Baby's First Newsletter


It's finally arriiiiiiiiived! My coaching newsletter for women looking to explore, express, and expand.

If you are someone who struggles with feeling like your life is controlled by fear, people-pleasing, overthinking, or oppressive, self-sabotaging and self-deprecating conditioning from old-school religion; if you are longing to step into a life that is defined by more confidence, more courage to not only SAY what you want but GO AFTER IT AND GET IT, this is the place for you.

I'm someone recovering from ALL of those things. I have spent the last decade of my life stripping back disingenuous layers of myself to reveal a version of me that is proudly standing on her own two legs. It hasn't always been easy. I left my marriage, I changed careers, I left my childhood faith, and all of that rocked me. My life's work is now to help other women cultivate the mindset shifts and skills needed to EMBODY what they really long for.

What you can expect...

I'm not gonna lie to you. I'm an instagram woman through and through, and over the years I've struggled to find my footing with NeWsLeTTeRs, lol. They've always felt so fancy to produce and (lowkey?) so annoying to receive? Transparently, I've been NERVIOSA.

And yes, I have a substack (many of you here probably were or are subscribed to that!) but that started out as a personal outlet and felt really inauthentic to try and weave my coaching into that. I've honestly hated trying to make that space align with my professional work. So I'll probably go back to more personal writing there, which I'm thrilled about.

And while I love social media, there have been a few drawbacks for me both personally and professionally that have pushed me to expand into other spaces for my writing, teaching, and coaching work.

For one, I've been thinking a lot about my dopamine-centered relationship with social media, on the giving and receiving end. I recently bought myself a Brick device to help me tune out the compulsive checking in (I recommend.)

But I also noticed that what I share on my instagram is often published on my stories, which aren't always visible to everyone wanting to hear from me and aren't accessible since they disappear in a day.

Starting a newsletter felt like a more robust and tangible way to thoughtfully share with those engaged with my coaching work. You don't have to be working with me to be here, or even considering working with me. Everyone is welcome.

I'll be talking, teaching, exploring, and for sure, yes, I will also be using this space specifically to offer all relevant information on how to work with me further, whether it be through 1:1 coaching or some of the upcoming online events I will be hosting.

This form of sharing ensures that1) my content is not hidden by the algorithm from those who want to hear from me and 2) my content is save-able if there's something of particular impact that you want to come back and reference.

I started my coaching to help women answer these sorts of questions:

How do I have more confidence?
How do I get myself to truly follow through on what I want?
How long did it take you to get to where you are?
How do I believe in myself when I simply don’t?
How do I know what is my intuition and what isn’t?
How do I stop caring so much about what other people think?
How do I know when it's time to leave something?
How do I create more time and money for myself?

So if you have those same questions, you are in the right place. And I can't wait to spend more time diving into these topics with you.

As promised, for those early-adopters to my newsletter, I have created a 10 minute audio of affirmations and mantras I use linked right here; I have many of these I use for myself, but this one in particular centers around codependency (I just finished reading Codependent No More, lol). I listen to these affirmations all the time - when I wake up, when I'm going to bed, when I'm out on walks, or cleaning my house.

I hope you enjoy! And if you have other topics you'd like further meditations (or newsletters) on, please! Let me know. If you know someone you think would like to be in on this new space, please forward them this email, or send them here to subscribe.

In your corner,

Jolie

Jolie Steele

I help women trust themselves, build unshakable confidence, and cultivate a life that feels right in their bones by transforming their relationship with themselves. Subscribe to my newsletter below:

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