Courtney Foley was a seven-year teacher, a district-wide Teacher of the Year finalist, and by every measure – successful. But behind the awards and the smile, she was stuck. And the moment she looked into her newborn daughter’s eyes, she knew something had to change.

In this episode, Courtney shares how she went from crying in her car on the way back from maternity leave to booking her first paying sleep consulting client four days after her last day in the classroom – before she even officially graduated from The Cradle Coach Academy.

We talk about the identity shift of leaving a career that felt like her whole personality, how she fit a certification program into one of the hardest seasons of her life, the math she and her husband did that made leaving feel less terrifying, and what she would say to every teacher sitting in her car right now dreading going back.

This one is going to hit home for a lot of you.

In this episode we cover:

• Why Courtney felt stuck even at the height of her teaching career
• The moment she had her daughter and knew she couldn’t go back
• How she found sleep consulting after asking ChatGPT every possible version of “what can teachers do”
• The personal text that made her pull her credit card out of another program and enroll in TCCA
• How her husband went from “is this a scam” to “book it, let’s run it”
• Making the decision to leave teaching before earning a single dollar
• How she completed the program while working full time, moving houses, nursing a baby, and navigating some really hard personal moments
• The ching ching moment — booking her first paying client and jumping on the bed with her husband
• Her goals for the next year and how she’s already thinking about passive income and scaling
• What she would say to the teacher who feels trapped and doesn’t know there’s a way out

Courtney’s first words after booking her first client: “I thought it was going to work, but now I’m at the point where I see the fruits of all my labor.”

Connect with Courtney: Website: everrestsleepco.com Instagram: @everrestsleepco

Mentioned in this episode: The Cradle Coach Academy — thecradlecoachacademy.com Instagram: @thecradlecoachacademy

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