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.
You weren't self-sabotaging.
You were being chopped.
Free 5-Part Video Series for Women Entrepreneurs
You don't have a goal-setting problem. You know exactly what the 10 looks like. This is about why you keep stopping just before you get there.
There's a name for what keeps interrupting you. After 16 years and 3,000+ women, I found the pattern. And once you see it, you can't unsee it.
5 short videos. Watch in under 30 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."▶
The Real Reason You Keep Stopping Short
You Were Not Self-Sabotaging.
You Were Being Chopped.
You know the feeling. You get a new idea, a new goal, a new vision. Momentum builds. You're good at this part, you've always been good at this part. Then something interrupts it. Criticism. Conflict. A launch that almost lands. An overwhelm that arrives right on cue.
You adjust the goal. You tell yourself you're being realistic. You settle at a 7 out of 10 and call it good enough. Until the next vision arrives and the whole cycle starts again.
After enough of these cycles, something shifts. You stop fully trusting your instincts. You start looking outside yourself for the right strategy, the right framework, the right answer.
... And subtly without even noticing, you stop letting yourself want the 10.
Because wanting it and not getting it hurts too much.
This is not self-sabotage. It is not a strategy problem. It is not something wrong with you.
It is the Chopping Pattern.
And it has a specific name, a specific cause, and a specific solution.
About Cory Michelle
After 16 Years, I Found the Pattern Nobody Was Naming.
I've spent 16 years working with women entrepreneurs who are deeply talented, genuinely committed, and keep stopping just short of the life they know is possible.
For years, I watched these women assume they were self-sabotaging. That they needed to clear a block, that something was 'off in themselves' or that they needed a better strategy. They would always say - "I am in my own way."
After working with 3,000+ women, I discovered something different. They weren't self-sabotaging. They were Tall Poppies, naturally gifted leaders who had been cut down so many times that their nervous systems learned to pull them back before they could rise too high.
I know this pattern because I lived it.
This series is what I wish someone had handed me years ago.
Is This You?
This Series Was Made for You If...
Your business works. Income is coming in. But internally something feels unfinished.
You can see a bigger version of your work. The ideas are there. The vision is clear. The leadership in you feels stronger than ever.
And yet expansion keeps stalling just before it lands.
You have tried new strategies. New coaches. New frameworks. Some of them worked, for a while. But eventually the pattern returned.
And somewhere along the way you started questioning whether you can trust your own instincts.
The issue is not your strategy.
It is not your discipline.
It is not your mindset.
It is the Chopping Pattern. And it has a very specific solution. Start with Episode One and I will show you exactly what it is.
"Your 10/10 life begins when you stop snapping back. Break the Chopping Pattern and rise - for good."
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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.