Why Couldn't I Sleep?

For years I taught people how to reach their health goals... while quietly failing at one of my own.

I barely slept five hours a night. Sometimes less.

And I did not just notice it. I judged myself for it. Hard.

Here I was, a leadership coach who teaches energy, focus, and wellbeing... and I could not get my own sleep under control.

So the thought became "what's wrong with me?"

That question is shame. And shame keeps you frozen.

I tried everything. Resolutions. Resets. Morning routines. Mindset work. Every night I told myself tonight would be different. Every night it wasn't.

Then something shifted. Not a dramatic move. A small one. Almost like a petite practice.

I stopped asking who I was and started looking at what I was doing.

That is the difference between shame and guilt. Shame says "I'm the problem." Guilt says "something I'm doing isn't working." One freezes you. The other gives you something to work with.

Once I got honest, I got unstuck.

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