Her Second Act
You didn't spend 15 years climbing just to realize the view isn't what you wanted. But you can't just walk away — you need the numbers, the plan, and a community that gets it. Financial tools, real talk, and a way forward for women building their way out of corporate. On their terms. Join 1,000+ women getting the weekly Exit Strategy memo.
A few things have changed (in a good way)
Hi there! It's been a little while since you've heard from Her Second Act, and I wanted to reconnect. When I first started HSA, I was focused primarily on helping women navigate leaving corporate. But over the past several months, I've had so many conversations with women who are questioning different parts of their lives. Some are burned out at work. Others are navigating changing relationships, health challenges, or shifting priorities. And some are doing pretty well, but wondering what...
There’s a version of this you don’t see on LinkedIn
You know the posts. You’ve scrolled past a hundred of them. “I left my six-figure corporate job to follow my passion.” Smiling photo. Beach in the background. 47,000 likes. And if you’re anything like me, you’ve had the same small, uncomfortable thought every single time: Good for her. But that’s not what this feels like. Because the version you’re living — the actual one, not the LinkedIn one — looks different. It’s running numbers at 11pm after the kids are asleep. It’s opening a...
The 3 lies that kept me in a job I hated
THE FEELING I knew I wanted something different for two years before I actually moved toward it. Not just "not this job." Something that was mine. Something that matched the version of myself I could feel growing underneath the exhaustion. And for those two years, I told myself three stories that sounded so responsible, so rational, that I never questioned whether they were true. They weren't. They were fear dressed up as "responsibility". LIE #1 "I can’t afford to leave." This one felt like...
You've been imagining a different life for a while now
You know that feeling on Sunday night? The one where your chest gets tight around 4 PM. Where you start mentally rehearsing Monday's meetings before you've even finished the weekend. Where you open your laptop "just to check one thing" and suddenly it's 9 PM and the weekend is gone. I lived in that feeling for years. And the whole time, I kept telling myself: this is what success looks like. This is what you worked for. But there was another feeling underneath it. Quieter. Harder to name. The...