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Hi Reader,

Happy summer! I laugh at this image from the summer solstice where I am bundled up in my thickest coat and beanie. That’s what summer in San Francisco looks like!

Earlier this year, on the airplane ride home from a retreat with my business coach, I created three themes for my leadership this year that encompassed both my coaching business as well as my personal transformation journey. I have more specific numbers and measurable goals under these three themes:
1) Freedom and spaciousness outlined how much time I would spend on the different parts of my professional life that spans coaching, writing, speaking, teaching, and shamanism. This is the what & how of my work.
2) Aliveness and connection pushed me to have one new transformative experience each month as well as an intimacy of connection with clients, friends, and community. This is the quality metric.
3) Revenue

If you’re curious to do a goal-setting process for yourself, perhaps in honor of summer, I shared the process in a Fast Company article — 4 Great Ways to Measure Career and Personal Success.

For my second bucket of Aliveness, I had two massively transformative experiences this past month. The first was getting barreled while surfing, being in the green tube center of a perfect wave. The cherry on top was being able to do this as part of a work event. The second, which I’m still processing was the life-changing experience of undergoing my first vision quest on some land in Northern California that was very special to me. After spending 3 days in a women’s retreat as a transition period, I spent 4-days and 3-nights sitting completely solo atop a mountain gazing over Mt Shasta while fasting. Even more special, was the experience of participating in a sweat lodge ceremony both as the send-off and the return on both ends of the vision quest. This video shares a little glimpse of the land from atop a 140 feet tall douglas fir.

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Leadership Article: The Female Credibility Deficit

Amy Diehl is the coauthor of Glass Walls: Shattering the Six Gender Bias Barriers Still Holding Women Back at Work. In this article, she shares the credibility deficit, one of the six glass walls holding women back. I imagine that every woman has experienced this, whether she’ll shake it off to move on in her career or slowly sink into more imposter syndrome from the weight of microaggressions. Most women experience a bit of both. Reading about the commonality of the experience helps to shine a light on systemic bias — no, it’s not your fault and it’s happening to all women — and brings more visibility to the biases for allies of all genders.

​Read the full article on the credibility deficit​

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My Writing: Moving from Imposter Syndrome to Pioneer Syndrome

I'm surrounded by high achievers, both from my previous life in tech companies as well as my current coaching clients. Pretty much every single person has experienced feelings of imposter syndrome at some point in their career. But what if it's not a bad thing?

I share how to shift your perspective from Imposter Syndrome to Pioneer Syndrome, a completely made-up term where you are the one blazing the way for others and are amongst the first to do something completely new. Of course, you're going to feel that you're a fraud and have no idea what you're doing. Nobody has the answers. And yet, you can move forward and figure it out. You can make things up!

​Read how to shift from imposter syndrome to pioneer syndrome​

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Leadership Article: Setting Vacation Boundaries

On a lighter note, I hope that you’re getting some summer vacation time, although it can be challenging to disconnect from work. Your company or boss may expect you to check in, or it may be pressure that you’re putting on yourself to be available to support your team. Check out these valuable strategies to set these five boundaries before you go on vacation. ​

A bonus tip, is to make sure that you calendar a period of transition upon your return. Block off half a day or even an entire day to catch up on emails and get your head back in the work game. I found it crucial to have this transition space after my vision quest.

If you’re dreaming about a space for yourself and you’re a woman or non-binary person, consider joining me in a fall retreat from Sept 29 – Oct 2 in Mendocino, California. The Heroine’s Journey is an intimate retreat for a max of 18 leaders where we’ll go deep into rekindling the flame of your professional life.

Wishing you space,
Tutti

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