The Goal Getter Guide with Jen Laffin

You're showing up. But something feels off, and you can't quite name it.

It's the weight of what you haven't looked at yet -- the thing you're dreading, the decision you keep circling, the situation you've been tolerating longer than you should. 

None of it is loud. But all of it is costing you.

In this episode, I'm walking you through a 15-minute energy audit I run with my clients and on myself.

Beca...

There's a version of "doing the research" that's actually just postponing a decision you already know you need to make.

In this episode, Jen shares the moment in her own business when she realized she wasn't waiting for more information — she was waiting for someone outside of herself to confirm what she already knew. 

And the longer no one did, the more she doubted it.

She unpacks why this pattern is so commo...

The Goal Getter Guide with Jen Laffin | Air Date: 4.29.26

When I left teaching after nine years, I held a rummage sale in my classroom and sold everything I'd built -- laminated anchor charts, handmade manipulatives, carefully organized binders -- for fifty cents and a dollar apiece.

A janitor stopped and asked if I'd regret it someday when I wanted to come back.

I looked him in the eye and said, "I'm not comi...

Before the Momentum Room existed, Jen struggled with accountability programs because, for many high achievers like her, the fear and shame of showing up without a commitment finished was worse than the money she lost from abandoning a program.

These accountability systems that the programs ran on did not take into account the person behind the goals and how self-doubt affects momentum.

So Jen decided to build a program that did. It&a...

Most entrepreneurs don't have a strategy problem that's keeping them stuck. 

They have a follow-through problem. 

In this episode, Jen introduces her new group program, The Momentum Room -- an accountability and support group built specifically for the business owners who know exactly what they need to do, but keep not doing it. 

She talks about the gap between knowing and doing, why shame-based accountability backfires, and...

Struggle is not a sign that something is wrong with you. It's human, it's biological, and yes — even I get caught in it sometimes too. 

In this episode, I get honest about the moment I realized I'd been making choices that were keeping me in a state of "almost there," and what it took to decide it was finally time to get off the struggle bus.

• The primal brain is wired to keep you stuck — not to be difficu...

Your goals require a version of you that doesn't fully exist yet — and that gap between who you are today and who you need to become is exactly where good goals quietly fall apart. 

In this episode, Jen breaks down why identity has to shift before results show up, not after.

• Your brain defaults to familiar habits, thought patterns, and time usage — all calibrated to where you are now
• The primal brain keeps you in yo...

If you feel like you’re constantly overextended, saying yes too often, or becoming the bottleneck in your own business, this episode is a must-listen.

I’m joined by Lisa Danforth to talk about boundaries in a completely different way, not as a personal development concept, but as core business infrastructure.

We cover:

•  Why boundaries are the bridge to sustainable success 
•  How lack of boundaries leads to burnout, resentment, and i...

There’s a moment no one really prepares you for in business.

It’s the moment after you do something bold.

The moment when you hit publish, raise your prices, say the hard thing…and then suddenly wonder if you’ve completely lost your mind.

In this episode, Jen breaks down what’s actually happening in that post-bold panic and why it’s not a sign you made a mistake. 

It’s a sign you’re growing.

More importantly, she walks you thr...

Many solopreneurs pride themselves on being responsible, productive, and hardworking. But what if the very behaviors that make you feel productive are actually keeping your business from growing?

In this episode, Jen Laffin breaks down a pattern she sees constantly with entrepreneurs: filling their days with work that feels responsible while quietly avoiding the work that actually generates revenue.

If your days are full but your res...

We’re in the final month of Q1. Look at the goals you set this year. 

Are you still fully committed? Or are those goals so far on the back burner that you'll soon forget you even set them?

If your goals are no longer on your radar, it's possible that you are quiet quitting them.

Quiet quitting is a slow erosion of commitment to something that was once important to you. 

It is often so subtle that you miss it altogether.
I...

There’s a lot of talk about a trust deficit in the world right now.

AI. Gurus. Institutions.

But the bigger issue I’m seeing? A self-trust deficit.

In this episode, we’re talking about what self-trust actually is, why so many entrepreneurs struggle with it, and how to rebuild it one small action at a time.

Because confidence is not something you are born with.

It is something you practice.

In This Episode, We Cover:

• Why self-trus...

Are You Quiet Quitting on Your Goals?

We are a quarter of the way through the first quarter of2026. 

The January energy has settled. 

The excitement has cooled. 

And for many entrepreneurs, this is the moment when goals quietly get pushed to the back burner.

In this episode, I’m doing what I said I would do more of this year: honest talking and calling you forward.

If you’ve hit discomfort, slowed down, or started telling yourself that m...

Doubt shows up for every entrepreneur who is growing. 

But most people misunderstand what doubt actually is and give it far more headspace than it deserves.

In this episode of the Goal Getter Guide Podcast, Jen breaks down why doubt is not a warning, not intuition, and not truth. 

It’s simply a mental habit driven by your primal brain’s desire to keep you safe, familiar, and the same.

You’ll learn how to stop letting doubt make decisio...

If this past month repeated itself 11 more times, would you be happy with how 2026 turned out for you?

January is more than just the first month of the year. It is evidence.

In this episode, I invite you to take an honest look at how January actually went and answer a powerful question most business owners avoid:

If you repeated last month 11 more times, would you be happy with where you land in 2026?

This...

Let's have a deeply honest conversation about something many ambitious business owners quietly struggle with: playing small, even when they know they are meant for more.

Because playing small isn't always a choice -- it's a biological response to the fear that comes when your self-identity lags behind your vision.

If you have ever felt stuck between the version of yourself you’ve been and the one you know you...

Many business owners stay stuck not because they lack strategy, skill, or ambition, but because they keep making decisions that match the business they have now instead of the business they want to build.

In this episode, Jen breaks down the subtle but powerful decision patterns that quietly keep businesses capped at their current revenue range. She explores why “playing it safe” often looks responsible but actually delays growth, a...

Hate selling? Then this episode of the Goal Getter Guide Podcast is for you! 

Selling doesn't have to feel pushy, salesy, or uncomfortable. 

It becomes easier when you see it as a responsibility and a form of leadership, especially when your work genuinely helps people.

This conversation is for business owners who know their work matters, but still hesitate to talk about their offers, prices, or services. 

In this episode of the Goal Getter Guide Podcast, I’m getting personal and honest about the identity-level shifts I’m making as I step into 2026.

This is not a goal-setting episode. It’s a boundary-setting episode -- a message to myself of how I will show up in this new year.

After naming 2026 as the year of the identity-based goal, I realized something important: if I want different results, I have to stop tolerating the patterns th...