We were lucky to catch up with Allison Hare recently and have shared our conversation below.

Allison, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today It’s always helpful to hear about times when someone’s had to take a risk – how did they think through the decision, why did they take the risk, and what ended up happening. We’d love to hear about a risk you’ve taken.

It was early 2022 and after 20+ years in high-stakes software sales, I woke up in the middle of the night – positive I was going to die. I could barely breathe. My heart was pounding out of my chest. It was our fiscal year-end and this has never happened before. Should I wake my husband? Call 911?

I did what any other red-blooded human would do, rolled over to grab my phone, and googled “am I having a heart attack?” Turns out, I made it through the night and decided I needed to get some reiki/massages/exorcisms. I got 4 massages in a week and NOTHING helped.

It was stuck energy. Stuck emotion. Stress beyond stress. I was burned out of corporate America.

I had built a podcast for 4 years on the side – and side note, I have a degree in broadcasting. The podcast was life-giving. It felt expansive and purposeful. Work was constricting and tense. One was a total YES feeling in my body and the other was a hard no.

I left my corporate job in April of that year with no plan and a big bet. We are a 2 income household with 2 kids in private school and I took 1 big income away with no plan and no idea when I could generate income again.

Quitting my job to NOT work was the most ambitious choice I had ever made. And I decided to make only one decision – I wasn’t going to make ANY decisions until I could hear my own voice again. UGH!

When I was a teenager, my mom (who was a stay-at-home mom of six kids) beat it into mine and my sisters’ heads – “Never rely on a man to make money. Always make your own.” My whole life, I followed the money. I reveled in this. Work hard. Hustle harder. Be that bad-ass woman that could do anything and everything. I am the “Get sh*t done girl” and was damn proud of it. I always had creative aspirations and have been blogging, podcasting, writing, and filming for years on the side.

And walking away from the corporate world with my big income, awards, incentive trips, stock, savings took my identity with it.

If I don’t have this job, who am I? Am I worthy of abundance? Could I make it on my own?

I decided to take some pretty unconventional paths like 12-hour walks with no technology, solo overnight hikes, psychedelic-assisted therapy, shamen, reiki, healers, scaling the steepest peak in Colorado, and learning to get quiet enough so I can rebuild a more aligned life.

I’ve become so passionate about helping women – especially over-functioning mothers – live, work, and play in full alignment (without burnout), that I created a whole community to support their individual goals. It’s been amazing to reimagine a mission-driven life serving women everywhere.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

I help high-performing and over-functioning mothers live, work, and play in full alignment and have created a vibrant and exclusive community called the Effective Collective. I also host the award-winning podcast Late Learner podcast with over 500K downloads which is ranked in the top 1.5% worldwide.

Some of my methods are unconventional in that I believe that the women who find me aren’t broken and don’t need fixing (which is commonly implied in the personal development community) – they’ve simply outgrown their container and are ready to meet their highest version of themselves. Everything I do is always sprinkled with a little magic – because I believe every high-performing woman has a litany of crystals on their desk and believes that there is the power to marry the spiritual with the practical side for a stronger and more effective toolkit.

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

The biggest unlearning is that the hustle is NEVER what gets you there – it’s the allowing.

The balance of operating with equal parts masculine energy (do/do/do/do/do/push/push/push/push) and feminine energy (allowing, receiving, surrendering to the flow). As someone who has always measured my worth based on what I earn and how much I can get done, surrendering and learning that I am enough without having to constantly prove my worth and continuously look for external validation is THE greatest unlearning I’ve done in my lifetime.

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

When you go from being a corporate employee to an entrepreneur, creating something out of nothing, everything requires resilience. Reimagining what success means, being a mission-driven messenger and operating in a space of service while charging what your services are worth requires a massive amount of mindset conditioning, expert mentorship, and a higher-level of thinking.

There are many times when I didn’t have the money and EVERYTHING is on the line – and invested a ton of money in next-level mentorship. Essentially, a huge bet that could have just become a sunk cost. I ended up making 3x the investment within the first 6 weeks. But I’ve made poor investments, too where it just wasn’t worth it – so I take great care to make sure the value I deliver is going to always over-deliver (and I offer money-back guarantees).      

Contact Info:

• Website: https://allisonhare.com
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/allison__hare
• Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/allisonhare
• Other: https://allisonhare.com/collective https://allisonhare.com/late

Image Credits
Chelsea Patricia Photography; Yasiris Torres Photography