My darlings,

I have been running a membership since before “membership” was even a word anybody used on the internet. Back when dinosaurs roamed and I was custom-coding my own website by Googling things I didn’t understand. I have made over $10 million from memberships. And I hear from SO MANY freaking brilliant humans on brilliant ideas for 2, 3, 4… 86 YEARS because of myths, fears, and what I must lovingly call horse shi* excuses.

So Tam and I are busting every single one. Every “but my audience is too small.” Every “I’ll start when I’m an expert.” Every “I need more testimonials / better tech / a whole team first.” 20 myths given the ole heaveho.

(We also talk about the one time in recent memory that I — Leonie Dawson, delusionally confident since forever — actually felt nervous. It lasted two hours. A historic occasion. You’ll hear about it.)

This one’s for you if: you’re a neurodivergent hottie who’s had “start a membership” on your list for an embarrassing amount of time and keeps coming up with Very Reasonable Reasons why now isn’t quite right.

 

What we gab about:

  • ✨Why you don’t need a content library to launch (Leonie started with two or three things and took years to get to 138)
  • ✨The “my audience is too small” myth — and why launching IS how you grow an audience
  • ✨Ready, expert enough, tech overwhelm, needing a team, waiting for testimonials — all of it, lovingly demolished
  • ✨How to build a membership that actually works around your ADHD, your chronic illness, your real weird life
  • ✨Why AI is not killing memberships (and what kinds of offers actually are at risk)
  • ✨The real story of the post-COVID market shift, told by someone who’s been selling online since 2002
  • ✨And yes — the one time I was nervous, what it taught me about skill-building, and why it matters for YOU

And here’s the truth you already know, deep down, underneath the overthinking and the perfectly reasonable excuses…

You don’t need more time.
You don’t need more proof.
You don’t need to become some shinier, more qualified version of yourself.

You just need to begin. You can figure the rest out as you go — I promise.

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And if you’re sitting there thinking, “Oof… this is me…”

Come join us, possum. 🌈

Million Dollar Memberships is waiting for you inside the Unicorn Biz & Life Academy — along with 138 other programs — for $99 a YEAR. (Not a month. A YEAR. I know. I’m unwell.)

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