Unleash YES - Tom & Nat

Don’t let anyone convince you otherwise! ❤️

And don’t let anyone convince you otherwise. ❤️

I’m saying this as someone who had a nervous breakdown in education at 34.

Because I didn’t understand how systems work.

I thought working harder would fix it. I thought being promoted would give me leverage. I thought being bolder was the answer.

And my drive did get me somewhere…

…until suddenly everything changed.

My drive became “insubordination”

My passion became problematic

My innovation became “negative”

It was one of the greatest heartbreaks of my life to realize this system that I had given everything to, didn’t love me back.

I was broken. I started drinking more. I believed the problem was me.

Until I learned the truth:

There is a researched phenomenon called “The Innovators Backlash” where a system knows it needs to change, but punishes people who lead it from the inside.

So I decided to try to make change from the outside, as an independent education consultant.

From the outside, it looked like I finally had it figured out: more freedom, more control, more international impact.

But if I’m being honest… I was still performing. Still destroying myself in the service of others.

That’s when I realized it’s not just about leaving education, it’s about WHAT you decide to build once you do.

If I could go back, I would release the idea that my worth was determined by how many schools and districts I was working with.

Instead, I would raise my rates to go deep with fewer clients, and focus more on how I could support transformation within PEOPLE, rather than try to change an entire system.

If you’re thinking about starting over (or already are) I’m running a free webinar this Saturday with my partner Tom that will break down our proven playbook for more impact, income & independence as an education consultant.

Comment WEBINAR and I’ll send you the link to join!

If I could go back, I wish I could tell myself to stop making this CRINGE mistake before quitting my job in education to launch a consulting business.

I feel sorry for myself
just thinking about it

It’s the reason I always felt:
- marginalized
- undervalued
- frustrated
- silenced
- stifled

What makes me cringe
Is knowing I did it to myself

Over,
And over,
And over again.

And the MISTAKE was this…

…Giving away my best ideas 🙈

I was still hungry
For external validation

Still addicted
To pleasing my bosses

I wish I could tell myself,
“Build it yourself instead”

But since I can’t go back
I’m offering this to you instead

Please, please, please.

Just START it on your own:
- a new online community
- a new service offering
- a podcast
- an event

They don’t deserve it.
(+ will just water it down)

Being good at your job shouldn’t cost you your energy, your time, or your growth.

But in education… it often does.

The “best” teachers get:

more responsibility
more pressure
more expectations

Not more freedom.
Not more income.
Not more opportunity.

Just… more work.

And eventually, it starts to feel like:

➡️ one paycheck
➡️ three people’s workload

We hear stories like this all the time:

“I applied for leadership… didn’t get it…
then got asked to train the person who did.”

Or:

“I gave everything for years… and nothing changed.”

That’s the part people don’t talk about enough.

Because this isn’t just about boundaries.

It’s about being in a system where:

your effort becomes the baseline
your growth has a ceiling
and your value isn’t fully recognized

At some point, it’s not about working harder.

It’s about asking:

Is this the only way I can use my skills?

If this resonates, you’re not the only one thinking it.

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👉 Follow for more on what it can look like to build something beyond the classroom.

🚩1. No education experience.

This one is HUGE. Most online business gurus sell lifestyle products direct to a consumer, whereas you need to sell a change to an entire organization. They don’t know how to do this.

🚩2. No direct access.

You loved their content, became invested in THEM, but behind the paywall it’s all their lackies. This shows you’re actually buying their freedom, not their coaching.

🚩3. Passive income promises.

It takes just as much energy to sell a $5 worksheet as it does a $5,000 consulting package. Beware claims that you can repurpose your resources online for millions on autopilot.

🚩4. Grind energy.

Wealth does not come from pushing, clenching and performing. If someone is constantly glorifying the grind, they have not yet learned how to embody abundance, ease and acceptance and can’t teach you either.

These lessons?

Cost us THOUSANDS.

But hopefully they help you make a more educated investment. 🙏

Being a teacher was never just my job… it was my identity.

It was who I was in every room. What I was known for. What I was proud of.

The one who cared deeply. The one who pushed for better. The one who wouldn’t let things slide.

Until that same identity started to feel like a cage.

I was speaking up and getting shut down. Bringing ideas and being told to “tone it down.” Seeing what students actually needed and feeling completely silenced in rooms where decisions were made.

And that’s the part no one talks about. When the thing that once made you feel alive starts making you feel small.

So you question yourself. Maybe I’m too much. Maybe I need to just play the game. Maybe this is just how it is.

But deep down? You know you didn’t get into education to sit quietly while things stay the same.

Here’s what I wish someone had told me sooner: you don’t have to stop being an educator to finally feel like yourself again.

The moment I started getting paid for my expertise, working with people who actually wanted change, building offers around the problems I couldn’t ignore…I didn’t lose my identity.

I finally stepped into it.

Truth is, I’m becoming everything I always wanted. But it cost me everything I thought I had to be.

If you’re feeling that tension right now, drop READY below.

We’ll reach out and show you how to start turning your expertise into paying clients without blowing up your whole life overnight.

The business coach we hired had 500K followers, a slick funnel, and zero idea how to sell to a school district.

We learned the hard way so you don’t have to.

Here are the red flags we wish someone had shown us before we wrote that check. 👆

If you’re an educator thinking about launching a consulting business, the coaching industry was not built for you.

Most gurus are selling courses, templates, and passive income dreams to individual consumers.

You’re selling transformation to entire organizations.

That requires a completely different skill set. And a coach who actually has it.

Drop a 🚩 in the comments if you’ve ever invested in coaching that didn’t quite fit what you actually do.

And if you know an educator who’s thinking about making the leap into consulting, send this to them. It might save them thousands.

You’re applying for jobs outside of education…

…and hearing nothing.

So you tweak your resume.
Rewrite your cover letter.
Apply again.

Still… crickets.

So you start thinking:
“Maybe I need to get even further away from education.”

But here’s the truth:

It’s not that your skills don’t transfer, it’s that they get misunderstood.

Outside of education, you’re often seen as just, “someone who worked with kids”

…not the leader and problem-solver you actually are.

That feeling you have?
Like you’re meant for more?

That’s not a sign to leave education.

It’s a sign to expand your impact within it.

Comment WEBINAR and we’ll send you the link to our free training this Saturday to teach you a simple playbook to launch your consulting business 👀