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What if you've been committed to the struggle or committed to something that actually is not working for you anymore? It's likely become so much easier for you to be committed to the struggle that comes along with playing small because you've become used to it and maybe you're pretty good at it …

What If You've Actually Been Committed to the Struggle?

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Mastery > Newness: How Icons Build Momentum
Kelly McIntee Kelly McIntee

Mastery > Newness: How Icons Build Momentum

The pros—the ones building sustainable, freedom-filled businesses—aren’t constantly starting over. They’re not burning it all down every time something feels “off.” They’re mastering what works. Because maturity in business looks like staying the course long enough to let your results compound.

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When You Just Can’t, Don’t: Why Rest Is the Real Power Move
Kelly McIntee Kelly McIntee

When You Just Can’t, Don’t: Why Rest Is the Real Power Move

We’ve been sold this lie that when you’re stuck, you just need to “push through.”
But pushing harder when you’re drained is like hitting the gas on an empty tank.
You’re not going anywhere faster — you’re just burning fumes.

Here’s the 3-step recipe I use (and teach my clients) to get out of a funk faster…

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Never Again: Say the Thing (Even If They React)
Kelly McIntee Kelly McIntee

Never Again: Say the Thing (Even If They React)

Business will mirror back every place you’re hiding. Say the bold truth online? Cool. Now say it at home. In your DMs. In the meeting. How you do one thing is how you do everything. When you stop managing reactions, you start leading—clients feel it, your pricing reflects it, and your results follow.

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Never Again Series: The Day I Decided My Job Wouldn’t Control My Life
Kelly McIntee Kelly McIntee

Never Again Series: The Day I Decided My Job Wouldn’t Control My Life

And here’s what really stung — we weren’t leaving because of my husband’s schedule (which I’d learned to plan around). We were leaving because of mine. That felt like a gut punch. I was furious. The audacity that my work — my calendar — had the power to pull me away from my own life. “Never again will my job decide how much fun I’m allowed to have with my family.”

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Never Again Series: Why I Stopped Building My Life Around Someone Else’s Job
Kelly McIntee Kelly McIntee

Never Again Series: Why I Stopped Building My Life Around Someone Else’s Job

We all have those moments where something inside of us whispers—or screams—never again. For me, one of those life-altering moments came in 2015, in a tiny Kentucky town, with a pile of moving boxes, a long-distance love story, and a sudden realization: I will never again build my life around someone else’s job.

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Why Your Confidence Drives Client Trust and Long-Term Relationships
Kelly McIntee Kelly McIntee

Why Your Confidence Drives Client Trust and Long-Term Relationships

It’s not about faking it until you make it. It’s about knowing that you are more than capable of doing what you do—and owning that knowledge. When you step into this kind of self-assurance, you start attracting clients who believe in you, refer you, and hire you again and again.

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Calendar Clarity: The Productivity Practice You Didn’t Know You Needed
Kelly McIntee Kelly McIntee

Calendar Clarity: The Productivity Practice You Didn’t Know You Needed

This exercise is more than time management. It’s identity reclamation.

It reminds you:

  • What you value

  • What you’ve already survived

  • What you’re capable of creating next

It gives you permission to stand taller—physically and energetically.

When you see your own patterns, choices, and victories laid out in front of you, you feel your own strength.
You remember who’s in charge (spoiler: it’s you).

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Closet Clean-Outs and Career Pivots: What the Sunk Cost Theory Is Really Costing You
Kelly McIntee Kelly McIntee

Closet Clean-Outs and Career Pivots: What the Sunk Cost Theory Is Really Costing You

You don’t have to burn it all down. You just need to stop clinging to what you’ve outgrown so you can finally reach for what is actually yours. That passion project? That dream business? That version of you who feels like she’s wearing the perfect jeans?

She’s already here.

Ready to clean out the closet and claim the career that fits?

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All You Need Is a Match: The Unexpected Power Behind Coaching Chemistry
Kelly McIntee Kelly McIntee

All You Need Is a Match: The Unexpected Power Behind Coaching Chemistry

But when the right coach meets the right client?
It’s not 1 + 1 = 2.
It’s 1 + 1 = 11.

That’s the equation my client heard from Jessica Zweig, and honestly? It’s everything. That “11” is what happens when coaching isn't just about advice — it’s about alignment. When the energy clicks. When someone sees you fully and holds the match to your inner flame.

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