This Time It's Personal: Building a Life, a Business, and a Self That Actually Fits

You wake up in the life you thought you wanted and feel absolutely nothing.

The promotion, the relationship, the perfect Instagram feed—you checked every box society handed you. So why do you feel like you're suffocating in someone else's dream?

You're not alone. You're not broken. And you're definitely not crazy for wanting more.

This Time It's Personal is the raw truth about what happens when successful women finally stop performing and start living. Compiled by Kaitlin Anthony, founder of The BEAM Life® (Be Everything And More), this collection features nine women who walked away from "perfect" lives to build ones that actually felt like home.

These women were you—burnt out, people-pleasing, and desperately seeking permission to want something different. They were drowning in shoulds, exhausted from pretending, and terrified that admitting they weren't happy would prove they were ungrateful.

Until they chose themselves anyway.

As members of The BEAM Life® community, each contributor proves you can Be Everything And More—successful and authentic, ambitious and aligned, driven and deeply fulfilled.

In these pages, you'll discover:

• How to stop mistaking achievement for happiness
• The exact moment to walk away (and how to find the courage)
• Why your "selfish" desires are actually your compass home
• How to build a life so aligned it feels like coming alive

Each story ends with the declaration: "This time, it's personal because..." followed by their unfiltered truth about choosing themselves over everyone else's expectations.

Stop waiting for permission. Your real life is waiting.

The woman you're meant to be is ready when you are.

Kaitlin Anthony is an ICF-accredited coach, speaker, author and host of the Be Everything And More podcast. She is the founder of The BEAM Life, where she has supported hundreds of women in growing and scaling businesses without losing themselves in the process. A former celebrity stylist turned entrepreneur, she is known for creating powerful communities and bringing a bold, disruptive voice to the coaching industry. She lives in Los Angeles with her partner and daughter.