Success isn’t about more opportunities.
It’s about recognizing what’s worth your yes.
Ambitious professionals have more opportunities than ever. The challenge isn’t capability, it’s discernment.
The wrong “yes” becomes an obligation that consumes your time, energy, and focus.
Anusia Gillespie teaches leaders how to recognize the right choice before opportunities turn into commitments, and move toward the results they actually want.
About Anusia
Anusia Gillespie is a two-time exit executive and the author of Soul Toll, a motivational fiction novel about ambition, discernment, and the cumulative cost of unchecked “yeses.”
Drawing on her executive experience leading through major growth and acquisition—including one in the millions and one at $1B—Anusia helps ambitious professionals think more clearly before committing, build stronger boundaries, and move forward with conviction to create desired outcomes.
Through keynotes, workshops, and conversation, she equips audiences with a practical discipline for assessing commitments, so success doesn’t come at the expense of self.
Anusia lives north of Boston with her husband, young son, and old dog.
"Gillespie's supernatural tale mixes motivational ideas with fantasy elements … an imaginative, genre-blurring novel."
— Kirkus Reviews
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At its core, Soul Toll is about rediscovering what truly matters—beyond the promotions, power, and prestige—and finding the courage to reclaim your true self.
—BookLife Review
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Impressively original, deftly crafted, emotionally engaging, and a memorably riveting page-turner of a read from start to finish.
—Midwest Book Review
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In this genre were magic often overshadows meaning, Soul Toll delivers both—brilliantly. The novel blends current reality with the surreal in a way that feels revelatory.
—Andrea Hurst, Literary Agent