Have you ever looked at your life and thought, I’ve worked so hard to get here. So why do I still feel like something is missing?
You’ve built the business. You’ve raised the family. You’ve checked so many of the boxes you once dreamed about.
And yet, somewhere along the way, you start asking a different question.
What’s next for me? And who do I want to become in this next chapter?
My conversation with Marianne Williamson on Potential to Powerhouse took me back home to my why, my spiritual core.
Marianne has been a personal resource for me for years. During some of the hardest seasons of building my businesses, I’ve turned to her work on love, forgiveness, and finding my way back to what matters.
So sitting across from her and having this conversation was incredibly special.
Success doesn’t mean you’ve figured everything out
One of the things Marianne said that stayed with me was that…
We can be incredibly successful in the world and still feel disconnected from ourselves.
And isn’t that the truth?
As women, we’ve worked so hard to earn our place at the table. We’ve learned to be strong, make decisions, solve problems, and keep moving even when things get hard.
But sometimes the very things that helped us succeed become the things we need to let go of.
The need to control everything. The need to be right. The habit of protecting ourselves before someone has even hurt us.
Marianne challenged me to think about what happens when we stop focusing only on what we’ve accomplished and start asking how we’re showing up in the world.
That one really hit home.
What if you stopped carrying yesterday into today?
We spent a lot of time talking about forgiveness.
Not just forgiving other people, but forgiving ourselves for the things we wish we’d done differently.
The conversations we mishandled. The relationships we struggled through. The decisions we made when we didn’t know better.
Marianne shared a story about a time she allowed an old hurt to get in the way of a meaningful connection. Even after years of teaching forgiveness, she found herself falling into the very pattern she knew she needed to change.
I loved her honesty.
Because no matter how much work we’ve done on ourselves, we’re still human.
And maybe the goal isn’t to get everything right.
Maybe it’s to recognize when we’re getting it wrong and choose differently the next time.
Pray in the morning. Kick ass in the afternoon.
I so get this so deely – we can both, spiritual and driven. 😂
I asked Marianne how women can be deeply spiritual and still be ambitious. How do we build businesses, create wealth, and go after big dreams while staying connected to our hearts?
Her answer was simple:
“Pray in the morning, kick ass in the afternoon.”
I mean, how good is that?
She talked about the importance of taking time in the morning to get grounded before the world starts asking things of us.
Before the emails. Before the meetings. Before the problems that need solving.
Because how we enter our day matters.
And for those of us who are used to waking up and immediately getting to work, that’s a reminder worth hearing.
Your next chapter is asking something different of you
What I loved most about this conversation was that Marianne didn’t suggest we stop being ambitious or stop wanting more from life.
Quite the opposite.
She challenged us to think about what we want to do with everything we’ve learned, built, and become.
How can we use our success to help others? How can we lead with more love? How can we stop repeating the same patterns and become the women we know we’re capable of being?
And maybe most importantly, how can we give ourselves a little more grace along the way?
I walked away from this conversation thinking about the woman I want to be in my next chapter.
Not just what I want to accomplish.
But who I want to be while I’m accomplishing it.
I hope you’ll listen to this one
If you’re in a season of change, questioning what’s next, or simply trying to find more peace in the life you’ve worked so hard to build, I think this conversation will speak to you.
Marianne has a way of saying things that make you stop, think, and look at your life a little differently.
And I can’t wait for you to hear it.
🎧 Listen to my conversation with Marianne Williamson on Potential to Powerhouse
I’d love to leave you with a question:
What’s one thing you’re ready to let go of so you can become more of the woman you want to be?
I’d really love to hear your thoughts in the comments.
xo,
Tracy Holland
P.S. Marianne’s new book, Midlife Awakening: What It Means to Build a Miraculous Next Chapter Later in Life, is such a fitting part of this conversation. If you’ve been wondering what comes next after achieving so much, I hope you’ll make time for this episode. It’s one I’ll be thinking about for a long time.
