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This is for anyone who’s felt like they were “too much” and yet not enough.

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Imagine walking into a room and knowing immediately that you’re not “supposed” to be there.
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That’s what happened to Jessamyn Stanley the first time she tried yoga. She was the largest person there. One of the only Black people there. Significantly younger than everyone else. And completely certain that the teacher knew, and everyone in the room knew, that she didn’t belong.
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She left before the class was over.
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What brought her back – and what she eventually built from that experience – is what our latest podcast episode is about. Not a triumphant story about overcoming, but an honest one about what it actually takes to keep showing up in spaces that weren’t designed for you. And what happens when you decide to build a better one.
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Jessamyn is the founder of The Underbelly, author of Every Body Yoga and Yoke, and one of my personal heroes. She came back to yoga through a Groupon because she couldn’t afford a studio class. She built her platform by posting videos of herself doing yoga and letting people find her. They kept messaging her: “I didn’t know someone like me could do this.” She now has over half a million followers on Instagram 👀
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A few things that stuck with me:

• She paid her employees more than she paid herself for years. She thought it was generosity. What she eventually understood was that it was also sending a message – to her team, to her company, to herself – about whose needs were optional.
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• She grew up bracing for something bad to happen. And even after things got good, she kept manufacturing obstacles because struggle felt more familiar than ease. She said: “Things can just be good. You don’t have to ruin it first.”
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• She saved $200,000 from scratch – from brand deals, book deals, teaching yoga online – and invested every dollar of it into building The Underbelly. Before that she was on food stamps.
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I hope you love this episode (and Jessamyn!) as much as I do. Please share with someone who needs to hear it.
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Go inside the episode:

To help integrate all the learnings into your life, I put together a free Substack post with all the key insights, Jessamyn’s best quotes, and action steps you can take this week. Check it out 👇

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Now go get paid.

x Claire

Do You Want a Career (and Life) That Feels Better Than “Fine”?

You’ve built a real career. You’ve put in the years, earned the title (or something close to it), and on paper, things look… fine. Maybe even good. But something’s off.
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If you’ve been feeling the itch to energize your career, I’d love to tell you about my 90-Day Coaching Program: Clarity, Confidence, and Compensation. It’s private, it’s intensive, and it works:

​Learn more here and if you’re intrigued, book a free 20-minute call below to see if we’d be a good fit together.

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Get Out of Your Own Way

Procrastination. Perfectionism. Self-Doubt. Self-Criticism. Anxiety. Overwhelm. These common mental loops are keeping you from the life you desire, no matter how hard you try to work through them. Therapy, yoga, gratitude journals…some of it works, but none of it sticks. Until now.
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​That’s why I created The Practice, a deck of cards that will rewire your inner dialogue so you can reclaim your life.

This somatic-based system is the missing piece that integrates a mind-body connection into your day with practicality and ease. It can be used as a 10 minute practice for 30 days (the minimum needed to create new neural pathways in the brain) as well as for ongoing support when quick relief is needed.
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The Practice unlocks a more grounded way of being, helping to distill your mental noise to find a way back to intuition and clarity.
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