I’m gonna say something that might ruffle a few feathers or might surprise you coming from a coach—your goals are too big. 

And before you abandon this post or send me your “dream big” quotes, hear me out. I want you to dream big. I want you to want all the things. I want you to succeed. But if you keep making huge goals without any plan or systems to support you, I’m afraid you won’t reach those goals you're aiming for. 

If you’re setting goals, I encourage you to ask yourself these three questions: 

This week, I'm excited to share this recent feature from Shoutout Colorado! 

This is just a glimpse into the highlight reel of my inner critic these past few weeks. And let me tell you—she’s ruthless. 

Would I ever say this to a friend? Of course not. So why do I let her talk to me this way? 

This week, while listening to yet another episode of Armchair Expert, I found myself struck by a deceptively simple question posed by actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry … “What happens when you’re not at work?”

I had a sense of what my word was for this year, but I was having a hard time putting it into one word. So, naturally, I asked my friend Chat GPT to help me.

If finding community feels hard lately, you are not alone.

This is something I’ve been thinking about a lot recently. We live in a world where community can feel like something we know exists but is unreachable to us. And if you’ve felt that, I want you to know—it’s not just you.

If I could do a Ted Talk on a topic it would be this - Do less.

And it would apply to life as much as it does for work.

If I could go back and talk to the version of me who felt lost, here’s what I’d say…