When I first joined Skool, one of my favorite things was hunting for the perfect GIF to go with my posts. I’d spend 10+ minutes scrolling, trying to find the one that almost captured the feeling I wanted. Eventually I gave up, not because GIFs aren’t great, but because I wanted something I could never quite find. So I tried something different. I started using AI to create images for my posts. First in ChatGPT, then in Gemini. And honestly… it’s faster, more fun, and the results are way more me. Here’s what I do now: - I drop my post into AI - I ask it to create an image that represents the vibe - I give it one simple direction. Something like “comic book style” or “1980s aesthetic” - Then I let it surprise me No overthinking. No long instructions. And it takes less than two minutes. Most of the time the image is perfect enough—and it’s unique, which means people actually stop and look. If you’ve been wanting your posts to stand out without spending forever searching for the “right” GIF, try this. It’s a tiny shift that makes the whole process feel more creative and way more fun. Prompt for this one 👇 : Here's a post for my skool community. Create an image that gets the point across.

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It’s wild how the very things that once kept us afloat can become the very things that keep us stuck. Have you ever paused long enough to ask yourself how you became the person who handles everything? The one who anticipates needs before anyone speaks them. The one who works autonomously, carries the load, and rarely asks for help. At some point, you learned to operate that way. 🧒 Maybe you were the oldest child. ⚓ Maybe you were the financial anchor. ☝️ Maybe you were the single parent. 🕊️ Maybe you were the one who kept the peace. You became capable because you had to be. People relied on you. You built skills that made you dependable, resourceful, unshakeable. And in many ways, those skills served you beautifully. In some seasons, they may have literally kept you alive. But here’s the question most of us avoid: Is all of that still necessary? Is the hyper‑competence, the self‑containment, the “I’ll just do it myself” reflex still protecting you, or is it quietly limiting what’s possible now? Because when you’ve spent years surviving by being the one who does everything, delegating can feel like a threat. Not because others aren’t capable, but because your nervous system learned that you had to be. That resistance to letting go isn’t a flaw. It’s a story your body still believes. But you’re not in that old story anymore. You get to ask new questions now: 💪 What if letting others help doesn’t make you less capable? 💥 What if delegating is actually the next expression of your leadership? 🪴 What if the skills that once protected you are now asking to evolve? You DO NOT have to abandon who you were. YOU JUST DON'T HAVE TO STAY THERE!

I don’t know about you, but I remember my grandparents referring to their sunglasses as “polaroids.” Back in 1937, when “Polarized Day Glasses” first hit the market, people were amazed to finally have lenses that cut the sun’s glare. What many didn’t realize at the time is that polarized lenses also let you see what’s just beneath the surface of the water. As someone who loves to fish, that little bit of extra clarity has always mattered to me. It changes what you notice. It changes what you can’t ignore. In her chapter The Longing, Oriah asks us to pay attention to the awareness that’s beginning to form, the thing we can’t “un-see.” It’s an invitation to look beneath the surface of our own lives with that same kind of clarity. To notice what’s shimmering just below, asking for our attention. To acknowledge what’s rising that we truly want, even if it feels tender or inconvenient or new. Because once you see it—once you really see it—you can’t go back to pretending it isn’t there. And maybe that’s the point. Maybe longing is the polarized lens that helps us recognize what’s been waiting beneath the surface all along. What have you noticed this week?

A LOT has happened since August when I decided to start a Skool community and I want to catch you all up on what has gone on and where I am planning to take The Clarity Collective. 🥥 Q4 In a nutshell - I married my partner of 7 years, we decided to sell our house, and I completed 2 professional certificates, CTA - Accredited Mentoring Program and CTA - Senior Certified Professional Coach. 📚 A little community history - In the beginning, this community was called The Entrepreneurs Book Club. I was advised to change the name unless the community was only going to be a book cub. That's how I got to The Clarity Collective and to say the least, I have certainly found some clarity 🔎 over the last several months. That's a post for another day. ⏩ Forward into 2026 - In January the Book Club will begin hosting biweekly meetups. You can get the details in the Classroom and it's FREE ! As you know the more members we have in the community the more lively the meetups will be so I encourage you to invite whomever you think has something to add to the book club.