What if your version of success feels... heavy?
- Haley O'Connell
- Apr 18
- 3 min read

Hi lovely,
This morning, I sat with my niece and watched hot air balloons rise as our small town tradition for Good Friday—floating weightless, glowing in the golden light of sunrise, becoming smaller and softer against the skyline.
And it hit me:
☀️This is what it feels like when we finally let go of the weight that was never ours to carry.
☀️This is what it feels like to live completely in the moment- unencumbered by the weight that life tries to drown women under.
So what do you do when the life you worked so hard for… feels so heavy ?
That was me at 29.
On paper? Successful.
In reality? Disconnected. Exhausted. Flat. Like I was anchored to a version of success that didn’t actually belong to me.
I’d ticked every box a woman should—
☑️Dream job: Permanent, well-paid and adored teacher after years of study!
☑️Dream car: Brand new Jeep Wrangler that had been on my list since 16!
☑️The relationship that looked perfect: 6ft2, dark hair, handsome country boy!
And yet… something felt off.
The kind of off you can’t quite put into words—just a quiet flicker in your chest, a subtle knowing that something’s missing.Like you’ve checked all the boxes, yet there’s a quiet ache within, as if the spark of joy you expected to follow never quite lit up.
And when my world cracked open with the loss of my brother a few years ago, everything I’d been ignoring and shoving down came rushing back in.
I had two choices:
Keep doing what I’d always done, hoping one day I’d feel better in this life that didn't quiet feel right…
Or
I could reconnect with the part of me that always knew—I wasn’t here to stay grounded in someone else’s version of success.I was here to rise. To float. To feel.
To create a life of passion, magic, and deep emotional truth.
Maybe, just maybe, I was the flame.
Not the performance. Not the proof, the certificates, or the achievements—But the steady spark that could lift it all higher that was already inside of me.
That moment was where my story really began.Not with more willpower, or more doing… but with the powerful flame of feminine embodiment.
I had to create space between who I was and the woman I was meant to be, so that my fire could breathe again.
And it's the foundation of the work I now do with women like you, through four powerful stages:
🎈Reconnect – to your truth, your intuition, and your desires, making space for the feminine within you to breathe and shine.
🔥Realign – with the life that lights you up, not the one you think you should want
✨Release – the expectations and emotional weight that keep you heavy + grounded
💃Embody – the version of you who is soft, powerful, magnetic, and at peace, allowing your truest essence to grow and flow.
If your soul is whispering that it’s time to rise —I’m here to walk with you into more spaciousness, more calm, and more confidence, so you can tend to the flames of your desire... and let your passion, power, and purpose rise with you.
✨ My private 1:1 space is open for the woman who’s ready to stop dimming her fire and start embodying the life that truly lights her up.
🕊️ Tap the button below to book your free 30 minute consult call and let’s talk about whether you’re ready to rise.
With lightness + love,
Haley 🤍
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