Hey Leader!
I built my team from scratch. I hired every single person.
And yet, a few months in… most of us were back in meetings all day 🫠
Working late. Skipping midday walks. Slipping into Slack at night (or in my case, at 5:30 or 6:00 am since I’m in PT and my team was in ET).
We didn’t plan for this. But it crept in one exception, one urgency, one “this week is just a lot” at a time…
At first, I brushed it off. This is what it means to be in a fast-moving team, right?
But the signs kept stacking. We were:
Skipping breaks because “there’s just too much”
Reacting more than planning.
Collaborating constantly but connecting less.
Checking Slack at dinner, “just this once”
Saying “yes” to the urgent, even when it wrecks the important
That’s when I realized: Even the most values-aligned teams need resets. Because if you don’t course-correct, culture becomes what’s convenient.
So we changed things together.
→ We co-created new team norms that actually supported how we wanted to work.
→ We scheduled coffee chats & team building time during work hours (not “after the real work was done”).
→ I modeled the reset: took midday walks, logged off for lunch, went to a dance class every Wednesday.
→ And I didn’t open Slack before 9am.
Lead boldly, live fully, & don’t forget to breathe.
In your corner,
Try This Today
Identify one norm that’s not working.
Not in theory—in practice. Late-night pings? 7-hour meeting days? No one taking PTO?Name it with your team.
Try: “I’m noticing a pattern that’s not serving us. I want to try something different. I have some thoughts & I’d love to hear your ideas, too.”Propose one reset & talk about it.
Make it visible, specific, and testable. Talk about it, see what ideas your team has, treat it as an experiment, and model the hell out of it (you are the leader, after all!).
Behind The Scenes
A peek inside what I’m building — at work & in life!
Work in Progress
I’ve got two wins this week:
1) I hired an Executive Assistant, and she’s incredible!
Pau’s only been here 9 workdays and she’s already made a huge impact on our operations, new projects, and helping me get organized. Total game-changer 😁
2) The Elevate Lab Pilot is FULL!
The first cohort of my group coaching program filled up this week, and I’m excited to kick off with 5 incredible women on July 15!
Life in Progress
Remember how I said my parents were visiting and wanted to camp in our backyard?
Well… they didn’t just spend a few nights outside.
They spent all 7 sleeping in our GIANT tent. 😂
And honestly? It was delightful.
It got me thinking:
When’s the last time you did something slightly quirky just because it made you smile and feel alive?
Thought For The Week
Overdelivering isn’t a flex.
It looks like being helpful.
It feels like high standards.
(At least it did for me!)
But a lot of the time?
It’s just fear in a power suit.
Fear of disappointing people.
Fear of falling behind.
Fear of being seen as “less than” if we don’t do it all.
But the truth is: Overdelivering trains your team to under-rely on themselves.
And it trains you to ignore what actually matters.