Grief, Strategy, & Stability Over Survival

Why I’m Pressing Pause on My Practice Without Letting Go of the Vision

This afternoon, I found myself crying as I watched a YT video of powerhouse women share how they built multimillion-dollar businesses. They were radiant, bold, focused, and unapologetically in their zone of genius.

And I felt it…ALL of it.

Not envy. Not comparison.

Just… grief colliding with inspiration.

Because I’ve been that woman. The builder. The dreamer. The founder. The one who stayed up late mapping services and refining values. The one who poured into her clients, her craft, her company, and made it something beautiful and during a global pandemic at that. While, I’m not a millionaire yet…I still felt a good part of it.

Right now, I’m pressing pause on my private practice.

Not because it’s failing.

Not because I’m giving up.

It’s strategical with pockets lined with a thin layer of grief.

It’s honoring my current bandwidth.

It’s investing in capacity so that when I return full-force, I’m doing it from a place of stability, not survival.

There’s a unique kind of ache that comes with choosing to set something sacred down. Especially when that “something” is your own vision, your creative, clinical, and entrepreneurial self combined.

But this next chapter I’m stepping into feels right. A new role that offers more structure, renewed grounding, and steady income. A role that aligns with my long-term goals and gives me the space to rest my nervous system and breathe.

This doesn’t mean my private practice is over.

It means it’s evolving. And so am I.

Because I don’t want to build from burnout.

I want to build from overflow.

So if you’re in a season where something aligned still makes you cry… you’re not alone. 🫂

You’re not failing.

You’re growing.

Let the vision breathe.

Let the pivot be sacred.

Let grief and strategy walk side by side.

This is not the end.

It’s the inhale before your next bold exhale. 😮‍💨

-Dr. Monique