Issue 60: When You're Not Ready

ISSUE 60

8 OCTOBER 2025 | READ ONLINE

Hi Reader,

Yesterday I was meant to launch something big. Something I shared with you in last week’s newsletter.

This project (this dream, this calling, this next chapter) had a date, a vision, a plan.

But yesterday came and went.

And I didn’t launch.

I could dress it up as strategy, alignment, or timing. But if I'm candid with you, the truth is simpler: I wasn’t ready. And saying that out loud has left me a little unmoored.

What I’ve Been Feeling

It’s strange how quickly pride can turn into self-doubt.

Last week, I was energized, focused, confident, and even excited to announce the Institute for Safety Coaching and Leadership.

This week, I’ve felt everything from relief to guilt to disappointment.

I keep thinking, 'I set a date.' I declared it publicly. That’s what usually gets me moving (you know, external accountability, the healthy kind of pressure).

But this time, it backfired.

Instead of motivation, I felt heaviness.

Instead of clarity, noise.

And I couldn’t ignore the feeling that something deeper in me was whispering, Not yet.

The Battle Between Doing and Becoming

I’ve spent most of my career mastering the art of doing.

Showing up. Delivering. Executing.

That identity has served me well. But lately, I’ve begun to wonder if it’s also keeping me stuck.

Because when I stop doing, even for a moment, an uncomfortable silence arrives.

It’s the silence that asks, What’s all this for?

And it’s easier to keep moving than to face that question.

Maybe that’s what this whole season is about.

Learning to hold space between what’s finished and what’s forming.

Letting stillness do its quiet work.

What I’m Learning (The Hard Way)

How can I say this to my coaching clients but not believe it myself?

Not being ready isn’t failure. It’s feedback.

It’s your inner wisdom saying: this thing you’re birthing deserves more alignment, more honesty, more you. And while your ego craves action, your intuition asks for patience.

I’m realizing that sometimes the bravest thing isn’t launching on time, but perhaps it’s refusing to move until your soul catches up.

This Week, Try This

Sit in the undone. Don’t rush to fill the silence. See what truth starts to surface there.
Ask yourself: Am I busy, or am I building something that feels alive?
Let readiness redefine itself. Not as perfect timing, but as deep alignment.

So yes, the launch will come. Just not yet. And maybe that’s precisely how it’s meant to be.

Because the point was never just to launch, the point was to lead something real.

Thanks for continuing this journey with me each week. As I was writing this, I realized we are up to Issue 60. Wow. And while I'd love to think I can always serve you by writing something inspirational, this week I'm writing to share my own vulnerability. I hope some part of it resonates with you.

Megan