When the Business You Built No Longer Fits: How to Decode Discomfort and Pivot with Purpose
When the Business You Built No Longer Fits: How to Decode Discomfort and Pivot with Purpose
If it feels too tight, it’s probably too small
You built this business with care, grit, and vision.
But now… something feels off.
What used to excite you now feels heavy.
You’re doing everything “right,” but it’s no longer working.
This is the moment many women face when menopause and business alignment become essential, not optional.
That discomfort you’re feeling?
It’s not the problem.
It’s the portal.
This is the space between what was and what’s next
For so many women—especially those navigating the shifts of perimenopause and beyond—there comes a moment when everything starts to feel off.
Your body is tighter
Your nervous system is louder
Your creative energy feels trapped
Your business starts to feel like a job again
You’re not broken.
You’re evolving.
And evolution is noisy.
Discomfort is not the enemy—it’s the invitation
The tension in your shoulders.
The migraines that never used to be there.
The burnout that doesn’t go away after a weekend off...
These are not signs of failure.
They’re messages. Clues. Invitations to listen.
“Pain,” Anna says, “isn’t the problem. It’s the doorway.”
When we stop treating discomfort like a glitch to fix—and start treating it like guidance—we begin to access what’s really trying to emerge.
5 Lessons to Menopause-Proof Your Business from the Inside Out
1. Discomfort Is the Portal
That tightness in your body? The restlessness?
It’s not something to bypass. It’s trying to tell you: You’ve outgrown the old container.
This isn’t failure. It’s feedback.
2. Your Body Knows Before Your Mind Does
Before the burnout… there’s the body whisper.
Before the breakdown… there’s the migraine, the fatigue, the subtle tension.
Learning to read those cues—without rushing to “fix” them—puts you back in communication with your own energy and wisdom.
3. Pivoting Isn’t Quitting—It’s Realigning
So many women think they have to scale, push, expand what they already built.
But often, what’s really needed is a pivot toward truth. A simplification.
A quiet realignment that says: This is who I am now.
4. Fear Means You’re Getting Closer
You know that surge of fear when you consider changing directions?
That doesn’t mean “stop.”
It means pay attention.
The fear shows up right before the truth does.
5. Alignment Calms Everything
When your business model supports your biology, nervous system, and purpose…
That goldfish-in-a-too-small-bowl feeling disappears.
You begin to feel clear again. Creative again. At home with yourself again.
Rewiring doesn’t have to mean burning it all down.
It might mean:
Shifting your offers to match your current bandwidth
Moving from sprints and launches to sustainable cycles
Letting go of visibility strategies that exhaust you and creating from a place of joy
If you’ve been craving space, clarity, and flow…
You’re not crazy for wanting more.
You’re not dramatic for feeling off.
You’re not failing for realizing the old strategies no longer work.
You're evolving—and your business needs to evolve with you.
This is how we menopause-proof not just our bodies, but our entire way of working, creating, and leading.
Want to take the next step toward realignment?
I created a free guide to help you reconnect with your energy and clarity:
Menopause-Proof Your Business: The 3-Step Blueprint to Regain Energy, Focus & Flow—Without Burnout or Biohacking Overwhelm
Ready to go deeper into this?
This week’s podcast episode is a powerful one.
It will help you hear what your body and business are trying to tell you—and show you how to respond in a way that creates space, ease, and aligned success.
🎧 Listen to the full episode here
You don’t have to figure this out alone.
You just need a new way forward—one that’s built for the woman you’re becoming.
