The In Focus Blog
A free resource exploring how self-leadership, capacity, and nervous-system-first living can change the way you move through your life and work.
Here, you’ll find grounded, compassionate insights that help you understand yourself more deeply, interrupt autopilot, and build the clarity, confidence, and inner steadiness needed to design a life that actually fits you, on your terms, in THIS SEASON.
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Burnt Out on Goal-Setting? How Personal Values Can Restore Clarity
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January can bring with it a familiar pressure to set goals, pick a theme for the new year, or declare intentions. The pressure to set goals can feel like another thing you have to do, especially if you’re ambitious. After all, that’s what high achievers do! We set goals and…
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Why Gratitude Works: The Neuroscience Behind a Simple Practice
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With the new year approaching, this is a natural time for self-reflection. Personally – 2025 was a tough one. I started the year with unexpected job instability, had major abdominal surgery in the spring, and my dad got sick over the summer and passed away in August. Looking back, I…
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The Straightforward Truth About Why Self-Help Is Failing High Achievers
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You’ve spent years meeting expectations, crushing goals, holding it all together. On the outside, life looks good. Inside? You’re stretched thin, tired in your bones, waking up overwhelmed and going to bed wired-tired. You’ve tried the books, the routines, the programs, and still feel like you’re barely hanging on. You…
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Strong on the Outside, Exhausted on the Inside: The Truth About Leadership for High Achievers
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You walk into the meeting composed and steady, even though you barely slept, your heart is racing, and your head is pounding. Everyone turns toward you, waiting for clarity, direction, expecting stability. The expectations of leaders are clear – command the room, absorb and manage tension, project confidence. It can…
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How Chronic Stress Sabotages Productivity — Especially for High Achievers
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You sit down at your desk with the best of intentions, telling yourself that today is the day you’ll finally catch up! But instead of getting started, you stare at your screen, reorganize your task list, or find yourself doing something trivial like cleaning your inbox… or reloading the dishwasher.…
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The Eye-Opening Research on Why Midlife High Achievers Hit a Wall
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If you’re waking before your alarm goes off, heart thudding, anxiety on full blast – overwhelmed by getting the kids out the door, the commute, and what is waiting for you at work – you’re not alone. More midlife professionals than ever are struggling. If you’ve ever said in frustration…