The Cost of Building a Business From “Not Feeling Enough”

In 2023, I was introduced to entrepreneurship. I was working hard to get my business off the ground. I was driven, ambitious, and wanted to prove to myself I could have a thriving business. As someone who suffers from a lot of self-doubt and negativity, entrepreneurship asked me to face all those parts that had remained under the surface for so long.

I believe starting a business is the best personal growth journey that anyone could ever take.

Dealing with rejection — Done Not taking things personally — Done Never assuming something — Done Fear of being misunderstood — Done Resilience and perseverance — Done

But what I was yet to understand was with what intention I was operating my business from.

Barely anyone is speaking of the importance of this.

Deep down, I was operating from constantly chasing, constantly proving, constantly believing I had to do more to be enough, to be recognized, to have value. That led me to spend my days working, eating, and sleeping, rinse and repeat. I stopped all my hobbies, I stopped having fun, and was under the impression that if I wanted a successful business, I had to sacrifice my life in the process.

Working on my business became this never-ending chase of arriving somewhere someday… Everything changed in 2025 when I discovered the world of spirituality and energetics. I realized that building a business and life on self-abandonment was never going to feel fulfilling and that there is no such thing as once I get to a certain point, then I will feel fulfilled.

For the first time, I saw life and what I was building through a completely different lens.

I stopped trying to chase and started to truly enjoy the present moment. I woke up with excitement for my day and joy that I get to be alive and talk to amazing human beings in the process.

I reconnected with my ability to listen inward. Listen to my body, my thoughts, my desires, and my intuition.

I learned how to be present with my emotions instead of being controlled by them.

I released beliefs, identities, and stories that had never truly belonged to me. I discovered that safety, love, and worthiness are not things we earn from the outside — they are experiences we cultivate within ourselves first, and then life reflects that back to us.

In 12 months, I went from surviving and constantly searching for the next thing to achieve to finally feeling grounded, present, and genuinely excited about my life and my business.

My journey is a testimonial for the woman who feels unsafe, is exhausted from chasing, performing, and trying to become enough. The woman who is doing everything right on paper but feels deeply disconnected on the inside.

I want to tell her that a new way of building life and business is available.

One that doesn't require us to abandon ourselves in the process. One that only requires us to remember who we truly are before the conditioning, the expectations, and the roles that we have been told about ourselves.

That is now the work I am leading. Guiding women entrepreneurs who feel tired of the old templates of achievement and want to find their own way of building a life and a thriving business.

Because I do not believe for a second that we were put on this earth to work ourselves to the ground and not enjoy every single moment that life has to offer.