why the radiant resistance?

I mean, it wasn’t just for the Star Wars-inspired name (although that was a huge part of it).

It was because I needed to name the way I’d moved through my professional life over the past five years.

I never set out to make some big, dramatic exit.

I’ve never enjoyed rebellion for rebellion’s sake.

I’d just been quietly opting out:

- Out of jobs that drained me
- Out of systems that only functioned if I stayed silent
- Out of the expectation that I’d neatly follow the generational script I’d been slogging through for two decades

And to be fair—I had a lot to be grateful for.

I’d learned so much. I’d met incredible people.

I gained both breadth and depth through high-intensity roles at tech startups—leading operations, HR, publishing, content strategy, and digital marketing.

I wasn’t trying to burn it all down.

I just wanted the chance to build something better, using every skill I’d picked up along the way.

And while I was still working a six-figure, director-level role that felt somewhat aligned, I found myself helping other people walk away from the exact same
situation.

At first, it was casual conversations—friends and colleagues looking for startup plans or HR advice.

Then I was advising founders I didn’t even know.

Then I was doing it formally—for equity.

Then I was getting paying clients.

Then I realized: this is the work.

So I leaned in.

I started helping women walk away from what no longer fit—and into businesses
that could actually support their lives.

Not just financially, but emotionally, spiritually, and energetically.

That’s why I started The Radiant Resistance.

Not to be angry. Not to be loud.

But to stay high-spirited, high-impact, and radically hopeful and helpful for my mid-career ladies, who were burning out (or flaming out) left and right, it seemed.

And if you’re in a job, a business, or a life that no longer feels like yours,

You’re not crazy.

You’re not ungrateful.

You’re just waking up.

There’s a way out that doesn’t require breaking the glass, uprooting the family, or losing sleep at night.

That’s the Radiant Resistance!

And I can’t wait to find my people.

xo,
Mary