If, as you go to engage the room, anxiety and doubt rise in your chest... It’s easy to mistake your uniqueness as something to be fixed or tucked away—like a stained shirt sleeve you’re embarrassed to be wearing.

When your mind floods with doubt, and you wonder if you’re too much—or not enough—here’s the truth you’ve temporarily lost sight of:

The old logic of career progression and leadership advancement -- or any 'supposed to be's -- is dissolving before our eyes. 

Whether it's the "Silver Wave," a red wave, or changes fueled by AI, there's a tidal wave of change underway. 

Strange times call for getting...weird. 

When my clients tell me how they spin out in anxious rumination or freeze up without speaking up in large meetings -- I know it ain't because they haven't tried hard enough.