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What happens when the practice that's supposed to support you becomes one more thing you feel like you have to get right?

This month, we're talking all about rituals and how they can help us do big things without losing ourselves. But if you're anything like me, you might hear about a meaningful practice, immediately turn it into a system, and then start measuring yourself against h...

What if the thing that helps you do big things without losing yourself isn't another productivity system?

What if it's a ritual?

September is here, and with a new month comes a new theme on Plan Goal Plan! This month, we're exploring rituals and how small, meaningful actions can help us stay present, navigate transitions, and remain connected to ourselves while pursuing big goals.

In this episode, I'm breaking down what a ritual ac...

Purpose can be inspiring, motivating, and meaningful... but it can also become pressure, obligation, or even something other people use to exploit our care.

So after spending this month questioning purpose, I'm finally asking: What if purpose isn't something we find once and spend the rest of our lives following? What if purpose is something we practice?

In this episode, I'm exploring a mo...

What if the struggle you're in right now isn't pulling you away from your purpose... but actually helping you find it?

In this episode, I'm joined by TJ Warren, a superhero-loving educator whose journey to meaningful work included 54 job applications, ten months of searching, getting let go from the post office, and eventually discovering that his own purpose was helping other peopl...

Have you ever achieved the thing you worked SO hard for... only to wonder, Is this it?

This month on Plan Goal Plan, we're talking about purpose. Last week, we explored what happens when purpose becomes pressure. This week, we're flipping that conversation around: What happens when purpose delivers exactly what it promised, you achieve the big goal, and somehow it still doesn't feel...

Purpose is supposed to bring clarity. So why does it sometimes feel so heavy?

This month, we're exploring the idea of purpose, and we're starting with a trap that many high-achieving women fall into without even realizing it: when purpose stops serving as a compass and starts becoming a measuring stick.

In this episode, we're unpacking what happens when meaningful work quietly turns into i...

You finally have a free afternoon...

...and somehow you spend it reorganizing your email, researching the "best" way to rest, or planning next month's goals.

If that sounds familiar, you're not alone.

In this final episode of our July series on rest, we're exploring one of the biggest traps high-achievers fall into: trying to optimize recovery instead of actually experiencing it.

Because t...

What if having more time isn't the same thing as feeling free?

This week, I'm joined by Dr. Ann Tsung, a NASA flight surgeon, triple board-certified emergency physician, entrepreneur, and mom, to explore one of the biggest misconceptions about productivity: that if we could just free up our calendars, we'd finally feel at peace.

But as Ann shares from her own sabbatical and travels abroad,...

Last week, we explored what rest actually is. This week, we're going one layer deeper.

Because what if the hardest part about rest isn't finding the time... it's figuring out who you are when you're not accomplishing something?

For so many high-achievers, busyness isn't just a schedule. It's become part of our identity. When the to-do list disappears, the silence can feel surprisingly unco...

Last month, we explored play. This month, we're slowing down to explore something just as important, but often misunderstood: rest.

Because here's the thing. You can get eight hours of sleep, take a vacation, or spend an entire weekend "doing nothing" and still feel completely exhausted.

So what if the problem isn't that you need more rest?

What if you need a different kind?

In this episod...

July has a way of disappearing before we even realize it's begun.

So instead of filling your calendar with more goals, more pressure, and more things to keep up with, what if you designed a month that actually felt like you?

In this episode, I'm sharing a simple framework to help you reset for July with just three intentional practices—one for your health, one for your wealth, and on...

Play sounds fun in theory. But in practice? Play asks us to risk looking foolish.

It asks us to try something we're not good at, let go of control, and show parts of ourselves that don't always fit neatly into the roles we've built our lives around.

In this episode, Ryan and I are talking about the vulnerability hidden inside play and why it can feel surprisingly difficult, especially for people who are used to being competent, cap...

This month we're talking about creativity and play, and today's conversation completely changed the way I think about both.

I'm joined by Tasha Golden. She is a former touring songwriter turned public health researcher whose work explores how creativity shapes our wellbeing, identity, and ability to navigate change.

What started as a conversation about creativity quickly became a conversation about burnout, life transitions, identi...

Last week, we talked about whether play can be productive. This week, we're digging into different questions:

If play is important... why is it so hard to actually let ourselves do it? Why does rest feel uncomfortable? Why does fun feel like something we have to earn? And why do so many high-achieving women find themselves waiting for permission to stop, even when no one is asking them to keep going?

In this episode, I'm exploring:

This month on Plan Goal Plan, we’re talking about play, and honestly, I think a lot of us have forgotten how to do it.

Somewhere along the way, many high-achieving women learned that if something is serious, meaningful, or important… play has no business being there. That joy is earned. That rest has to be justified. That fun should come after the work is done.

But what if play isn’t the opposite of ambition?

Wha...

Focus isn’t something you force. It’s something you create space for.

In this episode, I’m sitting down with Tracy Hoth to talk about why so many smart, capable women feel mentally scattered… and how organization can actually help us reclaim our attention, energy, and peace.

And this conversation goes way deeper than bins and labels.

We talk about:

• the connection between clutter and mental load
• why phy...

Perfectionism is loud. Invisible labor is constant. And focus can feel impossible when you’re carrying it all.

In this episode, I’m sitting down with Monica Packer—host of About Progress, certified habits and identity coach, and author of the upcoming book Sticky Habits—to talk about what it really looks like to build habits that support women’s lives instead of working against them.

Monica shares her ...

This month on Plan Goal Plan, we’re talking about focus and today, I’ve got something a little different for you.

Ryan’s back on the podcast, and we’re playing a game: agree, disagree, or complicate. Together, we’re digging into some of the biggest assumptions we make about focus, productivity, distraction, and deep work… and let’s just say we complicated almost all of them.

We get into:

You’ve tried the systems. You’ve tried the routines. And somehow… you’re still drifting.

In this episode, I’m naming exactly why—so you can stop blaming yourself and start doing something that actually works. Because if you can’t focus right now, it might not be a discipline problem. It might be a meaning problem.

We’re kicking off our May focus theme by digging into what’s rea...