You did everything you were supposed to do. You built a successful career. You made people proud.
So why does something still feel off, even now?
Maybe it’s a decision you can’t seem to make.
Or a version of yourself you can’t fully be in the rooms you’ve earned.
It's not that simple. There's more tied up in this than just you.
What would it feel like to finally untangle all of this?
And move forward whole, clear in who you are and at peace with what you're building.
From the decision that won't close, to a direction that holds, to a life that feels fully yours.
WHO THIS IS FOR
This might sound familiar if…
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You’ve followed all the “shoulds.”
And now, getting it wrong feels like it would cost more than it should.
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There’s more riding on how you show up and what you do next than just you.
And it’s starting to feel like too much to carry alone.
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You’ve thought this through. A LOT.
You’ve talked about it to death. Looked at every angle. Gathered tons of information.
And still, it doesn’t feel like enough to move forward.
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You’re ready to take a first step, just for you.
Something that lets you finally move forward without second-guessing every move.
What if this isn’t what you think it is?
Here’s something no one really tells you about success when you come from a diasporic background:
your success was never just your own.
And because of that, any next step, whether it’s a major career decision or stepping more fully into leadership, can start to feel risky.
Risky for you.
Risky for the people who supported you, look up to you, or depend on you.
You are one person.
And yet you carry more than just yourself.
There’s deep honor in that.
But there’s also a kind of pressure that builds over time,
quietly, until it starts to hold you in place.
So if you’ve been telling yourself the pressure you feel is:
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a lack of motivation
→ it’s more likely the weight of everything this decision or moment represents
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a sign you’re behind or not ready
→ it’s more likely the fear of getting it wrong when the stakes feel this personal
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a struggle with how to show up
→ it’s more likely that you’ve learned to read the room so well, you’ve started editing yourself in it
And here’s the part that changes everything:
you don’t have to choose between yourself and everything that shaped you.
You can move forward in a way that is fully yours, and still honor the people, history, and sacrifices that got you here.
WHERE THIS SHOWS UP
You may recognize yourself here
Most people arrive here through one of two experiences.
Career Direction
Your career works.
And at the same time, continuing on this path carries a weight you can no longer ignore.
You may be:
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experiencing burnout that rest does not resolve
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questioning what’s next, even with strong options
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aware that something in you is no longer fully expressed in your work
Leadership Presence
You are already in the role.
And at the same time, you can feel the gap between how you show up and what you are capable of holding.
You may be:
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hesitating or self-editing in high-stakes moments
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over-preparing or over-calibrating your communication
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aware that you are performing leadership rather than fully inhabiting it
Both of these experiences point to the same underlying pattern.
The work addresses the structure beneath the decision or the moment, so you can move and lead in a way that holds both your direction and your responsibility.
WHAT WE'LL DO
What it's like to work together
The work moves through three phases.
CLARITY
See what’s actually driving the pressure
We start by identifying what is actually creating the pressure you’ve been carrying.
The assessment you complete beforehand gives us a clear starting point.
This includes the moments that brought you here:
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burnout that rest has not resolved
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the question of what’s next that has not settled
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the sense that a version of you is no longer fully present
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the gap between how you show up and what you are capable of holding
We look at the full picture. The decision in front of you, the leadership moments you are navigating, and everything tied up in them. What they represent. What they affect. What feels at risk.
MAPPING
Understand how the pattern is structured
From there, we map how that pressure is being held.
We make visible where your direction and your responsibility are in tension. We identify how your leadership is being shaped by how you have learned to manage perception, expectation, and belonging.
We also trace how this pattern has been reinforced over time. The situations where it became necessary, and the ways it now continues to operate automatically.
This is where the situation becomes precise.
You can see what has been driving the loop, why it has persisted, and what has been keeping both movement and full expression constrained.
CLARITY
Change how you meet the decision and the moment
Then we work directly with that pattern.
We stay with it as it shows up in real time, in your decisions, your conversations, and the moments where your leadership is most visible.
We interrupt it at the point where it becomes most convincing, and build the capacity to respond from your own judgment instead of the pattern.
As this shifts:
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Decisions begin to move with clarity and steadiness
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Your sense of direction becomes more defined and easier to hold
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Your leadership reflects your actual judgment without over-adjusting or holding back
Over time, this creates a way of moving and leading that remains stable even as the stakes change.
This is precise work that changes how you relate to pressure.
It allows you to move forward in your career while staying connected to what matters to you.
It allows you to lead in a way that reflects your capability without losing your sense of grounding.
Some people reach clarity quickly once the pattern is visible.
Others continue the work so that the shift stabilizes across their decisions, their leadership, and their day-to-day life.
That’s what the work is designed to support.
THE OFFERS
Work designed for where you are
You don’t need to know exactly what you need yet.
We start by mapping the pressure clearly. From there, the work deepens depending on what your situation requires.
CORE
The Untangled You™
You can see the decision.
Or feel the gap in how you’re showing up.
And it is no longer resolving through more thinking.
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Eight 1:1 sessions across eight weeks
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We map and work directly with the pattern underneath the decision or leadership moment
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Includes the Positive Intelligence® (PQ) program for daily integration
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You leave with a direction you can hold and a different way of meeting pressure
8 weeks
INVITATION ONLY
The Full You™
The question is no longer about a single decision or moment.
It is about how you are relating to yourself across your life.
A shift toward a way of being that holds, even under pressure.
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Twelve 1:1 sessions across twelve weeks
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Work that addresses the pattern across all areas of your life
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Focus on stabilizing the shift so it holds in real time
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Includes the Positive Intelligence® (PQ) program for daily integration
12 weeks
ABOUT SASHA
Why this work exists
Sasha N. Franklyn is a Korean-Trinidadian-American first-generation professional who built a career in a prestigious field and who spent years navigating the specific bind of succeeding in a direction that honored sacrifice and responsibility, while struggling to give herself permission to choose differently.
The Double Failure Trap™ is not a framework she developed by studying the phenomenon. It is the name she gave to something she lived, examined in herself with enough precision to move through it, and then built a methodology around so that others don't spend as long in the loop as she did.
WHERE TO START
Start here
The first step is to complete a short assessment. The Positive Intelligence® Saboteur Assessment takes about five minutes and gives us a clear view of the patterns that have been running underneath the pressure you’re carrying, shaping your decisions, your leadership, and how much of yourself you’re able to bring into the room.
From there, we use it to map your specific situation and determine the right next step.