Lauren Fritscher, a dear friend, colleague,the founder of Berkshire Muse and the co creator of Inner Circle with yours truly, joins me on the pod to unpack how she rebuilt her identity, her business, and her entire social world after landing in the Berkshires mid-pandemic with a baby on the way.

Lauren and I get into the unglamorous truth behind building Social Circle and Inner Circle, how Lauren found the confidence to finally charge what she's worth, why she still calls herself an octopus, and how a friendship that started over wearing a Farm Rio jacket to Yoga turned into a real business partnership.

If you’ve:

* Ever felt stripped of your identity after a big life change

* Are the person who says yes to everything and wonders why you're exhausted

* Or is craving deep meaningful relationships & building communities in real life…

This one’s for you! Listen below 👇

IN THIS EPISODE:

* 00:00 – Welcome why this partnership episode has been years in the making

* 00:42 – How Lauren ended up in the Berkshires (and why a three month plan turned into five years)

* 01:56 – The real reason Berkshire Muse exists (hint: it started out of necessity, not ambition)

* 03:42 – How we met and the power of IRL spaces

* 06:39 – How to tap into Lauren’s networking skills

* 09:13 – Losing your identity after a big move, and what it actually took to rebuild it

* 16:22 – Balancing motherhood and building a business, including the one boundary that saves her sanity

* 18:50 – Sarah gets vulnerable about her own work life balance heading into motherhood

* 23:10 – The simple framework Sarah uses to decide where her time actually goes

* 24:33 – Breaking the “yes lady” habit and when to say no

* 26:48 – “Octopussing”- concept for anyone who has stretched themselves too thin

* 28:07 – How to navigate raising your prices and charging your worth as a woman

* 34:02 – Love languages and how to find yours

* 35:22 – What Social Circle actually is, and the scrappy way it really started

* 41:08 – Why we built Inner Circle and the magic of community building

* 49:00 – What’s up next!

* 52:19 – Where to find Lauren and stay in the loop

* 53:01 – Being multi passionate- Tanglewood picnics, a Berkshires retreat, and a new tote bag line

* 56:44 – Lauren’s word for the year, and why good energy is the whole point

* 57:44 – Wrap up, plus how to win $150 just for leaving a review

The best way to stay connected with Lauren and everything happening with Berkshire Muse, Social Circle, and Inner Circle is Instagram: @berkshiremuse

Inner Circle Waitlist is OPEN! Coming this Fall! 👇

Get ready for our next round! Featuring exclusive business building workshops, networking, curated elevated social experiences, and so much more. Details below!

Pictured above: the beautiful women of our Inner Circle Community!

Here’s the thing nobody tells you about making a big life change: it’s never just one leap. It’s a series of them. And the moment you decide your dreams, something will almost always show up to pull you back to what feels safe. In this episode Becky and I get real about what it actually looks like to follow the breadcrumbs of your intuition even when your fear is screaming louder, why there is no right or wrong decision but taking action will always beat staying still, and how two women on opposite sides of the world ended up building strikingly similar lives by following what lit them on fire even when it made absolutely no sense.

WE COVER:

* Why the universe tests you the moment you decide to make a change and what to do when it does

* How to follow those small callings even when they make no sense on paper

* “Your intuition is a lot quieter than your fear” and how to start tuning into her

* The simple phone notes exercise that helps you figure out what actually gives you energy vs. what drains you

* Are you making decisions from fear or from love? And how to tell the difference

* Why you get to choose your hard and what that actually looks like in real life

* The difference between doing the inner work and doing the strategy work and why you need both

* Why being in a room with the right people changes everything

* Embodied Mastermind sneak peak! Coming July 2026 which brings together business strategy, nervous system work & community- everything we wish they’d had when they were in the thick of it. Stay tuned for more details coming soon!

IN THIS EPISODE:

0:00 What happens the moment you finally decide to make a change (and why it’s never just one leap)

1:47 Why the universe will test you right after you make a big decision and how to handle it

2:58 How to follow the breadcrumbs of your intuition before you feel ready

4:28 Why your intuition is so much quieter than your fear and how to start tuning into her

5:07 The simple exercise for figuring out what actually lights you up when you’re too burnt out to remember

6:47 Are you making decisions from fear or from love? How to tell the difference

8:36 How to design a life that doesn’t fit any existing template

10:07 You get to choose your hard — here’s what that actually means

11:17 How to build a business and a life that doesn’t fry your nervous system

14:41 Why business strategy and nervous system work are not separate things

16:12 Why what got you here won’t get you to the next level

17:21 The difference between doing the inner work and doing the strategy and why you need both to actually move forward

18:37 Why your body knows more than your brain and how to start listening to her

19:22 Why being in the right room with the right people changes everything

20:32 How to stay connected and what’s coming next

A screenshot from Becky’s story after my husband Nathan and I visited them… don’t ask me why I have this but I guess I knew we’d one day be creating something big!!

👉 Learn more about Becky on IG: @Empoweredbybecky ; and reach sarah at @sarahfcsinger

👉 Learn more about Embodied Mastermind at sarahsinger.co or message us on IG with the word “EMBODY”

This week I’m bringing on someone who has walked alongside me at every single step of this journey - my biz bestie, biz partner, and one of my favorite humans, Becky Evans. Becky is an embodiment mentor for female entrepreneurs who have done the therapy, done the mindset work, and are ready to stop frying their nervous system in business so they can actually enjoy what they’ve built. She’s a former investment bank VP and her story will resonate with anyone who has ever chased a goal, achieved it, and still felt empty on the other side.

In this episode we’re getting into all of it - what it actually looks like to feel successful on the outside and completely numb on the inside, the real difference between coaching and therapy and when you need both, how to step into a new identity when you’re in the middle of a career change and it still feels awkward, the valley of despair that shows up in every single pivot, and why we always choose the familiar hell over a new heaven. Oh, and we coined a term you won’t forget: cosplaying a career change.

If you’re in the middle of a career pivot, thinking about starting a business, or just feel like something needs to change but you can’t quite name it yet; this one’s for you.

Sarah & Becky at our own mini mastermind/ workaction at Becky’s home in Scotland!

👉 Learn more about Becky on IG: @Empoweredbybecky ; and reach sarah at @sarahfcsinger

👉 Learn more about Embodied Mastermind at sarahsinger.co or message us on IG with the word “EMBODY”

IN THIS EPISODE:

0:00 Where Becky was three years ago vs. where she is now

1:18 What it actually feels like to be successful on the outside and numb on the inside

3:23 Symptoms of society — imposter syndrome, fight or flight, burnout — and why it’s not your fault

4:51 What this work actually unlocks (this part will give you chills)

8:02 How Becky went from finance VP to embodiment mentor and why the path was anything but linear

10:39 The moment she knew something had to change

13:24 Why she invested in a coach before she felt ready and what her partner said that lit the fire

17:29 Coaching vs. therapy — when you need each one and why you might need both

20:43 The identity struggle that comes with every career change and every new label

23:15 How to actually embody a new identity when it still feels awkward to say out loud

27:28 Are you cosplaying a career change?

30:51 Spiritual role play — how to try on a new version of yourself before you feel ready

35:18 Letting go of the pressure to have it all figured out

37:16 The Valley of Despair and the pattern that shows up in every single career pivot

39:28 Why we always choose the familiar hell over the new heaven and how to break through it

Stay tuned for Part 2 coming soon!

Let me guess- If you're a millennial, you were handed a definition of success that was never really ours to begin with. And somewhere along the way, you realized you were meant for more.

This podcast is for you if you're done following someone else's blueprint and ready to write your own! Whether that's through a career pivot, building something of your own, or just finally getting honest about what you actually want.

If you're in the messy middle, asking yourself "who am I anymore and what do I actually want?", you're exactly where you're supposed to be. Each week we're getting into the real, unfiltered conversations about redefining success, finding your purpose, and building a life that's authentically yours.

This first episode is where it all starts - my own story of blowing up the traditional path and what I learned on the other side.

We chat:

- The mindset shift that made unexpected disruptions feel less like failures and more like redirections

- Why slowing down was the most counterintuitive and effective thing I did for my business and my life

- The moment COVID forced me to stop, and what I discovered when I finally did

- How I manifested my dream podcast studio in Miami (and as a recovering perfectionist, how everything I ever wanted is on the other side of taking messy action)

- Why doing everything "right" still left me feeling off - and what finally clicked

And what's in store for the show! Welcome to the Life's Your Adventure podcast family and so gad you're here!

Let's connect! Instagram · Substack