“What Soul Work Really Looks Like (And Why Most People Avoid It)”

I used to think healing was a checklist.

Read the book.
Go to therapy.
Pray.
Journal.
Perform strength like it was purpose.

And then I’d get frustrated when I didn’t feel lighter. When the same insecurities kept showing up in leadership. When I was still overfunctioning, still shrinking in rooms I should’ve been owning. Still achieving—but not becoming.

Because here’s the truth:
Real soul work doesn’t look like a glow-up. It looks like grief.

It looks like sitting in the silence that performance used to protect you from.
It looks like realizing your confidence was built on compliance.
It looks like breaking a cycle you once called “just how I am.”
It looks like crying in a coaching session because someone finally asked, “But what do you want?”—and you don’t know how to answer without first thinking of everyone else.

This Is What Real Soul Work Looks Like:

• It’s not sexy. It’s sacred.

• It’s not linear. It’s layered.

• It’s not quick. But it’s catalytic.

Soul work is when a woman finally realizes she doesn’t have to be strong to be safe.
It’s when a leader stops hiding behind policy and starts leading with presence.
It’s when someone whispers, “I’ve never said this out loud before…” and that’s the beginning of freedom.

In My Work, Soul Work Becomes Strategy

In the Leadership Repatterning Lab, in 1-on-1 sessions, and in the Warrior Rise community—we don’t just talk mindset. We do identity excavation.
We don’t just plan goals. We map belief systems.
We don’t just ask “what do you want?” We ask, “Who were you before survival taught you to shrink?”

Because that version of you? She’s still in there.
And when she reclaims her voice, everything changes.

Real Talk:

If you’ve been doing “the work” but still feel stuck, heavy, or unsure of your purpose—you’re not broken. You’re just overdue for a deeper layer of soul work.

And the good news? You don’t have to do it alone.

Come Sit With Me Inside the Work

• 💻 Join my Leadership Circle (monthly community for identity-based growth)

• 🎓 Take the $10 starter class: How to Stop Leading from Trauma

• 🤝 Apply for 1-on-1 coaching and begin your Repatterning journey

This work will cost you comfort. But it will give you clarity, courage, and your voice back.

It’s not easy.
But it is everything.

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Artrice V. Scott is a transformational leadership speaker, scholar-practitioner, and the founder of Warrior Rise. She helps leaders reclaim their identity, voice, and vision—from survival to self-authorship.