Lynne Harley-MasteryforLife Coaching

02/05/2026

The caterpillar enters the chrysalis without a plan.
It doesn’t strategize becoming a butterfly.
Much of what it once was dissolves.
It rests.
It waits.
Spiritual growth often happens this way too — not through effort or self-improvement, but through surrender.

02/03/2026

I’ve been working on a story for quite some time — one that keeps finding its way into conversations with educators, therapists, and caregivers.

At its core, it’s a story about courage, fear, and learning to trust yourself.

Not in a motivational sense — but in a very human one.

It explores what happens when we’re asked to move forward without certainty.
When growth feels uncomfortable.
When the next step isn’t clear, but staying still no longer feels right.

What’s surprised me most is how naturally this story aligns with the work so many of you do — supporting emotional resilience, normalizing fear, and helping people move through uncertainty with compassion.

I’ll be sharing more as it continues to take shape.

01/29/2026

Lately I’ve been thinking about how often we wait to feel “ready” before we move forward.

Ready enough.
Brave enough.
Certain enough.

But the truth is, most meaningful things in life don’t begin with confidence.
They begin with a quiet knowing — and a lot of uncertainty.

That’s what my upcoming story explores.

It’s about learning to trust yourself even when the path isn’t clear.
About taking the next step without needing the whole plan.

And maybe most of all, it’s about remembering that courage doesn’t mean the absence of fear…
it means choosing to move anyway.

This story has been with me for a long time.
And it’s slowly, gently finding its way into the world....More soon.
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01/27/2026

A story I’ve been working on for some time…

It’s a story about courage, fear, and learning to trust yourself.
About what it means to listen when something inside you says, “It’s time,” even when you don’t know what comes next.

At its heart, it follows a monarch butterfly who feels called to begin a journey she’s never taken before — without certainty, without a map, and without knowing how far she’ll have to go.

And in that way, it’s really a story about us.

About moving forward while still afraid.
About learning that fear doesn’t mean stop — it often means growth.
About trusting the quiet inner voice that keeps nudging us toward change.

This is a story that’s been with me for a long time, and it’s finally beginning to make its way into the world. More soon. 🦋

01/22/2026

I’ve been spending time by the ocean almost daily.
Not looking for answers.
Not trying to work anything out.

Just being there.
And I realized something simple.

The ocean doesn’t need to teach a lesson.
It can just be the place where the realization happens.

That’s starting to feel true of courage, too.

Doing it afraid isn’t about pushing through or figuring everything out.
It’s about staying present long enough to notice what’s actually true.

Sometimes clarity comes from movement.
Sometimes it comes from stillness.

Both ask for trust.

01/20/2026

I noticed something this week.

I was waiting for clarity —
the kind that usually comes with a plan, a next step, a sense of certainty.

And when it didn’t arrive, I felt that familiar urge to push.

But instead, I relaxed.

Nothing dramatic happened.
No lightning bolt.

But something softened.

And I realized:
sometimes listening doesn’t give you an answer —
it gives you permission to stop forcing one.

I’m learning that this, too, is courage.
Not the kind that charges forward,
but the kind that trusts what’s quietly unfolding.

01/15/2026

I’m learning that not knowing isn’t a problem to solve —
it’s a space to honor.

There are seasons when clarity hasn’t arrived because something deeper is forming.
When the kindest thing we can do is stop demanding answers before they’re ready.

In my book What If You Could?, this truth is reflected in the chrysalis.

The chrysalis is not a pause before becoming.
It is the becoming.

It is a time of stillness
where everything that once suggested caterpillar dissolves
before anything recognizable emerges as butterfly.

Nothing is rushed.
Nothing is forced.
Nothing is wrong.

This space deserves reverence —
and so do we.

01/13/2026

I’m noticing that listening doesn’t usually arrive as an answer.
It shows up in the body first.
A loosening in the chest.
A quieter breath.
A sense of ease when something no longer needs to be held so tightly.
This way of listening lives at the heart of my children’s book What If You Could? — a story inspired by the caterpillar who doesn’t manage its transformation, but trusts the process it’s already part of.
This year, I’m less interested in making the right move
and more curious about what move I am guided to take
from a sense of ease rather than urgency.
That feels like a different kind of courage.

01/08/2026

As a new year begins, there’s often quiet pressure to figure things out —
to name the goal, map the plan, decide who we’re going to be.

But not all wisdom arrives as clarity.

Sometimes guidance shows up as a gentle nudge…
a soft no…
a feeling of ease when we stop pushing.

Courage doesn’t always ask us to act.
Sometimes it asks us to pause long enough to notice what feels true.

This year, I’m paying attention to that quieter kind of courage —
the kind that listens before it moves,
and trusts that what’s meant to unfold doesn’t need to be forced.

01/07/2026

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Dear friend As we step into 2026, many of us feel a familiar pull to decide what comes next — to believe that if we can see the path clearly enough, name our goals precisely enough, or plan carefully enough, we will feel steadier as we walk forward. For a long time, that’s how I met each new yea...

01/06/2026

As we step into 2026, many of us feel a familiar pull to decide what comes next — to believe that if we can see the path clearly enough, we’ll feel steadier as we walk forward.
This year, I’m holding a gentler invitation.
What if courage doesn’t look like certainty, but like listening?
This idea lives at the heart of my children’s book What If You Could? — a story inspired by the caterpillar who doesn’t control its transformation, but trusts the quiet process of becoming.

12/31/2025

Wishing you the best of everything in 2026! 🎉🎊👏💥😊