You did everything you were supposed to do. Built a successful career. Made people proud.
So why does something still feel off?
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.
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.
WHAT WE'LL DO
What it's like to work together
We don’t start with fixing you. Because you’re not broken.
We start by getting a clear view of what’s actually creating the pressure you’ve been carrying.
Not just the decision in front of you, but everything tied up in it. What it means. Who it affects. What it might cost.
From there, we begin to separate what’s yours from what you’ve been holding for everyone else. And as that pressure starts to lift, something shifts.
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Decisions feel less loaded.
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Your voice feels more grounded.
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And how you show up, in leadership, in conversations, in the moments that matter, starts to feel like it’s coming from you.
This is precise work. But it doesn't start with a framework. It starts with you telling me what's been sitting on your chest.
THE OFFERS
Work designed for where you are
ENTRY
The Pressure Map: Intensive™
You know something is running underneath this. You want to name it before you commit to deeper work.
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Three 60-minute sessions
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A named pattern
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A map precise enough to work from
3 weeks
INVITATION ONLY
The Fulll You™
For the client whose crossroads has revealed itself to be not just a career question but a deeper identity one.
Extended to clients following completed work in The Untangled You™.
12 weeks
FLAGSHIP
The Untangled You™
For the professional who is ready to work with the pattern directly.
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Eight 60-minute sessions
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Eight-week Positive Intelligence® Program App access
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A Pressure Map™ after Session One
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A Direction Statement at the close
You leave with a direction that's genuinely yours and the daily practice that makes it hold under pressure.
8 weeks
Three offers, one through-line. You map the pressure, untangle what's been holding you, and build from there. Where you start depends on what you need right now, not how serious your situation is.
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
Before we talk, I want you to have something.
The free Positive Intelligence® Saboteur Assessment takes about five minutes and gives you a profile of what's been running underneath the pressure, the patterns shaping your decisions, your leadership, and how much of yourself you're able to bring into a room.
That's your starting point. Everything else builds from there.