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📣 Leadership isn’t always loud. Sometimes, it looks like scrubbing baseboards, signing your own checks, and deciding you won’t play small anymore.

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This post is part of the Leadership Integration Series, a 4-part reflection on visibility, voice, and healing through business.

🌲 A Pine & Shine Check-In

I’ve spent most of my life as the right-hand woman.

The fixer. The closer. The assistant manager who made sure everything ran smooth — while someone else got the credit.

But this time?

This one’s mine.

Pine & Shine is more than a cleaning business.

It’s a legacy I’m building with my daughter.

And it’s the first time I’ve let myself step fully into the role of boss.

Not the behind-the-scenes kind.

The real kind.

The kind that signs the checks, makes the rules, and puts her name on the damn door.


😬 Visibility is no joke.

I’ll be honest — it’s brought up some stuff.

Visibility is a big one.

I’ve been afraid of showing up, especially on video.

Afraid of being seen too much… or not enough.