Making Waves to Move to Joy

 We kicked off the series by tackling the belief that staying in a corporate role guarantees security. For many mid-career leaders, the steady paycheck, benefits, and familiar structure feel like a safety net—but often it’s the very thing holding us back from real joy and growth.

Johanna and Marie shared personal stories of how this myth showed up in their careers: clinging to stability even when it drained their energy, and discovering that “job security” is often a corporate illusion.

Key takeaways from Episode 1:

• Security isn’t just about salary and benefits—it’s about sustaining your energy.
   
• Stability without alignment can steal your spark.
   
• The freedom to choose differently often comes when we realize we’ve been holding the keys all along.

In our second session, we explored why so many leaders say yes when their gut says no. From fear of failure to guilt and people-pleasing, these yeses come at a high cost: depleted energy, blurred priorities, and lost joy—for ourselves and for our teams.

Johanna and Marie unpacked the ways fear-based yeses show up in both corporate and entrepreneurial life, and how to shift from have to energy into choose to energy.

Key takeaways from Episode 2:

• A quick yes is often just a reaction—rooted in fear, guilt, or habit.
   
• Protecting your energy requires learning to say no without guilt.
   
• A conscious no isn’t rejection—it’s alignment, and often a joyful yes to what matters most.