I Wasn't Supposed to Be Successful (Wilderness Program, Dr*g Dealers & a Lake House?!)

I wasn't supposed to be successful. Wilderness program at 15. Kicked out at 18. Living with people I had no business living with, carrying bear spray to my car, sneaking food into my purse because I couldn't afford groceries. This is the story I don't tell often — and where it led. 🖤 Join Million Dollar Memberships Club → https://paigevandy.com/million-dollar... ◽ Work with Paige privately → https://paige749061.typeform.com/to/E... This isn't a strategy episode. It's the full origin story — the hard years, the pivots, walking away from a 7-figure business while pregnant and alone, and what finally happened when I stopped doing everything and went all in on one thing: memberships. I built my first membership because 1:1 coaching was suffocating me. I was resetting my business from scratch every three months and calling it a business. No leads, no breathing room, no future I could actually picture. The membership changed that. And then when I got pregnant with my daughter Grey and couldn't work — my membership kept running. Kept growing. My income didn't depend on me being available. But I still had to burn it down and rebuild. New country. Temp home. Newborn. Legal bills. Starting over completely. What got me through it was a vision I'd been holding since 2018 — a house on the water, a private dock, a fireplace in the middle of the living room. I journalled it. I visualised it every single morning. Then I signed the papers. This episode is for anyone who's doubting their membership — or doubting whether they're the kind of person who gets to build the life they actually want. You are. ◾ What you'll hear in this episode: → Why hard pasts often produce the best entrepreneurs → How 1:1 coaching nearly broke Paige's business before memberships saved it → What walking away from 7 figures actually looked like → Why being too broadly niched was quietly killing growth → How Paige's membership kept running through pregnancy as a single mom → The 2018 journal entry that became a lake house → Why most people quit memberships too early — and what to do instead ◽ Leave an Apple Podcasts review → screenshot before submitting → email [email protected] for a free course ◽ Instagram → @themembershipmuse ◽ TikTok → @membershipmuseofficial Million Dollar Memberships Podcast is the go-to show for membership site owners and online community builders scaling recurring revenue. Hosted by Paige Vandy, founder of Million Dollar Memberships Club. #MillionDollarMemberships #MembershipBusiness #OnlineBusiness