There comes a moment in every high-achieving woman’s journey when she realizes: the ladder she’s been climbing isn’t actually the one she wants to be on.

For Amanda Rabideau, that moment came shortly after her second child was born. Sitting in San Francisco, surrounded by pitch decks and startup proposals, she was in final-round interviews with multiple Series A companies for CMO roles. The offers were close. The paychecks were promising. But something felt… limiting.

She was drafting 90-day marketing plans for each company, carefully curated strategies tailored to their unique business models. And one evening, she turned to her husband and said, “These are all the same plan. I should just take a job with all of them.”

That throwaway comment became the beginning of her Luxe Leap.

Because what Amanda realized in that moment wasn’t just that she could build a business—but that she could own her time, her strategy, and her worth in a way no company had ever allowed.

She launched Arch Collective shortly after. And within months, she was helping multiple startups grow their brands with the same strategies she was once offering behind closed boardroom doors.

This story isn’t rare. It’s a blueprint.

How many women consultants are still waiting for permission to build what they already know how to deliver?

How many are sitting on frameworks, insights, and genius-level pattern recognition—yet stuck inside organizations that won’t ever let them fully shine?

The truth is: your brilliance doesn’t need a gatekeeper.

Amanda didn’t wait for funding. She didn’t overcomplicate the leap. She trusted the data: that she was already delivering premium value. The only thing missing was the premium positioning that turned that value into equity.

That’s the power of brand.

An extraordinary brand doesn’t just get you clients. It gets you clarity, authority, and the emotional real estate to walk into rooms you used to be excluded from. It shatters glass ceilings—not with noise, but with precision.

And when Amanda joined me on The Luxe Leap podcast, we didn’t just talk about business. We talked about betting on yourself. About how confidence is built through action. About how mindset, boundaries, and vision aren’t just personal development buzzwords—they’re infrastructure for building uncommon wealth.

So if you’re the woman who’s been drafting strategies in someone else’s sandbox, consider this your nudge.

You already know enough.

The only question is: Are you ready to bet on you?

Listen to Amanda’s full episode on The Luxe Leap to hear how she went from CMO candidate to CEO—and how you can turn your brilliance into your boldest brand yet.