You know how they say your life can change in a single moment?
Mine happened on a random Sunday morning.
I was 24, lying next to the man I thought I'd have kids with, in the house we bought, with the picture-perfect future everyone else envied. And then one Sunday morning I turned to him in bed and asked, “Are you happy?” He said yes. I should’ve stopped there. But nope...
I asked... “On a scale of zero to ten?” He thought for a moment. “Seven.” His answer bothered me, probably because I felt the same way. Not miserable. Not fulfilled. Just… fine.
But I didn’t want to be someone’s seven. I didn’t want to live a life of a seven. So within a month, we split our things. He kept the house, the cat, the birds, and I left with a broken heart, a chunk of debt, and a mind full of “I’ll figure it out.” I didn’t get long to figure though, because two weeks later the school director called to tell me my job for the next year was gone too. No boyfriend. No home. No job. Just a 24 year old with a life that had evaporated overnight.
And then an ad popped up: a family in Paris looking for an au pair. Three months. I clicked yes without overthinking, packed what was left of my life, and drove to Paris. I expected tears, drama, but what I felt instead was lightness. Choice. Actual possibility for the first time ever. I stood on a bridge over the Seine that first night and made myself a promise: from now on, I will only choose what makes me happy.
That decision rerouted my entire life
Paris led to full-time travel. Travel led to an international teaching career. Within a year, I was running a school, leading teams, sitting in board meetings, juggling parents, students, community, and staff. And because most schools never have the budget they wish they did, I somehow became the accidental designer, marketer, and tech department, building websites, designing promotional materials, and slowly realized I actually loved the creative side more than anything else.
That curiosity turned into my first business: an online language school I ran alongside my full-time job. While I was struggling to get the business where I wanted it to go, people kept asking who my designer was (spoiler: me!). Soon, I was creating websites, logos, and branding for fellow colleagues. One referral led to another and before I knew it, I closed down my language school and was building entire infrastructures for female entrepreneurs. From websites, funnels, email sequences, automated systems, full courses, and whole memberships.
And then I hit that moment, that many high-achieving women eventually run into. The "I’m proud of my business and the results I get, but with how hard I work, it feels like it should be making a lot more money, impact, and so on..."
On paper, the model was working. People assumed 'I made it!'. Yup, the money was fine. The clients were lovely. It was just too small for who I had become. It felt tight. Boring. Misaligned. Like trying to squeeze into a version of myself I’d already outgrown. There I was again... at a 'seven moment', but this time in my business. Very grateful for what I had build, but knowing that I was meant for more! More impact, more money, more alignment, more everything!
This is the exact point where so many women torch everything they’ve built and start over from zero (ask me how many times I’ve done that, or maybe not.. it's actually embarrassing!). But this time was different, I refused to throw away a perfectly good business just because the model needed a makeover. Instead of quitting, I redesigned. I took the parts that worked, ditched the parts that drained me, and rebuilt the whole thing to match the life I wanted next.
I shifted from custom work to an automated template business, created passive income, and kept living my travel-filled, freedom-based lifestyle. And that gave me the space to step back, zoom out, and ask myself what was next...
And... before I closed that chapter for good, I decided to write a book about everything I’d learned. Hundreds of copies sold in the first month.
That book opened up new doors. I started working closely with industry leaders, created a full certification program and taught everything I’d learned about business: marketing, sales, delivery, and growth in workshops, courses, and in-person events.
And eventually, I grew out of the startup world and into the work I do now. Helping high-achieving, service-based women who have muscled their way to 10-20k months, fix the leaks in their business that are stopping them from scaling to their next level.
I feel very proud knowing that I'm creating a ripple effect of female founders whose work elevates their families, clients, and communities.
I'm not a coach. I'm a strategist and operator. That looks like:
Asking sharp questions that get to the real constraint quickly
Stepping into your business as a temporarily strategic partner, putting your vision into sustainable systems.
Giving you clear, structured plans instead of vague “you’ve got this” advice
Doing the boring work of mapping systems, offers, and decisions so you don't have to.
We are a strong fit if you are:
A service-based founder sitting around 10–20k months.
Already making a positive impact in the world, and now wanting to multiply that.
Proud of what you have built, but honest enough to admit it is messy behind the scenes.
Ready to trade 'doing more' for doing the right things in the right order.
I LOVE what I do, and I’m freaking great at it.
Don’t take my word for it, see what my clients have to say.
I believe that your business should feel aligned with who you are AND the life you want. Not the life you think you should want. Not the life or the business that’s a seven out of ten. Let's stop settling for that and go for the one that feels like a FULL BODY YES!
So if you’re sitting in your version of that Sunday morning moment, knowing something has to change but not knowing where to start, let’s find the thing that’s holding you back from your next level. Book a complimentary 30-min Meant for More Strategy Call, and let's talk!
Rianna helps 10-20K/month female founders find and fix the invisible leaks stealing their time, energy, and profit, then optimizes what’s already working into a simple, scalable system that becomes the foundation of their 7‑figure business.
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