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The Quiet Question Most High-Achievers Ask Themselves in December

December has a way of sneaking up on us.

The lights are up, the playlists are on repeat, and everyone’s posting their “best year ever” recaps. And there you are… smiling in the family photos, crushing it at work, checking every box… yet quietly wondering:

“Is this really it?”

I get it. I’ve been there.

Ten years in IT help-desk taught me how to stay calm when everything was on fire. Three years as a Program Manager taught me how to hit every deadline and make everyone else look good. Multiple marathons and 50Ks taught me how to keep going when my legs (and my mind) screamed quit.

And still — every December — I’d feel that same hollow ache.

Success on paper. Empty on the inside.

If that quiet dissatisfaction is visiting you right now, you’re not broken. You’re just ready for what’s next.

Here’s what I’ve learned (the hard way and the beautiful way):

The difference between another year of “fine” and a year that actually lights you up isn’t another planner, another resolution, or another self-help book you’ll never finish.

It’s one honest conversation with yourself — the one you’ve been avoiding because life is “too busy.”

That’s why every holiday season I do the same three things (and why my private clients do them with me):

1. I close the chapter on the current year with radical honesty. What actually mattered? What drained me? What do I never want to carry into January?

2. I let myself dream again — without the guilt. Not the safe dreams. The ones that make my heart race a little.

3. I decide how I want to feel most days in the new year — and build everything else around that.

That’s it. Three steps. Zero hustle required.

Last year a client (a director at a government contractor) did this with me in December. By February she had negotiated a 4-day workweek, started training for her first half-marathon, and told me she cried happy tears in the grocery store because she felt like herself again.

Another client — a business owner — used these same steps and finally admitted she was done chasing seven figures if it meant missing her kids’ games. She redesigned her company around her life instead of the other way around.

Real people. Real transformations. Zero perfection required.

If you’re reading this and feeling the pull… good. That pull is your permission slip.

You don’t have to wait until January 2nd to start feeling lighter.

This year I’m opening just 10 Holiday Breakthrough packages so we can do this work together before the ball drops.

Four 45-minute private sessions

• a bonus February check-in

• my complete 2026 “Inspired Life” Vision Workbook (the exact one my clients rave about)

All for a special holiday price that disappears January 1st.

Because here’s the truth: The best gift you can give yourself (and everyone who loves you) is the version of you who’s excited to wake up on January 1st.

If that sounds like the kind of December you want, come steal one of the 10 spots before they’re gone.

You deserve to finish this year feeling proud… and start the next one feeling alive.

Here’s to the quiet nights, the brave questions, and the beautiful life waiting on the other side of “yes.”

With warmth and a whole lot of hope,

Laura