Don't Quit Before the Breakthrough

The one I almost didn't film changed my life

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Aug 25, 2025
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I was questioning my path forward. How to tie together everything I wanted to share and I received a message in a plant medicine ceremony that felt so simple, so clear, so obvious!

I heard a voice say: SPREAD MESSAGES OF LOVE.

I felt a warmth and peace come over me. Of course! That’s all I need to do. And I took it seriously. I shaped my life around that message. I made art. I made music. I poured my soul into a tarot deck, a beauty line, a series of little transmissions I shared with strangers online. But for a long time, it felt like my message wasn’t landing…like I was screaming into the void.

There were days I said I was going to quit. I was tired and I felt like I was putting so much energy into something without getting any return. I started to question the mission.

But my husband reminded me why I started. My family told me they saw the thread, even when I felt like I swerving randomly. They kept saying, This is your art too. This is still you.

I don’t particularly like the word “influencer”. It feels shallow and silly and disconnected from what fuels me. But

, I knew I wasn’t trying to influence anyone to buy more things or become something they’re not. I was trying to inspire people to remember who they are. To love themselves more. To call in real love. To leave what no longer served. To stay curious. To keep evolving.

And that brings me to the day I almost didn’t film.

I was feeling low. Not particularly radiant or motivated. Nothing special was happening.

But I remembered the mission. I picked up my phone and shot something simple.

A reel. A thought. A spark.

It ended up reaching over 3.5 million people.

It brought in 150,000 new like-minded souls.

It exploded my business.

It brought new eyes to my music, my art, my tarot deck, my beauty line.

It changed my life.

Not because I had a perfect strategy or a fool proof plan.

Because I stayed on the path. Because I kept going when it would’ve been easier to give up.

Because I trusted the voice that said keep sharing. Even when I didn’t know if anyone was listening.

So this is for the ones who are mid-transmission. Who are planting seeds in silence. Who wonder if it’s all for nothing.

Stay with it.

You have no idea what’s coming.

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