7 Lessons I’m Taking With Me into 2026 Presence Perspective Purpose For much of my life, I lived from a deeply ingrained operating system: be responsible, be helpful, be capable. My inner narrative was subtle but powerful: If I carry more, understand more, and anticipate more, things will stay okay. For years, that system served me well. Until it didn’t. 2025 was not a year of adding.It was a year of loosening. Letting go of over-functioning. Letting go of certaint

There’s a stage in leadership transition that rarely makes it into strategy decks or keynote talks. It’s the in-between, when the old way of leading no longer fits, but the new way hasn’t yet taken form. You ’ve outgrown what once worked and your identity, habits, or leadership stance begin to loosen. Certainty fades, language gets thin and your confidence wobbles.     This phase often shows up during leadership transitions, when growth requires more than new skills and asks

Promotions aren’t earned by doing more, they’re earned by becoming someone who can hold more. I’ve coached enough high-achieving women to see the same pattern:The ones who rise fastest aren’t the ones perfecting their deliverables.They’re the ones expanding their internal architecture to match the complexity of the roles they want. In a VUCA world, promotions aren’t a reward for past performance.They’re a referendum on your future capacity. That’s why Adrienne jumped from Sen

You’ve always been the high achiever. Top of your class. Star performer at work. Now, you’ve earned a promotion to lead a team of...

It started for me in a fourth-grade classroom.I was teaching at a school in an underserved area, and our principal decided we should all...

In our journey through life, we encounter a myriad of emotions - joy, love, sadness, fear, anger, and everything in between. While we...