For accomplished women who have built a life they once wanted — and can feel that something no longer fits.

The Becoming Intensive

You've spent years becoming the woman everyone can count on. What happens when she isn't the woman you want making your next decision?

Maybe it's the opportunity you're no longer excited about.

The conversation you've been putting off because you know telling the truth could change things.

The role you're still playing because other people recognize you there, even though something in you has already moved on.

You know something needs to change.

But every time you get close to deciding, you find another reason to wait.

In three hours, you'll see which identity has been keeping you repeating the same scenarios, name the decision you've been putting off, and write your plan for the next 90 days.

Without needing to figure out your entire future first.

The Becoming Intensive

A live, guided, three-hour identity intensive with Lindsey.

Saturday, December 12, 2026

11:00 AM Mountain Time

10:00 AM Pacific · 1:00 PM Eastern · 6:00 PM London · Sunday 5:00 AM Sydney

Investment: $97

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This may be where you are

You can be grateful for your life and still know it's time for something to change.

Nothing has to be visibly wrong for something to feel deeply unfinished.

You may have noticed:

  • You keep saying yes to opportunities that look impressive but leave you feeling strangely indifferent.
  • You've rehearsed a conversation a hundred times and still haven't had it.
  • You ask people you respect what they think, even when you already know what you want.
  • You've become so good at handling everything that people rarely stop to ask what you need.
  • You're proud of what you've built, but you're beginning to wonder how much of your life is organized around a woman you no longer want to be.
  • You keep waiting to feel sure enough to decide.

And perhaps the hardest part is that you know how to make things happen.

You've done it your entire life.

You know how to work harder, think more carefully, gather information, and follow through.

Yet this particular decision keeps returning.

What if more thinking isn't going to give you the answer?

What if you need to examine who has been allowed to make the decision?

The deeper problem

The woman who built your life may not be the woman who should decide what comes next.

She served you well.

She earned the degree. Took the responsibility. Kept the peace. Built the career. Held everything together.

She learned what was expected, what was rewarded, and what made her valuable.

And somewhere along the way, those ways of being became identities.

The Strong One

She handles everything. Even when she wishes someone would notice how much she's carrying.

The Good Woman

She says yes because disappointing someone feels harder than disappointing herself.

The Achiever

She reaches the goal, feels satisfied for an afternoon, then finds the next thing to prove.

The Rescuer

She can see exactly what needs to happen in everyone else's life while postponing a decision in her own.

The Peacekeeper

She knows what she wants to say. Then she edits it until everyone else can comfortably hear it.

The Woman Who Must Be Needed

She has made herself so indispensable that stepping away feels almost impossible.

The Woman Who Chooses What Looks Impressive

She knows which choice will earn approval. She is less certain which one will make her happy.

The Woman Who Makes Herself Easy to Approve Of

She leads confidently in public, then asks five people before trusting a private decision.

You may recognize yourself in one of these women.

You may recognize several.

They helped you build a life.

But the qualities that helped you become successful can also make it difficult to choose something different.

And that has a cost.

  • Another month in the role you've mentally outgrown.
  • Another opportunity accepted out of obligation.
  • Another conversation delayed.
  • Another decision where everyone else's comfort gets considered before your own truth.

You can respect the woman who brought you here without allowing her to make every decision about where you go next.

The real question

Why thinking harder hasn't helped you decide

You've probably already tried.

  • The lists.
  • The long conversations with people whose judgment you trust.
  • The journaling.
  • The quiet promises that after this next milestone, you'll finally decide.

And perhaps you've noticed that the more you think about it, the more complicated the decision becomes.

Because you're trying to answer the practical question without examining the identity that's answering it.

Should I leave or stay?

Should I accept the opportunity?

Should I tell the truth?

Should I choose what I actually want, even if someone is disappointed?

Underneath each question may be another:

Am I making this decision from the woman I am now — or from the woman I learned I had to be?

That's the question we answer in The Becoming Intensive.

I won't send you away with more questions to think about alone. I'll guide you as you see the identity you've been living from, understand what it has protected, and decide what you're ready to do differently.

You do your own thinking and writing.

I guide the process, one step at a time.

So you can stop circling the same question and begin making a practical choice.

What you leave with

Three hours. One defining decision. A way forward you can actually use.

You don't need to resolve every question about your future in one afternoon.

You need somewhere to begin.

By the end of The Becoming Intensive, you'll have created your personal 90-Day Becoming Roadmap, built around four specific things.

1. One defining decision

The decision you've been circling, stated plainly.

You may still need to take steps before implementing it. But you'll know what you're deciding and why it matters.

2. One courageous conversation

You'll identify who you need to speak with and write down what you actually want to say.

So you can stop having the conversation only in your head.

3. One boundary

You'll name where you've been repeatedly setting yourself aside, what needs to change, and how you'll respond when the old expectation returns.

4. One practical experiment

A specific action you can take in your real life within the next 90 days.

Something that allows you to begin moving forward without demanding that you already know how everything will unfold.

You'll leave with your next steps written down, not one more insight to figure out later.

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$97 · Live on Zoom · December 12, 2026

What happens inside

What happens inside The Becoming Intensive

A guided process with a clear order.

You won't be asked to arrive with all the answers or explain your entire life to a room of strangers.

We'll meet as a group on Zoom. You'll complete your own writing and reflection while I guide you through each stage.

  1. Before we meet

    The Becoming Assessment

    You'll begin by identifying what has been changing, what no longer fits, what you're afraid to release, and the decision you've been postponing.

    This gives you a starting point before the live experience begins.

  2. Part 1

    Identity Mapping

    We begin with the woman you've learned to be.

    You'll examine the role she's played, what she's helped you accomplish, and what staying in that identity may now be costing you.

    You'll identify the strengths worth keeping and the patterns that may no longer belong in charge.

  3. Part 2

    The Identity Threshold

    This is where we get to the decision itself.

    You'll identify what you've been postponing, what loyalties or expectations may be influencing you, and what making a different choice would require.

    You'll practice telling the difference between fear worth listening to and fear that doesn't get to decide.

  4. Part 3

    The Becoming Declaration

    You'll put into words who you're choosing to become.

    What you're keeping.

    What you're releasing.

    What you're no longer willing to negotiate away.

    And how you want to respond when someone whose opinion matters doesn't agree with your choice.

  5. Part 4

    Your 90-Day Becoming Roadmap

    We turn what you've seen into a plan.

    One decision.

    One conversation.

    One boundary.

    One experiment.

    You'll write down your next steps so you have something to return to when ordinary life resumes.

    What matters most is what changes after you close your laptop.

Everything included

You won't have to carry the next steps entirely on your own.

The live intensive is the beginning.

Your registration also includes:

  • The Becoming Assessment — to help you arrive with a clear starting point.
  • The three-hour live intensive — guided by Lindsey on Zoom.
  • Your Becoming Declaration — written during the experience.
  • Your personal 90-Day Becoming Roadmap — developed during the intensive.
  • A written summary — completed by you during the event.
  • The event recording — available 48 hours afterward.
  • Seven days of Facebook Group support — for questions and reflection as you begin integrating the work.
  • One audio reflection for the group.
  • A 60-minute group integration call — scheduled within 21 to 30 days after the intensive.

You'll have a clear process, a written plan, and ways to come back to it as you put it into practice.

Your investment: $97

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Meet Lindsey

I know this trap intimately because it almost cost me my voice.

Lindsey Machona in a cream suit

Hi, I’m Lindsey.

Back in Zimbabwe, I had a thriving public career. I worked in PR, spoke on radio, appeared on television, and knew how to take up space.

Then I moved to Canada.

And somewhere in the process of starting again, an older version of me quietly took over.

I became easy to accommodate. Low-maintenance. Grateful. The woman who worked hard, asked for very little, proved her value and tried not to make life difficult for anyone.

It looked like adaptability, resilience, and ambition, but little by little, I was disappearing inside it.

I remember negotiating with myself over whether I was allowed to ask my manager for a few hours off to take my son to the doctor.

That moment stopped me because the woman who had once used her voice publicly — on radio, television, and in rooms where being heard was part of who she was — was now afraid to use that same voice to advocate for something as basic as her own child’s needs.

That was when I had to ask myself a question I could no longer avoid:

What identity am I still protecting?

I began to see that my overdelivering wasn’t just about having a strong work ethic.

My guilt around rest wasn’t just because I was ambitious.

My need to be easy, useful and approved of wasn’t simply “who I was.”

These were ways of being that had served me in the past. They had helped me adapt, belong and prove myself in unfamiliar environments, but they had quietly become unseen rules I lived by and I was still obeying them long after I needed to.

That realization changed the way I understood becoming.

Sometimes you don’t need to become a more confident, successful or powerful version of yourself.

Sometimes you need to notice the identity that has been making your decisions — thank her for how far she brought you — and stop letting her decide what happens next.

That is the work at the heart of The Becoming Intensive. I don’t want to help you manufacture another version of yourself to perform.

I want to help you recognize where you may have stopped allowing yourself to be fully you — and begin making your next decisions from there.

In their words

What women have experienced working with Lindsey

These testimonials reflect previous work with Lindsey and are not presented as results from this specific intensive.

“She helped me find the exact place where I keep losing myself in certain rooms — and why.”

“I came into my session with a challenge I had been managing for years without knowing exactly what it was. In one conversation, Lindsey asked me a question that changed the way I understand my own leadership.

She did not give me strategies or tell me what to do differently. She helped me find the exact place where I keep losing myself in certain rooms and why.

I left knowing something about myself that I had never been able to name before.”

— Cynthia
“A conversation with Lindsey gave me the ability to name what I wanted without immediately asking myself whether I deserved it.”

“I had already begun building the vision. A conversation with Lindsey gave me the ability to name what I wanted without immediately asking myself whether I deserved it.

That shift was grounded and quiet, and it changed everything about how I moved forward.”

— Sochi
“She gave me specific tools for the moments I typically freeze.”

“I came to Lindsey at a moment of significant transition, stepping into a new advisory role that I knew I was ready for and still feeling the familiar doubt creeping in.

What struck me most was how quickly she helped me see that the doubt was not evidence of anything real.”

— Germaine

The work is personal. The decisions remain yours.

My role is to help you see what has been shaping them, so your next choice is truly yours.

This is for you if

This intensive is for you if...

  • You've built a life you're proud of, but some part of it no longer fits.
  • You may be at a professional, personal, or identity threshold.
  • You know there's a decision you can't keep postponing.
  • You are capable, accomplished, and accustomed to figuring things out.
  • You've already spent time thinking about what needs to change.
  • And you're ready to move beyond understanding your patterns toward making a different choice.

You don't need to know exactly what your next chapter looks like.

You do need to be willing to consider what might change if you stopped making every decision according to who you've always been expected to be.

This is not for you if

This intensive is not for you if...

  • You're looking for someone to tell you whether to leave your job, end your relationship, or make a particular life decision.
  • You want a motivational seminar, vision boards, or a generic personal-development experience.
  • You want to explore your patterns but have no interest in making a different choice.
  • Or you're seeking therapy or mental health treatment. This is a coaching intensive and is not a substitute for medical or mental health care.

I will guide the work.

You will make your own decisions.

Questions

Before you decide

Where does it happen?

Live on Zoom, in a guided group setting.

When is it?

Saturday, December 12, 2026, beginning at 11:00 AM Mountain Time. The live session runs for three hours.

What if I can't attend live?

A recording is included and will be available 48 hours after the event. It's best live, because you'll write and reflect as we go.

Do I need to know what decision I'm making?

No. You may arrive knowing exactly what you've been postponing, or simply knowing that something in your life no longer fits. The Becoming Assessment helps you begin identifying where the work needs to happen.

Will Lindsey tell me what to do?

No. The purpose is to help you understand what has been influencing your decisions and make a conscious choice for yourself.

Is this therapy?

No. The Becoming Intensive is coaching. We focus on who you've been, what you're deciding, and what you'll do next. It is not medical or mental health care.

What if I purchase and change my mind?

You can request a full refund by emailing within seven days of purchase, provided the intensive has not started.

What happens after I register?

You'll join the Facebook Group and complete your Becoming Assessment before the live intensive. After the event, you'll have seven days of Facebook Group support and a group integration call within 21 to 30 days.

You don't have to become an entirely different woman to begin living differently.

You can keep your ambition.

Your strength.

Your ability to lead, care, accomplish, and create.

You can be grateful for everything the woman you've been has made possible.

And still decide that some of the rules she lived by no longer belong in charge.

You may not know exactly where your next chapter leads.

But you can know what decision you're ready to make.

What conversation needs to happen.

What boundary needs to hold.

And what first step you are willing to take.

Give yourself three hours to stop circling the question and begin deciding what comes next.

The Becoming Intensive

Saturday, December 12, 2026

11:00 AM Mountain · 10:00 AM Pacific · 1:00 PM Eastern · 6:00 PM London · Sunday 5:00 AM Sydney

$97 — one payment

Save My Seat and Create My 90-Day Roadmap →

Paid once. No subscription. Refunds within 7 days, as long as the intensive hasn't started.