Before you write a single 2026 goal, you need to hear this truth about your 2025 that no one talks about.

Every December, leaders everywhere do the exact same thing: We sprint. We strategize. We look ahead.

What’s next? What should I achieve next year? What goal haven’t I hit yet?

But rarely—so rarely—do we stop and look back at the year behind us with the depth, compassion, and presence it deserves. We jump to the next mountain without pausing long enough to recognize the strength it took to climb the last one.

And yet, this is where our deepest power lies.

As an Executive Coach, I have noticed a trend that is becoming louder as we get closer to the end of 2025. Even the most seasoned and confident leaders are questioning if they have what it takes to effectively lead their people and serve their customers as artificial intelligence transforms the landscape of work and life.

One thing is foresure, the way we have been traditionally leading needs to change in a profound way.

As a brain injury survivor, widow, and entrepreneur who has reinvented my own business Potential Unlimited (and continues to reinvent as change is the only constant), I understand what it means to successfully pivot.

I am so excited to share with you that I am launching a 6-week group online coaching program that will address the very heart of this leadership issue, providing support and tools to help leaders transition their style to position themselves and their organizations for success!! Here are the details!!

Have you noticed how effortlessly the leaves change color each fall?There’s no resistance. No hesitation. Just a quiet surrender to what is.

The trees don’t fight the shift — they release what they no longer need, trusting that growth will return in time. And yet for us as humans — especially as leaders — change can feel anything but effortless.

We crave certainty. It soothes our nervous system and gives us the comforting illusion that we’re in control. But today’s world offers anything but certainty.

AI is reshaping the future of work faster than we can keep up. Global and economic shifts are rewriting how we lead and live. And after years of collective upheaval, many leaders are simply tired — already maxed out, already managing so much.

But here’s the truth I’ve learned through my own journey of rebuilding after profound change:

👉 Change isn’t the enemy — our resistance to it is.

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