Intuitive Founders Studio

The Intuitive Founder’s Studio is now 1 year old! I am wrapping up the 1st season of this show and I will return in a few months, with season 2! Let’s end season 1 with a topic that can undermine many of the thought work tools we've explored throughout the year: black-and-white thinking. As intuitive founders, we can be prone to interpreting ourselves, our businesses, and other people through...

This episode picks up where I left off last week. In the previous episode, I explored what habitual criticism is, why many intuitive founders develop it, and how it can impact us negatively. In this episode, I move from awareness to practice. I share a simple 3-step practice for shifting habitual criticism without giving up your critical thinking skills. Drawing from my own experiences and the tho...

Many intuitive founders are highly perceptive and aware of what could go wrong. While these qualities can help us make thoughtful decisions and prevent problems, they can also turn into a habit of chronic criticism that disconnects us from joy and appreciation for what is already good and available to us. In this episode, I unpack what it actually means to be habitually critical, why so many of us...

In the past few episodes on thought work as a PROCESS, I unpacked why rushing to change your thoughts backfires, why learning to feel negative emotions matters, and how to approach relapses to old thought patterns with more compassion and intentionality. In this episode, I explore a crucial next step in the thought work process: how to actually change your current limiting thoughts when your brain...

I’m re-sharing this earlier episode because burnout doesn’t always come from doing work you hate. Many intuitive founders are building businesses they deeply care about — and still sometimes find themselves exhausted, overwhelmed, and emotionally flooded. In this episode, I unpack how burnout is not just about workload, but also about nervous system overwhelm, isolation, and the thought patterns t...

In the past 2 parts of this mini series on thought work as a PROCESS, I unpacked how rushing to change your thoughts backfires and why learning to feel our negative emotions is just as important as learning to shift the thoughts that create them. In this final episode of the mini series, I explore what happens when old thoughts and emotional patterns resurface after we think we’ve already worked t...

Last week, I started a 3-part mini series on this podcast. I began with introducing thought work as a PROCESS that requires accepting our current thoughts before trying to change them. In this second episode of this mini series, I take this work one step deeper. I unpack why intuitive founders resist negative emotions—and how that resistance is what actually keeps them stuck. This episode invites...

If you’ve been practicing thought work, you’ve probably noticed how powerful it is to intentionally choose new thoughts to create the feelings and results you want. But what if focusing on “better thoughts” is actually slowing you down? In this first episode of a 3-part series, I unpack a common mistake I see people make when they fist come to coaching: rushing to change their thoughts without fir...

Re-sharing an early episode—because the blame mindset can be an overlooked block, especially for intuitive founders. In this episode, I unpack how blame can show up as an attachment to the idea that your ability to make choices in your life now is still tied to what happened in your past. Without dismissing your experience, I explore how you can shift out of that pattern. You’ll learn: The differe...

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed or numb while following the news these days, you’re not alone. These responses are part of how your nervous system protects you in times of crisis. In this short episode, I share a personal experience of noticing myself in a freeze state while following updates about the war in Iran and the Middle East, and how a small moment helped me begin to come back to the p...

If you’ve ever felt like you don’t have enough time to create what you truly want, you’re not alone. But what if that experience is not just about your schedule—but about how you’re relating to time and your own pace? In this episode, I explore the gap between your short-term capacity and long-term potential, and how a common thought pattern— “I don’t have enough time” —can quietly keep you stuck....

This show is all about practicing the skills to manage our minds as intuitive founders—so we can build and lead without abandoning ourselves. In this episode, my guest, Shilpa Khare, unpacks how this work becomes especially important during (peri)menopause—a phase often misunderstood and reduced to something to “fix” in women’s lives. Shilpa is a New Jersey-based holistic coach who integrates coac...

If you listened to last week’s episode, you might have noticed where your energy is being stretched too thin. But even when we recognize the need for boundaries, it’s not always clear how to actually draw them. In this second episode of a two-part mini series, I walk you through a simple, practical process for setting boundaries in a way that is intentional and rooted in self-love. This is not abo...

In moments of crisis , many of us feel a strong pull to support the people around us. That is amazing! But sometimes, supporting others can emotionally overwhelm us. People in marginalized groups are often expected to hold emotional space for others without noticing the cost to overriding their own capacity. In times like this, the same people often end up carrying even more while feeling guilty t...

We are in the midst of a devastating war unfolding in the Middle East following the recent bombardments of Iran by the U.S. and Israel and Iran’s retaliation across the region. In the first few days, I noticed a pattern in myself and many friends: because of the scale of this violence, our brains resisted accepting the reality of the war and instead tried to analyze and understand it. But when our...

This show is all about skills to take control of what we can be in charge of as intuitive founders by practicing managing our own minds. In this episode, I'm talking with Seema Dhanoa about why the same practice is crucial in any leadership position and not just for founders who create something new. Seema is a leadership coach and the author of The Path to Conscious leadership: 5 Steps to Bet...

This is part two of my 2-part mini-series on practicing thought work in times of state-sanctioned terror. Last week, I unpacked the pattern of "reactive rigidity" or the urge to respond to disagreement within our communities with rigid binaries that reproduce harm, especially against the most vulnerable among us. This week, I explore how some of us are already redirecting this reactive e...

This short episode is part one of a 2-part mini-series on what it means to practice thought work in times of state-sanctioned terror. As authoritarian regimes rise globally — and as Iran continues to face repression, executions, and silencing — many are asking: Is coaching even relevant right now? In part one, I share why I believe thought work becomes more essential, not less, in extreme conditio...

In this episode, I’m introducing a brand-new feature on the podcast: conversations with other intuitive founders . These interviews reflect how fellow purpose-driven creators work with similar thought work skills we explore on this show. My first guest is the amazing Lynda Leonce , a conscious life and parenting coach and the author of Inside Out Creation: Lifestyle Alignment to Living from Your T...

In this episode, I'm re-sharing the 2nd and last part of an early series on creating emotional safety through self-trust. While part one focused on why our brains might avoid making decisions when the outcomes are not guaranteed and how it negatively impacts us, this episode turns toward how we can begin to change that experience from the inside out. It offers a coaching-based practice for cre...

In this episode, I’m re-sharing part one of a two-part series on creating emotional safety through self-trust that I originally released in the summer of 2025. This topic is especially relevant right now, as many of us are trying to stay grounded and keep making decisions in the midst of ongoing violence, political instability, and uncertainty around the world. Rather than focusing on certainty or...

In this episode, I am sharing one of my early well-received episodes on hope as a choice. It is especially relevant these days as we witness - in awe and admiration - the uprising of Iranian people in millions against a regime that responds with brutal violence. Rather than treating hope as something that happens to us or as optimism or wishful thinking, this episode explores hope as an intentiona...

In this episode, I’m closing my 4-part mini series on how to focus better as an intuitive founder by exploring how to build a reliable, balanced organizing system that supports your brain, your energy, and your values. Rather than relying on hustle, this episode offers a practical framework for planning your work and life in a way that separates decision-making from execution—so your brain doesn’t...

In this episode, I’m continuing my 4-part mini series on how to focus better as an intuitive founder — turning our attention to multitasking, why it’s so common, and how it quietly erodes our capacity for depth, presence, and meaningful work. You’ll hear: How multitasking differs from over-responsibility and why it often shows up even when other focus blockers are resolved A clear explanation of m...

In this episode, I’m continuing my 4-part mini series on how to focus better as an intuitive founder — continuing to unpack how over functioning kills our ability to focus and how to interrupt this pattern intentionally and effectively. You’ll hear: A personal example of how I discovered and rewrote my over-functioning thought and behavior patters A step-by-step practice to notice and re-write you...