Last week’s Summer Secret was all about giving yourself permission to pause and be present. This week, let’s build on that foundation because you can’t truly pause and be present in your life if your life is packed so tightly, there’s no room to breathe.

Welcome to The Self-Creation School podcast, for women who are ready to ditch mediocrity, step up and get more of what they want, and finally say YES! to a life that sets their soul on fire. I’m your host Leanne Letica, Self-Creation Coach, founder of The Self-Creation School AND Queen of YES!. If you are ready to play life by your own personal rule book, and give yourself permission to say YES! to yourself and your wildest dreams, this podcast is the place for you.

Welcome back to week two of my Summer Secret Series. If you haven’t yet listened in to week one’s secret, press pause and go listen to that episode first. The secrets I’m sharing over this series are designed to build on each other. So take five minutes to listen into the first week’s secret and then come back and join me here.

So, this week is all about making space. And not just any space, but energizing life-giving space that allows you to actually live the life you are working so hard to build.

Too often we get so busy building the life we want that we forget to live it. We get so caught up in the doing, the achieving, the constant forward motion towards our goals, that we forget to create space to actually enjoy what it is we are creating. We’re so focused on what will be that we miss what is.

Now making space isn’t about necessarily slowing down on your dreams. It’s about getting honest about where your time really needs to go. It’s about getting intentional. Because here’s what I know, when you intentionally create breathing room in your life, something really beautiful happens. You start to savor the journey, not just race towards the destination.

Now I know what you might be thinking, "Leanne, my schedule is full and everything on my list is important." And I hear you. But what I’ve learned from my own experience and from working with incredible women just like you, and it is this week’s takeaway secret — not everything that feels urgent is actually important. And not everything that demands your attention, deserves your energy.

And yes, making space isn’t always easy. It requires a little courage. The courage to say no to good things so that you can say YES! to great things. It requires the courage to disappoint some people so you don’t disappoint yourself. It requires courage to trust that when you create breathing room, you’re not falling behind, you are catching up with your own life.

And I want you to consider that when you make space in your life for the things that truly matter, you’re not just removing things from your calendar. You are adding light to your days. You’re creating room for presence and the kind of moments that make all the hard work so worthwhile.

Space is what allows you to slow down and reconnect with what truly matters. It allows you to savor the simple things like your morning coffee. To actually taste it and experience it instead of just rushing through it. It allows you to have real conversations instead of just checking the boxes of what shall we have for dinner? And it allows you to notice the progress you’ve already made instead of only focusing on what’s still left to do.

Creating space in your life isn’t about being unproductive. This is about being intentional. This is about making room for the woman you’re becoming to actually show up in the life you’re creating. And isn’t that what it’s really all about?

So this week, I’m challenging you to choose one commitment or activity to release. Just one. Maybe it’s that committee you joined out of guilt. Maybe it’s the perfectionist standard you’re holding yourself to. Maybe it’s a need to say YES! to every opportunity that comes your way.

And notice how it feels to have that breathing room. Notice the energy that comes back to you when you’re not spread so thin. Notice how making space isn’t just possible, it’s energizing.

So that’s your summer secret for this week.

Make sure you hit subscribe so next week’s secret is queued and ready for listening inside your favorite podcast library. And join the Summer Secrets email series at https://selfcreationschool.com/created for a weekly reminder to take these five minutes just for you.

I’ll see you next Wednesday for another Summer Secret, and I do look forward to your company.

Until then, be the woman who says YES!.

Last week’s Summer Secret was all about giving yourself permission to pause and be present. This week, let’s build on that foundation because you can’t truly pause and be present in your life if your life is packed so tightly, there’s no room to breathe.

Welcome to The Self-Creation School podcast, for women who are ready to ditch mediocrity, step up and get more of what they want, and finally say YES! to a life that sets their soul on fire. I’m your host Leanne Letica, Self-Creation Coach, founder of The Self-Creation School AND Queen of YES!. If you are ready to play life by your own personal rule book, and give yourself permission to say YES! to yourself and your wildest dreams, this podcast is the place for you.

Welcome back to week two of my Summer Secret Series. If you haven’t yet listened in to week one’s secret, press pause and go listen to that episode first. The secrets I’m sharing over this series are designed to build on each other. So take five minutes to listen into the first week’s secret and then come back and join me here.

So, this week is all about making space. And not just any space, but energizing life-giving space that allows you to actually live the life you are working so hard to build.

Too often we get so busy building the life we want that we forget to live it. We get so caught up in the doing, the achieving, the constant forward motion towards our goals, that we forget to create space to actually enjoy what it is we are creating. We’re so focused on what will be that we miss what is.

Now making space isn’t about necessarily slowing down on your dreams. It’s about getting honest about where your time really needs to go. It’s about getting intentional. Because here’s what I know, when you intentionally create breathing room in your life, something really beautiful happens. You start to savor the journey, not just race towards the destination.

Now I know what you might be thinking, "Leanne, my schedule is full and everything on my list is important." And I hear you. But what I’ve learned from my own experience and from working with incredible women just like you, and it is this week’s takeaway secret — not everything that feels urgent is actually important. And not everything that demands your attention, deserves your energy.

And yes, making space isn’t always easy. It requires a little courage. The courage to say no to good things so that you can say YES! to great things. It requires the courage to disappoint some people so you don’t disappoint yourself. It requires courage to trust that when you create breathing room, you’re not falling behind, you are catching up with your own life.

And I want you to consider that when you make space in your life for the things that truly matter, you’re not just removing things from your calendar. You are adding light to your days. You’re creating room for presence and the kind of moments that make all the hard work so worthwhile.

Space is what allows you to slow down and reconnect with what truly matters. It allows you to savor the simple things like your morning coffee. To actually taste it and experience it instead of just rushing through it. It allows you to have real conversations instead of just checking the boxes of what shall we have for dinner? And it allows you to notice the progress you’ve already made instead of only focusing on what’s still left to do.

Creating space in your life isn’t about being unproductive. This is about being intentional. This is about making room for the woman you’re becoming to actually show up in the life you’re creating. And isn’t that what it’s really all about?

So this week, I’m challenging you to choose one commitment or activity to release. Just one. Maybe it’s that committee you joined out of guilt. Maybe it’s the perfectionist standard you’re holding yourself to. Maybe it’s a need to say YES! to every opportunity that comes your way.

And notice how it feels to have that breathing room. Notice the energy that comes back to you when you’re not spread so thin. Notice how making space isn’t just possible, it’s energizing.

So that’s your summer secret for this week.

Make sure you hit subscribe so next week’s secret is queued and ready for listening inside your favorite podcast library. And join the Summer Secrets email series at https://selfcreationschool.com/created for a weekly reminder to take these five minutes just for you.

I’ll see you next Wednesday for another Summer Secret, and I do look forward to your company.

Until then, be the woman who says YES!.