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"Being needed isn't the same thing as being known."
You say you're fine. You've said it so many times it barely feels like a lie anymore. Not because everything is fine, but because you've gotten so good at carrying what isn't.
What Capable Costs is for the woman everyone counts on: the one who reads the room first, catches what's about to fall, and has built a career, maybe a whole life, on being steady. This book asks the question that steadiness rarely leaves room for: what is all of this costing you, and how long can it actually last?
Drawing on business, psychology, and her own recovery from burnout, Rae maps the real architecture of capability: the body that keeps performing after it's stopped resting, the effort that gets mistaken for identity, the thoughts that feel true simply because they're loud, the care that quietly becomes carrying everyone. Chapter by chapter, she builds a different kind of strategic mindset: one measured not by how much you can hold, but by how honestly you can tell the truth to your body, your thinking, the people who depend on you, and yourself.
This isn't a book about doing less or wanting less. It's about building a life that can hold your ambition without requiring you to disappear inside it. With real stories, grounded research, and practical tools you'll return to again and again, What Capable Costs offers women revenue leaders a way back to themselves. Not someday. The next time they notice.
Contents
Chapter 1: The Lie of “Fine”
Chapter 2: What Effort Has Learned
Chapter 3: The Meaning We Make
Chapter 4: Accountability Without Shame
Chapter 5: The Language of Pressure
Chapter 6: Cognitive Integrity
Chapter 7: Care Without Carrying
Chapter 8: The Architecture of Resilience
Chapter 9: The Work After Impact
Chapter 10: The Systems That Shape Us
Chapter 11: The Practice of Staying Human
This is a pre-order. Shipping Begins September 16, 2026.
Pre-Order includes a signed copy from Rae.
"Being needed isn't the same thing as being known."
You say you're fine. You've said it so many times it barely feels like a lie anymore. Not because everything is fine, but because you've gotten so good at carrying what isn't.
What Capable Costs is for the woman everyone counts on: the one who reads the room first, catches what's about to fall, and has built a career, maybe a whole life, on being steady. This book asks the question that steadiness rarely leaves room for: what is all of this costing you, and how long can it actually last?
Drawing on business, psychology, and her own recovery from burnout, Rae maps the real architecture of capability: the body that keeps performing after it's stopped resting, the effort that gets mistaken for identity, the thoughts that feel true simply because they're loud, the care that quietly becomes carrying everyone. Chapter by chapter, she builds a different kind of strategic mindset: one measured not by how much you can hold, but by how honestly you can tell the truth to your body, your thinking, the people who depend on you, and yourself.
This isn't a book about doing less or wanting less. It's about building a life that can hold your ambition without requiring you to disappear inside it. With real stories, grounded research, and practical tools you'll return to again and again, What Capable Costs offers women revenue leaders a way back to themselves. Not someday. The next time they notice.
Contents
Chapter 1: The Lie of “Fine”
Chapter 2: What Effort Has Learned
Chapter 3: The Meaning We Make
Chapter 4: Accountability Without Shame
Chapter 5: The Language of Pressure
Chapter 6: Cognitive Integrity
Chapter 7: Care Without Carrying
Chapter 8: The Architecture of Resilience
Chapter 9: The Work After Impact
Chapter 10: The Systems That Shape Us
Chapter 11: The Practice of Staying Human
This is a pre-order. Shipping Begins September 16, 2026.
Pre-Order includes a signed copy from Rae.