127. 2025 Core Business Lessons

🔑 Episode Summary

This episode is a very personal reflection on the core lessons 2025 taught me about business, leadership, and myself. I share why I almost didn’t record this episode, how self-censoring and people-pleasing showed up for me, and why remembering my voice is essential to the work I do.

This is about building a business that doesn’t require abandoning yourself. It’s about softness, vulnerability, discernment, and being honest about what actually sustains long-term success.

📌 In this episode, I talk about:

• Why business gets harder when your needs aren’t being met, especially when you isolate, hide, or feel shame around money and success
• How surrounding myself with women of color and people with lived experience expanded my range, depth, and lead ...