"Courage taught me how to survive. Alignment is teaching me how to live." After almost a decade, The Couragecast is entering a sacred transition. In this episode, I share the heart behind the closing of the courage season—not as a goodbye rooted in loss, but as a completion rooted in truth. Courage carried me through burnout, life transitions, leaving ministry, deconstructing faith, building a business, and learning how to choose myself. But courage, as a way of leading and living, no longer fits who I am becoming. This conversation is an honest reflection on the evolution from fear-led courage to soul-led alignment. It's about outgrowing survival mode, releasing identities that once kept us safe, and learning how to live—and lead—from embodiment, intuition, and trust. In this episode we explore: Why courage was necessary for survival—but not for this next chapter The difference between fear-based bravery and soul-led alignment How survival leadership shows up in the body and nervous system Letting go of hustle, urgency, and proving What it means to move from surviving to truly living A gentle somatic reflection to honor completion and emergence This episode includes a simple embodied pause to help you reflect on what feels complete in your own life and what is ready to be released so you can soften into what's emerging next. "Courage built the bridge. Alignment builds the home." How to Work With Me: I work with intuitive, high-capacity women who are transitioning out of survival mode and into embodied, soul-led leadership. In 1:1 Align Coaching we go beneath the surface together. You'll release the patterns that keep you overworking, people-pleasing, or looping in self-doubt, while healing blocks to confidence, worthiness, and abundance. Align & Empower is for heart-centred women ready to grow embodied confidence and self trust—supported, seen, and expanded through conscious community, not burn out. This small-group coaching container designed for women who want to expand their influence while staying fully grounded. Together, we release limiting beliefs, cultivate embodied leadership, and create a safe, supportive space to explore aligned action. You'll gain clarity, confidence, and presence in your life and work, learning to lead with ease and impact while staying deeply connected to yourself. Aligned Money is an eight-week coaching container for heart-centred female leaders and entrepreneurs who feel stuck and stressed around money and want grounded safety, trust and the freedom to receive more. You can find my guided meditations, somatic practices, and nervous system support on Insight Timer. These practices are designed to help you come home to your body, soften out of survival, and reconnect with intuition and trust. Search my name on Insight Timer and follow along. If this episode resonates, please subscribe, rate, and review the podcast. Your support helps this work reach the women who are standing at the edge of their own evolution. Original Music and Production By Stephen Crilly