This Isn’t Working: One Decision That Changed My Life

A quiet whisper, a leap of trust, and the beginning of a simpler way.

Sometimes life whispers.
And sometimes, it doesn’t whisper at all.

I’ve told this story before, but it’s one that deserves to be told again—because it was the day everything shifted.

One morning during a balmy South Florida winter, I looked in the mirror and heard it—
“This isn’t working.”
Not a passing thought, not a mild complaint. It was a full-body knowing. A do-or-die moment.

I’d brushed up against this truth before, but that morning, I couldn’t look away.
Something had to change. Not someday. Now.

I picked up the phone and called my sister in Wales.
“I’m done,” I said. “Something has to give. I’m coming.”

Overworked. Overwhelmed. Over the life I’d built that no longer fit.

And two years…and many detours…later, I boarded an Air France flight to Paris, then on to Dublin, where my sister met me at the airport.
Miss Evie in one arm. Faith in the other.

I’ll never forget the feeling as the plane lifted off from Miami.
Terror and freedom.
What in the world am I doing?
But also—
This is it. I’m doing it.

One decision can change everything.

I’m not here to say everyone needs a dramatic exit or a cross-continental leap.
But I am here to remind you: we are in charge of more than we think.
And sometimes, the simple life begins with a not-so-simple moment of trust.

If you’re hearing a whisper too…wondering what else might be possible…I’d love to walk beside you. The Simple Life Audit was made for moments like this.