you're supposed to pursue that feeling that you're meant for more.

It is literally your destiny.

So the longer you go on ignoring it or wondering if it's okay with everyone in your circle,

the longer you actually go without impacting the people who you're meant to impact.

Welcome to Powerhouse Women, the podcast for women who know they are ready for more.

I'm Lindsay Schwartz, your host and the founder of Powerhouse Women, and together we'll unlock

the confidence and clarity you are looking for to help you get out of your own way and into action around your next big

idea.

If you have ever felt like you are just too much, like your dreams are too big, like your

ambition is too much for other people around you. This episode

is for you. It's also for me because I've definitely felt that way. And it's something that often

comes up within programs that I've led and with women that I've mentored because people with really big dreams and big ambitions

typically find their way into the powerhouse women community. And honestly, it's one of the

reasons the community exists in the first place. I know we have so many new listeners. It's just

been so cool to watch the podcast grow and to see the, gosh, I think

we're at four years now of hard work and consistency, to see our downloads growing, to see so many

new listeners finding their way here. And I'm just so freaking grateful. But one of the reasons that powerhouse women exists in the

first place is because as a female entrepreneur and someone who had really big ambitions,

has literally my entire life, had really big ambitions, I didn't have a place when I was first

starting my journey that I could share like the wildest,

the biggest version of my dreams. It didn't feel very safe to share those dreams within

most of the circles that I was in, not that those people weren't supportive. They just

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