Time Bending: How a 5-Year Goal Turned Into a 9-Month Reality

About this episode

Erica Voell shares her transformative journey of collapsing a five-year goal into a nine-month reality through impactful conversations with coaches.

Have you ever looked back and realized something that felt five years away happened in less than a year? That's exactly what happened to Erica. In this episode, Erica shares the story of how she went from a conversation with a business coach in August 2024 — where she was asked what it would feel like to collapse her timeline — to walking out of the library for the last time in May 2025. A 19-plus year career she thought she would be in for the rest of her life. This is about how three conversations in ten days that changed everything. A seed planted by a business coach. A warning from a career coach about repeating the same patterns. And a question from her business energetics coach that made her stomach drop. It's also about what happens when you stop looking at square nine and take the leap from square one to square two. Listen to the conversation with Erica's business energetics coach, Heather Book your Life Patterns Review here. Follow me on Substack: https://substack.com/@ericavoell Get the latest email newsletter: https://ericavoell.com/newsletter Connect with me: erica[at]ericavoell[dot]com Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ericavoell.coaching/

People in this episode

Host: Erica Voell

Guest: Heather Book

Topics covered

• goal setting
• career change
• personal development
• coaching
• timeline collapse
• self-reflection

Keywords

• goal achievement
• business coaching
• career transition
• self-improvement
• personal growth
• coaching conversations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Substack, ericavoell.com, Instagram

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