She Felt Lucky to Have a Job. That Was the Problem. | Real Coaching Session on Self-Trust, Burnout & Starting Over

Rachael came to me after being made redundant, going through a divorce, managing a chronic illness, and raising two kids alone. When she filled out her intake form, she described herself as someone who felt lucky to have been employed.

That sentence stopped me.

Because Rachael isn't someone who got lucky. She's someone who spent over two decades being the most capable person in the room, rarely getting the credit, and slowly — without realizing it — started to agree with the environments that had failed her.

In this episode I skip her resume entirely and start where the real work begins: her foundation. We move through a somatic framework for rebuilding self-trust from the inside out — finding safety in the body, being with hard feelings without being consumed by them, summoning pride in capacity rather than performance, and learning to become your own biggest champion.

This episode is for you if you've ever felt overlooked, burned out, or like you're starting over with less runway than you'd like. If you've been waiting to feel ready before you make a move. If the rug has been pulled out enough times that you've stopped trusting the ground.

What you'll take away:→ Why clarity about your next move is often a trust problem, not a strategy problem→ How to find a felt sense of safety in your body that you can return to anytime→ How to be with difficult feelings without being swept away by them→ Why pride in your capacity matters more than pride in your performance→ How to stop judging past decisions with information you didn't have yet→ The "add the and" reframe for any story that feels too heavy to be the whole truth

The full Substack post, session breakdown, and 7-day practice plan can be found here: https://clairewasserman.substack.com/p/when-the-rug-keeps-getting-pulled