Letting Go ≠ Giving Up

Sometimes clarity doesn’t come from pushing harder—it comes from releasing control. In this post, I share how a crowded train ride, a tangled mind, and a moment of surrender became a lesson in how letting go can actually unlock our best thinking. Especially when you’re caught in Spinning—all effort, no traction.
📅 Originally shared on LinkedIn – April 2025

The Trap of Overthinking

Overthinking isn’t a lack of effort—it’s effort pointed in too many directions. This post explores how mental swirl masquerades as productivity, and why it often leaves us stuck in Spinning, one of the five patterns in The Stuck Spectrum™. Featuring insights from an HBR article and a lived-through lens on how to move from swirl to traction.
📅 Originally shared on LinkedIn – April 2025

Why Feeling Stuck Isn't a Personal Failure

We’re quick to blame ourselves when progress stalls. But stuck isn’t about effort—it’s often about perspective. This post breaks down the science behind why we internalize being stuck and reframes it as a cue to look at what’s no longer working around us. When your perspective shifts, so does your momentum.
📅 Originally shared on LinkedIn – April 2025 

Momentum ≠ Motivation 

You can be doing all the right things and still feel stuck. This post dives into what it means to be Stalled, one of the five patterns in The Stuck Spectrum™. It’s not about burnout or failure.  It’s about disconnection. When what once energized you no longer does, the way forward isn’t more effort. It’s clarity, recalibration, and a different kind of momentum.
📅 Originally shared on LinkedIn – April 2025

Small ≠ Safe

Sometimes stuck doesn’t look like confusion—it looks like self-editing. This post explores Shrinking, one of the five patterns in The Stuck Spectrum™, where you pull back your voice, presence, or power to stay safe. But staying small doesn’t protect you—it just disconnects you. The path forward? Start showing up as yourself, even when it feels uncomfortable.
📅 Originally shared on LinkedIn – May 2025

✳️ Where Did My Mojo Go? (Site Exclusive)

You’re showing up, but the spark is gone. This piece dives deeper into Stalled, one of the five patterns in The Stuck Spectrum™, and how motivation often fades when we lose a sense of autonomy, connection, or meaning.

The Hidden Cost of Staying Stuck

Stuck doesn’t always come with flashing warning signs—sometimes it’s a quiet erosion of self-confidence and energy. This post explores how indecision, overwhelm, and second-guessing wear us down over time, and how even the smallest shift can break the cycle. When you name it, you can move through it.
📅 Originally shared on LinkedIn – May 2025

Split ≠ Indecisive

Sometimes stuck doesn’t look like confusion—it looks like being torn between who you’ve been and who you’re becoming. This post explores Split, one of the five patterns in The Stuck Spectrum™, and how the energy it takes to hold two paths can quietly drain your momentum. Getting unstuck starts not with action, but with the belief that you’re ready to move forward.
📅 Originally shared on LinkedIn – May 2025

Stuck? Move.

Sometimes the clearest ideas don’t come from thinking--they come from moving. This post explores how physical activity can unlock mental clarity, dissolve overthinking, and open space for insight. Backed by both experience and science, it’s a reminder that the best way out of your head may be through your body.
📅 Originally shared on LinkedIn – May 2025

Split Isn’t a Failure to Act

Split isn’t confusion.  It’s the internal tug-of-war between what you’ve built and what you know you need next. This post unpacks the behavioral science behind why we stay stuck in that tension, from sunk cost fallacy to loss and ambiguity aversion. Feeling torn doesn’t make you flaky—it makes you human. And it’s often the clearest sign that something inside you is shifting.
📅 Originally shared on LinkedIn – May 2025

✳️ The Necessary Pause (Site Exclusive)

We’re often told that stuckness demands swift action. But what if that’s not always true?
This piece explores why sometimes the best thing you can do is nothing at all—and how behavioral science backs that up.

Stretched ≠ Sustainable

Sometimes stuck doesn’t look like struggle—it looks like high performance with no room to breathe. This post explores Stretched, one of the five patterns in The Stuck Spectrum™, and how doing too much of what you love can quietly erode clarity, presence, and impact. Getting unstuck starts not with doing more, but with reclaiming the margin to lead with greater intention. 
📅 Originally shared on LinkedIn – May 2025

Fear = False

Fear can keep even the smartest people stuck—especially when uncertainty is high. This post unpacks how False Expectations Appearing Real (FEAR) can hijack momentum, and why bracing for every possible outcome often keeps us circling instead of moving. Getting unstuck starts with seeing fear clearly—and choosing a single next step anyway.
📅 Originally shared on LinkedIn – May 2025

One of the Most Powerful Tools I Bring?  The Question.

Recently, I was asked to write about a skill that’s powered my career. Not the kind you list on a résumé—but one that’s made a critical difference.

For me, it’s always been the ability to ask the discriminating question.

It’s what’s cut through noise and propelled me forward across roles, industries, and pivots—and it’s central to my work today at Get UnStuck HQ.

Stuck ≠ Simple

Stuck isn’t usually about one clear issue—it’s often a mix of overlapping patterns. This post breaks down the five versions of stuck and how they often show up together in ways that can trip up even the most self-aware leaders. When you can name what’s really going on underneath, you can shift from spinning your wheels to gaining real traction.
📅 Originally shared on LinkedIn – May 2025

Introverted ≠ Invisible

Introversion is often misunderstood—but it’s not about shyness or fear. It’s about how you process stimulation and where you get your energy. This post unpacks what introversion actually looks like in leadership and why self-awareness around how you’re wired matters. At Get UnStuck HQ, that kind of understanding is key to helping people move forward in a way that fits them—not fights them.
📅 Originally shared on LinkedIn – June 2025 

Uncertainty ≠ Wrong Turn

Uncertainty doesn’t always mean you’re making the wrong move—it just means you’re stepping into something new. This post explores the questions worth asking before you say yes to a job change, especially when clarity feels hard to come by. At Get UnStuck HQ, I help people navigate career shifts in a way that protects their energy, honors their values, and makes room for growth.  Even in the unknown.
📅 Originally shared on LinkedIn – June 2025 

New Role ≠ New You (Not Entirely)

Stepping into a new role doesn’t mean becoming someone entirely new, but it does require an identity shift.
At Get UnStuck HQ, I help leaders navigate the space between who they’ve been and who they’re becoming—so they can let go of what no longer fits and lead with clarity, not just competence.
📅 Originally shared on LinkedIn – June 2025 

THE REFRAME: YOU ARE NOT YOUR METRICS

We’re surrounded by data at work: revenue, hours, headcount, goals, salary. It’s useful, but it’s definitely not the whole story when it comes to job satisfaction.

When metrics become the only measure of success, even high performers can end up stuck. Doing all the right things… but feeling off.

This post breaks down what that can look like—and offers a new way to think about what’s worth measuring if you want to stay engaged, motivated, and moving forward.

📅 Originally shared on LinkedIn – June 2025 

ORDER ≠ ORGANIZED

My desk is a mess. Always has been. But the chaos? It works for me.
This isn’t about filing systems—it’s about how we chase other people’s versions of “together” and lose our own way.
Read the full post on what being organized is really about (click below).

📅 Originally shared on LinkedIn – June 2025 

YOUR BRAIN IS THE ONE KEEPING YOU STUCK

Behavioral economics has long explored the gap between wanting to do something and actually doing it. That gap? It’s where stuck lives.

Whether you're overthinking, hesitating, second-guessing, or stretched too thin — there’s often a brain-based reason behind it. That’s what led me to create The Stuck Spectrum™, a framework grounded in how we actually make decisions (not just how we think we should).

The good news? If your brain is the thing getting in the way, it can also be the key to moving forward.

📅 Originally shared on LinkedIn – July 2025