entrepreneurship will expose every unhealed part of you.

These are some words I wrote this morning — on paper with my dull charcoal pencil.

As an entrepreneur — and honestly, just as a responsible human being — I believe self-improvement is something we practice continuously. It’s a gift to our children and to the world around us. I do my best to stay self-aware, to keep learning, to understand my very ADHD brain, to trust myself more, and to stop freaking holding myself back.

I was listening to a podcast the other day and learned a tip for entrepreneurs. I’ve learned in entrepreneurship that you have to be your own cheerleader, especially when you aren’t a financially motivated person, with ADHD. The tip was to write down your favorite inspirational quotes, and read them often — especially when you need a boost of motivation, or the go-getter attitude needs help to be turned on again.

How many people save quotes, blogs, or words… and never look at them again?

The reason you saved them was probably because they made you feel inspired. Or understood. Or seen. Maybe you felt a little less alone because of them.

My office desk has a large cork board that I’ve been meaning to turn into a 2026 vision board. Right now, all that’s on it is a drawing illustrated by my daughter, and a sketch I started painting.

So this morning I came across a quote I liked and began writing it down. But of course, my ADHD brain had me changing it completely, so I took the concept and rewrote it. The beginning of my 2026 vision board.

And I called it Naturally, Naked.

Your business will expose every unhealed part of you —  your abandonment wounds, your fear of not being good enough, your inability to trust yourself, your debilitating perfectionism…

It’s the unlearning.

The unlearning of your scarcity mindset and people-pleasing tendencies — the ones that quietly melt into your financial decisions, your pricing, your overdelivering.

It’s the unlearning of trying your best at everything — motherhood, nurse, wife — until you realize it’s slowly pulling you away from who you really are.

That works for a while… until it doesn’t.

Entrepreneurship isn’t just a career path. It’s involuntary therapy that forces you to confront who you really are, exposing the parts of you that need rebirthed.

The numbing fades,

leaving you naked,  smarter, stronger, braver, and enough.

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Originally published by NaturallyNaked on medium

Laura McKay, RN, founder, NaturallyU