She stopped pushing. Everything changed.

I had the coolest insight today in the sauna at the Y.

If you have a gratitude practice you follow, this may turbo-charge it like it did mine.

It’s way too easy to zip through the list…

Thank you for this day.

I’m thankful for my family.

For the beautiful woods here on the property.

But every single thing we’re thankful can most likely be broken down into smaller pieces.

Like…

Instead of “Thank you for this day,”…

Thank you that I woke up today. Thank you that I knew where I was. That I woke up next to my hubby - and we both knew who we were. That I got out of bed without pain, on legs and feet that work great. That my eyes could see, ears could hear, nose could smell, and tongue could taste. That I woke up in a time and place where I enjoy historically unprecedented liberty. That I woke up feeling safe… etc.

See what I mean?

What’s weird is that by slicing a thick, juicy piece of gratitude into thinner layers, they each actually expanded. Weird math. Delicious to try! Let me know if you do.

Grateful to have wonderful conversations with entrepreneurs like Jen Lemke, who’s featured this week. Check it out.

Jen Lemke and the Radical Power of White Space

The trail looked innocent enough.

A loop through prairie, wetlands, and woods. Boots on. Phone tucked away. A rare pocket of white space on the calendar. The kind entrepreneurs talk about but quietly avoid.

Then the puddles showed up.

Not polite little puddles. Full trail–blocking, snowmelt-fed, you-need-a-UTV puddles. Jen Lemke tried to go around them. Through thorns. Through brush. Through that stubborn inner voice that says, just push harder.

Eventually, she stopped.

Sat on a dock. Listened to birds. Asked a question she asks often, just usually not out loud. What do I need to see. What do I need to hear.

And the answer was obvious. Annoyingly so.

It was still winter.
Spring was coming.
Nothing was wrong.

That moment tells you almost everything you need to know about Jen.

The Women Who’ve Tried Everything

Jen works with digital CEOs. Coaches. Course creators. Smart women who have invested in strategy after strategy and are baffled when none of them stick.

They are not lazy.
They are not confused.
They are exhausted.

They know how to do the things. Launch. Post. Funnel. Optimize. What they cannot figure out is why they keep sabotaging momentum or freezing right before traction appears.

Jen does not hand them another plan.

She dismantles the mindset they are using to execute the plan.

That distinction matters.

From Laser Treatments to Mindset Work

Before mindset became her obsession, Jen spent thirteen years as an esthetician. Medical grade skincare. Laser hair removal. Assisting with cosmetic procedures. A structured career with clear outcomes.

Then fitness entered the picture. Accountability groups. Community. Results. Within three years, her side business out-earned her full-time role.

Then motherhood arrived. Along with nap-time hustling. Five AM club fantasies. Two-thirty-in-the-morning work sessions. Endless comparison to women who seemed to be doing it better with more kids and less chaos.

She did everything right.
And nothing worked.

So she hired a mindset coach.

Within weeks, everything shifted. Not because she worked harder, but because she finally addressed the root. Not the symptoms.

That was the moment.

Why Strategy Keeps Failing Smart Women

Most entrepreneurs collect strategies like souvenirs. Each one promises clarity. Each one disappoints.

Jen sees the pattern immediately.

The problem is not the strategy.
It is the identity using it.

Goals set without alignment create resistance. A twenty-thousand-dollar month sounds exciting until it conflicts with values like family time, nervous system capacity, or actual desire.

When that happens, procrastination shows up. Busywork feels safer than movement. And women blame themselves instead of the misalignment.

Jen refuses to let that slide.

The Alignment Code Method

Her work centers around a three-month container called the Alignment Code Method.

First, clarity. What you want, why you want it, and what it changes when you have it. Not surface-level goals. Real ones.

Second, root-level change. This is where mindset stops being motivational quotes and starts becoming practical. Jen uses tools from neuro-linguistic programming, hypnotherapy, EFT tapping, and time-based techniques. The goal is simple. Remove the root so the weed does not grow back.

Third, activation. CEO energy. Not performative confidence, but embodied decision-making. Acting as the version of yourself who already trusts her choices.

It is not soft.
It is not fluffy.
And it works.

No More Nap-Time Hustle

One of Jen’s sharpest insights is also one of the least popular.

White space is part of the work.

Not after the to-do list. Not once everything is perfect. During.

The forest walk that did not go as planned delivered the exact lesson she needed. Growth has seasons. You do not dig up tulips in February to check if they are working.

Entrepreneurs know this intellectually. Very few practice it.

Jen does.

Why One-on-One Still Wins

Jen has created digital products. She has built things no one wanted yet. She laughs about it now.

What she sees again and again is this. People do not need another course. They need accountability. Reflection. Someone willing to look directly at their blind spots.

That is why her focus remains on one-on-one coaching.

It is faster.
It is deeper.
And it changes how people operate long after the container ends.

The Bigger Vision

Jen sees herself on stages. Red blazer. Unfiltered. Speaking to rooms full of women who are done forcing outcomes and ready to build from alignment instead.

She is building a podcast. Creating tools that integrate mindset activation into daily life. Expanding without abandoning what makes the work effective.

No rushing spring.

Just doing the work. Consistently.

The Takeaway

If you feel behind, you might just be early.

If everything feels muddy, it might be thawing.

And if nothing seems to be working despite your effort, it may be time to stop collecting strategies and start examining the lens you are using to apply them.

Jen Lemke does not help women hustle harder.

She helps them stop fighting themselves.

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