every humbling thing 2026 has handed me so far, and why I now believe every single one of it was a set up.

If you're in the messy middle of something right now, this one's for you.

What we cover:

• Why there are no shortcuts to any place worth going

• Everything that went "wrong" in 2026 — and what it was actually doing

• The difference between a roadblock and an initiation

• Eating humble pie: going backwards to go forwards

• Why your big life is waiting for you to become the woman who can hold it

TIMESTAMPS

00:00: There are no shortcuts to any place worth going

01:15: Why I declared 2026 my year of winning — and what happened instead

08:45: Life is a marathon, not a sprint — and you can't cheat the distance

13:26: Everything that went wrong this year (the full list)

24:08: What happens at the 35km mark — and why quitting isn't actually an option

38:23: The fantasy you think got robbed from you — and what's actually true

45:24: Initiation, not a roadblock: why hard things are happening on your path

57:41: Eating humble pie — going backwards to eventually go forward

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