🥀 SYMPTOMS OF DELAYED DECISIONS

We’ve all got something, {first_name}.

Something you’ve been thinking about for weeks (or months) but haven’t acted on yet.

💬 A high-stakes (likely uncomfortable / scary) conversation?

🤝 A hiring (or firing) decision?

🧳 A family holiday plan you keep pushing off for the next school break?

📦 A move?

♻️ A business pivot?

❤️ An important habit you know you want to start (or stop)?

What’s something that really matters to you… so much so that you’ve been avoiding it, waiting for a more ideal time?

When things “settle down” or you finally make it through [insert big life event here]?

(We've adulted enough to know things don't just "settle down" on their own, huh? 🙃)

Symptoms of a snoozed decision may include:

💸 Feeling overextended - spending $$$ you don’t want to be spending, stretching team thin, time in therapy when you’d rather be processing something else (!)

💸 Feeling financially stunted - delaying, hesitating, or settling instead of increasing profit, savings, investments, etc.

💭 Mental drain - unnecessary stress, distraction, self-doubt, anxiety

🪫 Life force depletion - running on fumes and cortisol, affecting sleep, energy, health

💔 Strain at home - extra tension with partner, kids, extended fam, friends

📉 Strain at work - conflict, confusion with team, clients, colleagues, partners

⌛️ Time lost - troubleshooting projects, people, or problems that just aren't a fit anymore

🥀 General blah - a combo of any or all of the above.

So, what's yours?

What’s THE thing that pops up and makes you think:

"UGH. I know. But I don't wanna." 😩

If you’re comfortable, hit reply and name it.

No details needed - just a one-liner to remind yourself you have a choice.

Or, if you’d like to go deeper and explore my style of pro processing support, start here to crack into more clarity right now.

Either way, I’m holding the vision that you make meaningful progress on this soon.

I know how heavy it can feel to sit with a big decision.

You deserve to feel as sparky and clear as humanly possible.

If you’d like my help with that, click here. ❤️

“I can’t even think of anybody who does this.”

“I didn’t even know this existed.”

"There’s a unique solution, expertise that Nikki has - that helps us think in a structured way that doesn’t constrict our autonomy, freedom, or unique circumstances."

P.S. I put more info about BIG DECISION ENERGY in my last email (subject line: so. many. decisions. 😵‍💫), but here’s the short version:

I’m offering this as a special edition 1:1 service to a small number of clients in March.

✅ 100% confidential, asynchronous support over the course of three spacious yet highly focused weeks

✅ Designed to help you close the loop on a big decision that’s been draining your energy

✅ Ideal for playing in the gaps of strategic support when...

>> you don’t quite need a lawyer

>> you can't talk about it with your team

>> you’ve already processed with your therapist, and

>> while brilliant, your bestie is just too biased to think rationally on this one.(Because she loves you. How we love her. 💘)

HOW IT WORKS:

1️⃣ You share context HERE so we can be sure we’re a match. If so, I'll send you the order form to make it official, then...

2️⃣ I'll send a few bonus Qs before our live processing week, when we'll...

3️⃣ Identify real benefits and drawbacks of each option (including the ones you haven't seen yet due to the big feels fogging your emotional windshield 😶‍🌫️).

4️⃣ Face the fears, handle the obstacles, and gain clarity on what you TRULY want, based on your highest values and priorities.

5️⃣ Create a practical plan so you can move forward with confidence, knowing you can handle whatever comes next.

6️⃣ In week three, you’ll take action. Whether you feel the muse of inspired action or the ICK of resistance, you’ll be clear and moving forward. I’ll be there to celebrate or help you recalibrate to keep the momentum going.

If it's a match, I'd love to help you sort out ALL the pieces and make a clear, courageous decision that honors your values, integrity, and all parties involved. ❤️💥

>> Reply to this email or dive in to your In*Decision Intake to get started.

P.P.S. Made the donation run to our fave community outreach agency on Friday morning! Now I just have a few extra tech pieces and tension rods to take to Goodwill. And to list the ol' (yet like-new ;)) hiking backpack.

PROGRESS. 🙌 Probably because I told you about my clutter pile the night before.

Doesn't that make you wanna reply to tell me about YOUR delayed decision now? 😛

Hi 👋 I'm Nikki (Elledge Brown).

Writer, podcaster, and creative advisor for brilliant women who love their work, their people, and their alone time.

As a professional overthinker who believes strongly in INTEGRITY > BALANCE, it's my nerdy pleasure to create and share tools, questions, and frameworks that make it easier to feel good about how we’re showing up — on paper and in practice.

Around here, living like a whole human is the way.

That's what we call On Her Terms® living.