I have been sitting with something for a while now.

At the end of this school year I am leaving school counseling. For good.

I wanted to say it here too — not just on the podcast — because some of you read every word I write and never press play on an episode. And this is one I do not want you to miss.

This week’s episode is different from anything I have recorded before. I share the full story — the school I helped open and thought I would never leave, the year I spent somewhere new testing whether the problem was the environment or me, and what that year confirmed about the system itself.

I talk about what school counseling actually looks like from the inside. The caseloads. The administrative weight. The gap between what families assume is happening and what counselors are actually given the capacity to do. And why the students who most need real guidance are so often the ones who get the least of it.

I talk about what made leaving feel not just right but necessary. A business that has grown beyond what I can run part time. A son who is about to be a senior. And a quiet but persistent sense that the next chapter is the one I am actually meant for.

And I talk about the Turning Point Scholarship — eight first generation and multilingual students who will receive full one-on-one college counseling this year completely free of charge, made possible by the generosity of the families I already serve. It is the thing I am most proud of in this whole transition and I could not leave without telling you about it.

This episode is for anyone who has ever outgrown something they loved. Anyone who has stayed somewhere longer than they should have because leaving felt like betraying the people they served. Anyone who is quietly wondering if the path they are on is still the right one.

Hit play. I think it will stay with you.