Last week, I wrote about agency: Trusting yourself enough to act on what you know to be true. The word that matters most in that sentence may be act. Because insight alone doesn't change a narrative. You can know you're capable. You can recognize your strengths. You can understand the patterns your life has revealed about who you are. You can even begin to trust yourself again. But eventually, you have to do something with what you know. Speak up in the meeting. Have the conv

Last week, I wrote about a question I often ask women I coach: What does this reveal about who I am? Because our accomplishments aren't just proof of what we've done. They're clues to who we are. But recognizing what's true about yourself is only part of the work. Eventually, that knowledge asks something of you. You know you're a woman who can navigate difficult conversations. Will you have this one? You know you're a woman who advocates for what matters. Will you speak up n

I hear some version of this all the time. A woman tells me about a difficult project she led. Competing priorities. Difficult personalities. An impossible deadline. She figured it out. And then, almost immediately, she says: “But honestly, I was just doing my job.” And there it is. She remembers what happened. But she misses what it reveals. We spend a lot of time documenting what we've done. Projects completed. Goals reached. Problems solved. Teams led. Challenges navigated.