đź“–Turn the Pageđź“–We’re taking a quick pause on the mini series Leverage: Turning What You Already Know into Copywriting Success! Missed the first two emails in the series? Go read them here and then be ready to dig into #3 next week! Email 1: You already have everything you need (you just haven’t named it yet) Email 2: The teaching WAS the training—Here’s what’s next. Last week I sat in a zoom call with the founding members of From Classroom to Copywriter: the only program specifically teaching teachers how to be paid content and copywriters for education companies. As these incredible women were reflecting on all the ways they had challenged themselves over 10 weeks, on the things they could do now that they couldn’t (or wouldn’t) do even a few weeks ago, on how they grown not only in skill but in confidence in their ability to apply those skills, I couldn’t help feeling so grateful for being able to do this part of my work. 3.5 years ago, when I got my first writing client, a vision for what I wanted my business to eventually be began to take shape. And at the center of that vision was the feeling that I heard each one of my founding members share about during our final call. It wasn’t skill—though they all shared the ways they had specifically grown their content and copywriting skills over the course of the program. It wasn’t even confidence—though they each shared the ways they were now feeling more confident about using LinkedIn and about sending those connection requests and emails to people they haven’t met yet. The thing I kept hearing whether it was overt or not? The thread that was traveling through each thing they said? Permission.All the ways they were walking away feeling like they had given themselves the permission to change or to do something differently that maybe they weren’t before. Now Reader, I know that you know (and that deep inside they knew) that they had this permission all along. That their lives are their own and each one of them gets to decide what direction to take it in. But there is this funny thing that happens with women—especially those that have been kind of stuck or stalled in place for a while—they begin to believe that they have to stay in that place. That others even EXPECT them to stay there. That any growth or decision or (heaven forbid) desire to be or try something different means something about them. These aren’t conscious thoughts (most of the time). But they are they filter so many of us run every “want” through. And too often the result is fear—or even guilt and shame. For wanting something more (more money, more time, more CALM). We are quietly waiting for someone else to tell us it’s OK to do that. To give us PERMISSION. But last Wednesday night? I listened as each group member signed her own freaking permission slip to step into the next chapter of her life. ​
​ And it was thrilling. Not because of any immediate changes—although I’m already getting messages about the conversations they are having with prospective new clients!— but because once you cross that invisible line, the one that held your uncertainty, your shakiness, your fear—the one that held the voice that kept telling you to wait for the perfect moment to change your life— the whole world feels different. When you have given yourself the permission to bet on yourself, Reader… you always win. I am so excited to see where C, K and L will be in a few months, or a year from now. Because I know each one of them is moving a little bit differently now. Taking steps towards a different version of their lives. And I will be getting ready to reopen enrollment for From Classroom to Copywriter towards the end of the 2025 or the beginning of 2026… will you be ready to take the first steps into your next chapter, Reader? I’m here for your questions! – Meredith P.S. Grab a pen and some paper and reflect a little bit about how you’d like your life to feel differently in 6 months or a year… get specific. Write down your ideal Tuesday 6 months from now and how you’ll feel in that day. Close your eyes and picture everything you will do and the way you will feel in your body. Sometimes our body and mind need to begin to feel it in order to walk it forward in our lives. |
