This is week one of my special Summer Secret Series.

Every week over the thirteen weeks of the twenty twenty-five European summer, I am sharing one powerful mindset shift in around five minutes or less that will help you say YES! to you and a life you wildly love this season — wherever you are in the world.

Whether you’re soaking up the sun like me, or curled up beside a roaring fire, this special series is about taking a moment to breathe, refocus, and reconnect with what matters most in this season of your life.

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’re 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.

Hello, and thanks for tuning in to my Summer Secrets Series. I talked about the inspiration behind this series in last week’s podcast episode, but in case you missed it or you haven’t yet listened, this series is inspired by a shift I’m being called to make in my own life to get back in touch with what matters.

It’s time for a season of less doing and more being. Less go, go, go and more pullback, pause and presence. And it’s a shift that honestly, I see so many women also needing to make in their lives too.

So for the next 13 weeks, these shorter episodes are exactly what I need, and I really think they might be what you need too. Just one powerful shift, once a week, to say YES! to a life that feels like yours in all the ways that truly do matter today, not someday when.

With that said, because my five minutes is ticking, let’s get into this week’s secret shift. Slowing down is showing up.

Here’s what I mean. We’ve been conditioned to believe that our value lies in doing. In nailing our goals as fast as possible, completing our never-ending daily to-do list. Never sitting idle. And being switched on for everyone at all times.

And that pausing, taking time out to slow down, somehow signals we’re failing at doing. That stepping back means we’ll lose momentum. That going at our own pace or a different pace means we’re not committed enough. But that’s simply not true.

Your value lies in being. Not just who you be in the identity sense, though that matters. But in being fully present in your life as you work towards your goals. Being fully present for what actually matters, not all of the self-imposed busyness on your to-do list. Being present in your own needs so that you can show up and be present fully with and for other people.

And the pause is not where your dreams go to die. It’s where they come alive. It’s where the you that makes them happen comes alive. Because when you’re constantly in motion, it’s so easy to lose sight of yourself and why it is you’re moving in the first place. It’s easy to forget to check in if you’re still heading in a direction that matters to you.

There is power in the pause that you cannot find in the push. Power to reconnect with yourself. Power to remember what actually matters. Power to be present in your life instead of just racing through it.

When you slow down, you’re not showing up less, you’re showing up more. More intentionally. More authentically. More aligned with who you really are and what you really want.

This week, I’m inviting you to give yourself permission to pause. Permission to step back. Permission to go at your own pace without it meaning you’re failing anyone, least of all you. Because being fully present in yourself, in your life, in this moment, that’s where the magic of a life you love actually happens.

The life you’re working so hard to create deserves a you who is present in it today, not just someday when.

So that’s your Summer Secret this week. And if it landed for you, hit subscribe to follow along and join the Summer Secrets email series at https://selfcreationschool.com/created to have this one powerful shift delivered straight to your inbox every week this season. And I’ll leave that link in the show notes for you.

I’ll see you next week for another Summer Secret, same time, same place.

Until then, be the woman who says YES!

This is week one of my special Summer Secret Series.

Every week over the thirteen weeks of the twenty twenty-five European summer, I am sharing one powerful mindset shift in around five minutes or less that will help you say YES! to you and a life you wildly love this season — wherever you are in the world.

Whether you’re soaking up the sun like me, or curled up beside a roaring fire, this special series is about taking a moment to breathe, refocus, and reconnect with what matters most in this season of your life.

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’re 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.

Hello, and thanks for tuning in to my Summer Secrets Series. I talked about the inspiration behind this series in last week’s podcast episode, but in case you missed it or you haven’t yet listened, this series is inspired by a shift I’m being called to make in my own life to get back in touch with what matters.

It’s time for a season of less doing and more being. Less go, go, go and more pullback, pause and presence. And it’s a shift that honestly, I see so many women also needing to make in their lives too.

So for the next 13 weeks, these shorter episodes are exactly what I need, and I really think they might be what you need too. Just one powerful shift, once a week, to say YES! to a life that feels like yours in all the ways that truly do matter today, not someday when.

With that said, because my five minutes is ticking, let’s get into this week’s secret shift. Slowing down is showing up.

Here’s what I mean. We’ve been conditioned to believe that our value lies in doing. In nailing our goals as fast as possible, completing our never-ending daily to-do list. Never sitting idle. And being switched on for everyone at all times.

And that pausing, taking time out to slow down, somehow signals we’re failing at doing. That stepping back means we’ll lose momentum. That going at our own pace or a different pace means we’re not committed enough. But that’s simply not true.

Your value lies in being. Not just who you be in the identity sense, though that matters. But in being fully present in your life as you work towards your goals. Being fully present for what actually matters, not all of the self-imposed busyness on your to-do list. Being present in your own needs so that you can show up and be present fully with and for other people.

And the pause is not where your dreams go to die. It’s where they come alive. It’s where the you that makes them happen comes alive. Because when you’re constantly in motion, it’s so easy to lose sight of yourself and why it is you’re moving in the first place. It’s easy to forget to check in if you’re still heading in a direction that matters to you.

There is power in the pause that you cannot find in the push. Power to reconnect with yourself. Power to remember what actually matters. Power to be present in your life instead of just racing through it.

When you slow down, you’re not showing up less, you’re showing up more. More intentionally. More authentically. More aligned with who you really are and what you really want.

This week, I’m inviting you to give yourself permission to pause. Permission to step back. Permission to go at your own pace without it meaning you’re failing anyone, least of all you. Because being fully present in yourself, in your life, in this moment, that’s where the magic of a life you love actually happens.

The life you’re working so hard to create deserves a you who is present in it today, not just someday when.

So that’s your Summer Secret this week. And if it landed for you, hit subscribe to follow along and join the Summer Secrets email series at https://selfcreationschool.com/created to have this one powerful shift delivered straight to your inbox every week this season. And I’ll leave that link in the show notes for you.

I’ll see you next week for another Summer Secret, same time, same place.

Until then, be the woman who says YES!