After more than a decade of entrepreneurship, I did something I never thought I’d do: I took a job.

A real job. With a boss. And a massive pay cut.

Naturally, I immediately started questioning every decision I’d ever made.

Was I giving up on my bigger dreams? Playing small? Abandoning everything I’d spent years building?

But as I sat across from my new director of education at a massage school, surrounded by syllabi, lesson plans, and the promise of getting back into the classroom, something unexpected happened.

I remembered how much I love teaching.

And I started wondering whether taking the job was really the bad decision—or whether I’d become so accustomed to making decisions that weren’t right for me that I’d forgotten what a good one felt like.

In this episode of Armed & Ready to Heal, I’m sharing how I accidentally found my way into massage therapy in England, why teaching has always had my heart, and how chasing bigger dreams can sometimes take us further away from the lives we actually want.

We’re talking about spiritual ego, sunk costs, the pressure to keep growing, and the uncomfortable realization that you can love something without wanting to build your entire life around it.

Because sometimes taking a step back isn’t giving up.

Sometimes it’s the first step you’ve taken in the right direction in years.

The question I’m leaving you with: What decision are you afraid to make because it would mean admitting that the dream you’ve been chasing might not be the life you actually want?