You were not self-sabotaging.
You were being chopped.
Free 5-Part Video Series for Women Entrepreneurs
There's a name for why ambitious women keep stopping just short
of the life they know is possible.
After 16 years and working with over 3,000 women entrepreneurs, I discovered a pattern that changes everything. It has a name. And once you see it, you cannot unsee it.
There's a name for why you keep falling just short.
And it's not what you think.
Free 6-Part Video Series for Women Entrepreneurs with big goals.
You can see the goal. You go for it. You do the work and right when momentum builds, something pulls you back.
That pattern has a name. A cause. And a solution.
This free 6-part series shows you all three.
6 short videos. Binge in under 34 minutes.
Six videos. One complete arc.
Watch them in order. Each one builds on the last - and by the end, you won't see your history the same way again.
▶ Start with Episode OneYou Are a Tall Poppy?
You didn't struggle because something was wrong with you. You struggled because you were wired to rise — and rising made you a target.
This episode names what you are, what's been happening, and why it's not what you think.
"You weren't doing something wrong. You were just sitting outside their box."▶
The Chopping Pattern
There's a cycle. You expand toward a goal, something interrupts it, you adjust downward, you settle at a 7. Then it starts again. You've lived this more than once. This episode maps the exact cycle — step by step. Once you see it, you'll recognise it everywhere in your history.
"You're not self-sabotaging. You're being chopped. And there's a very specific difference."▶
What It Is Costing You
The Chopping Pattern doesn't just interrupt your goals. Over time it does something quieter and far more damaging — it convinces you to stop wanting the 10 altogether. This is the episode most women say hits hardest.
"I stopped letting myself want it. Because wanting it and not getting it hurts too much."▶
Why Strategy Has Never Fixed This
You've tried the frameworks. The coaches. The new offers. Some of them worked — for a while. Then the pattern returned.
This episode explains exactly why tactics alone can never break this cycle, and what actually has to shift instead.
"If strategy could fix this, you'd already be at the 10. This isn't a strategy problem."▶
Your 10/10 Life - What It Actually Requires
Not more hustle. Not another tactic. Not shrinking yourself to stay safe. This final episode shows you what actually breaks the Chopping Pattern — and what becomes available on the other side of it.
"Your 10/10 life is not a fantasy. It is sourced in who you are being."▶
The Three Shifts That Break the Chopping Pattern
You've seen the pattern. You know it's not self-sabotage. You understand why strategy alone hasn't fixed it.
So now the real question: what actually changes when this cycle breaks?
This episode walks you through the three foundational shifts that Tall Poppy women make to stop the stop-start cycle for good — restoring trust in their own instincts, expanding their capacity to hold the next level without contracting, and aligning their business with the way they actually think, create, and lead.
This is where identification becomes transformation.
"When these shifts stabilize, you stop pressing the gas and the brake at the same time. That's when everything accelerates."▶
Episodes
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Are You A Tall Poppy
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Sound familiar?
You set your big goal.
You show up. You do the work.
Right when momentum builds... something interrupts it.
A launch that almost lands.
Criticism that arrives on cue.
An overwhelm that shows up out of nowhere.
A quiet voice that says it's okay to want less.
So you adjust. You tell yourself you're being realistic. And your results land at 70–80% of what you wanted.
You try not to be disappointed. But really... you are.
So you set the next big goal.
And the whole thing starts again.
"Somewhere in all these cycles, you stopped believing your instincts were safe to follow."
What you actually want
Not almost. Not a version of it.
The whole thing.
You want what you go in for to work this time.
The revenue goal — not close to it.
The freedom. The fulfillment.
The business that actually matches the vision in your head.
And more than anything —
you want to trust yourself again.
The real problem
The solution is not
what you think.
It's not another strategy, a new framework, a mindset reset, or clearing a money block.
You've tried those. Some of them worked for a while. Then the pattern came back.
That's because what's interrupting you isn't a strategy problem. It's a pattern problem.
There's a specific pattern running underneath all of it. It has a name. It has a cause.
And it has a solution.
And once you see it, you'll recognise it everywhere in your history.
This free 6-part video series shows you exactly what it is, why it's been pulling you back, and how to stop it for good.
About Cory Michelle
I know this pattern because I lived it.
The first coach I ever hired, I told her exactly what was happening. I kept getting 70–80% of the way there - close, but never fully hitting my goals. She didn't have an answer. And the pattern continued.
In the weirdest ways.
A mentor who kicked me out of an organization right when I was one of their top 10 facilitators in the world.
A coach who told me I was too confident.
A life-threatening health issue that put me in the hospital and stopped everything.
COVID — locked in Australia for 2 years — arriving the exact moment I was about to take off
I tried the strategies. The tactics. The clearing work. Nothing held.
Because none of it was touching the root of this lifelong pattern.
It wasn't until I discovered the actual pattern underneath all of it, the one that had been running since long before the business...
Everything changed.
That's why I'm sharing this with you. Because once you see the root, you can't unsee it.
— You stop fighting symptoms that were never the real problem.
— You stop being disappointed.
— And you finally hit the goals you have been working toward for years.
You don't have to let this pattern run your life for another year.
Your big goals are possible.
But this pattern has to break first.
6 videos. Free. Under 34 minutes.
Watch Episode One and see your whole history differently.
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Tall Poppy Academy is a 12-month container for women entrepreneurs generating $8k–$20k months who know their life is meant to be a 10/10 and are done settling for the version that works but does not feel like the full thing.
We work on the identity level — not just the strategy. Because the Chopping Pattern is not a business problem. It is a leadership identity problem. And it has a very specific solution.