EP 11: What It Takes to Actually Live the Life You're Manifesting: Paris, The Productivity Police and Being the CEO of Your Own Life
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"Her ninth birthday at the top of the Eiffel Tower was on a Tuesday in May. And I was there for it."
I took a month off — no episodes, no plan, no apologies. In this raw and powerful return, I’m sharing what it looks like to be in the middle of your next level, the case for rest as resistance, and what it took to really let go.
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After a month off — no episodes, no content strategy, no perfectly planned drip — I’m dropping one of the most honest episodes of Her Next Level yet. Before I left for the manifested adventure of my dreams, I was teetering on the edge of burnout. The plan to get in front of things failed. And instead of forcing it, I made a series of CEO-level decisions.
This episode is what happened next.
Let's talk about:
* The moment I realized I wasn't just overwhelmed — and question I couldn't stop asking)
* Why I chose to attend professional conference the same weekend one daughter left for Spain and the others had a dance recital— and what it revealed about good girl conditioning, mom guilt, and what's actually true
* The unexpected leadership lessons from chaperoning 10 and 11-year-olds at an international dance competition in Valencia, Spain — and why women's relational labor is high-stakes leadership that never gets a LinkedIn post
* What it felt like to watch my daughter turn nine at the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris — and why that moment is the clearest definition of full-spectrum wealth I’ve ever experienced
* The vision that came true: chocolate on my face a last-minute penthouse and how specificity in manifestation made it real
* The productivity police, hustle culture, and the patriarchal construct that tells women to "make up" for time off — named, rejected, dismantled
* Why you cannot call in your next level from a dysregulated nervous system — and how rest creates the conditions for your dreams to fall at your feet
The through-line of this episode: Your next level isn't just your career. It's your life. And you don't have to earn the right to live it.
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Did this episode call you forward?
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You are here on purpose.
Your assignment is your next level.
And you have full permission and limitless possibility to create an extraordinary life that makes a difference for yourself, for others, and for the world.
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Mentioned in this episode:
The Prosperous Cmidach by Steve Chandler & Rich Litvin [https://www.amazon.com/s?k=the%2Bprosperous%2Bcoach&adgrpid=185691641705&hvadid=779671832327&hvdev=c&hvexpln=0&hvlocphy=9025148&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=3186523782864774866--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=3186523782864774866&hvtargid=kwd-299155470846&hydadcr=24402_13859646_2336151&mcid=8b19ea8c739936fc94593f4be4d5db36&tag=googhydr-20&ref=pd_sl_31qkz5z4rp_e]
Midlife Butterfly Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/midlife-butterfly-stop-self-abandoning-people-pleasing/id1779780392]
Human Design readings with Dana: DM me on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/danahunterfradella]
Hey gorgeous.
I love you.
I'm so proud of you.
And I believe in your ability to create a next level life you love.