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⏱️ 3-minute read | Inside THE WEEKLY CHANGE REQUEST:

The Confession: October Season

The Lemon Squeeze🍊: Book Club Rejuvenation

Microdose of Courage 💊: Walk the way

Sponsor Support 🤑: Those clicks can help support The FitZen Project without you buying anything.

Also inside: New solo episodes, trusted FitZen favorites, FitZen Philanthropies, and a quick listener feedback request.

THE CONFESSION

Well... I did it.

I CLOSED my baby.

Yesterday, I officially closed The FitZen Project.

If you haven't listened yet, take 25 minutes on your commute, your walk, while you're folding laundry—whatever—and check in, because that brew I've been telling you about for the last month?

It's coming into FULL FRUITION.

And because you're part of this email community, I want you involved in what happens next.

Over the next few days, I'm going to be sharing pieces of this new world I'm creating—and I genuinely want your input as I build it.

I've been working with 99designs on professional cover art for the next era of the podcast. And yesterday, I officially revealed the new title on the show.

So yeah... if you want to help me choose the cover, you've gotta go listen first. 😏

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Tomorrow's episode is the Lessons Learned meeting.

Because you know damn well this Project Executive wasn't going to close an 18-month project without one.

I'm sharing six lessons The FitZen Project taught me—what I'm keeping, what I'm leaving behind, and the vision I'm carrying into this next era when it officially begins on my 40th birthday, October 13.

Because honestly...

of course it does.

But before we get there, I want to hear from YOU.

Hit reply and tell me:

What lit you up about The FitZen Project?

What episode, conversation, idea, guest, story, or completely random Rachel tangent made you think, YES. More of this.

What do you want more of?

And maybe the biggest question:

WHY ARE YOU HERE?!

Seriously.

Why do you open these emails?

Why do you listen?

What keeps you hanging around this weird little corner of the internet with me?

Let me have it.

Because if you're still here—still opening, reading, listening, and coming along for whatever the hell I'm building next—I want to know what keeps pulling you back.

Your answers matter to me.

And with that, I'll leave you with this week's Microdose of Courage:

MICRODOSE OF COURAGE 💊

Close what is complete.

Not everything needs to crash and burn before you're allowed to leave it behind.

Something can be good.

It can be successful.

It can have changed your life.

And it can still be complete.

You don't have to wait for burnout to make the decision for you.

Sometimes the courageous thing is simply saying:

Thank you. You got me here. And I don't need you to take me there.

After all...

You are your most important project.

Rachel

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