Here’s the truth bomb that hit me this week: Are you interested in your goals… or are you committed to them?

Being interested is easy. It feels good in the moment. It lives in your screenshots and vision board. But being committed? That takes choosing. Showing up. Taking the next small step—even when it’s not exciting anymore.

Saying “I’m proud of you” can carry this tiny thread of hierarchy… like I’m looking down on someone rather than standing with them. It places me in the role of evaluator, even when my heart is just bursting with love and admiration.

I used to think fear meant stop. That shaky feeling in my chest? That voice in my head whispering, What if you fail? The tension in my body telling me to back off? It all felt like a warning—like something was wrong. Like I wasn’t ready.

For so long, I searched for answers outside of myself. I thought if I just learned from the right person, followed the right framework, found the right mentor, then finally I’d have the clarity, confidence, and direction I was looking for.

For so long, I searched for answers outside of myself. I thought if I just learned from the right person, followed the right framework, found the right mentor, then finally I’d have the clarity, confidence, and direction I was looking for.

I don’t believe in forcing gratitude for things that broke us. But I do believe in staying open to the possibility that one day, we’ll see how even the hardest moments carried something for us.

You never know where your path will take you. But I do know this: You can’t hear your own wisdom if you don’t get quiet enough to listen.

If you argue for your limitations, you get to keep them. We know when we’re holding onto stories that keep us small. But here’s the thing: Recognizing it is the first step to releasing it.

Loving yourself isn’t just about treating yourself to nice things (though, hey, I’m all for that). It’s about the way you speak to yourself, the boundaries you set, the way you honor your needs without guilt. It’s about choosing yourself—not as an afterthought, but as a priority.

What do you do on the days when you just don’t feel good—when motivation is nowhere to be found and everything feels a little… off?

We talk a lot about leadership—at work, in our families, in our communities—but how often do we think about leading ourselves?

I was working with a client recently, and she kept focusing on what wasn’t getting done—how she was falling short here, missing something there. Sound familiar?

I had a moment of clarity I couldn’t wait to share because, even though I teach this work, it still sneaks up on me sometimes.

This week, I sat down to do something I’d been putting off for months—a task I told myself I “didn’t need to worry about” because, oh, I’ve got time. Sound familiar?

I have heard that for everything you say YES to you are saying NO to something else. I believe that is true but being mindful of the things that you are saying YES to has a huge impact on this trajectory set in motion with that decision.