🍎 I’ve long admired the work of Dr. Maria Montessori, especially her idea of The Prepared Environmen, a space intentionally designed to support independence, clarity, and self‑direction. In her classrooms, everything has a place, everything is accessible, and everything invites purposeful engagement. Lately, I’ve been thinking about how deeply this applies to us as adults, especially those of us building businesses. We don’t outgrow the need for environments that support our best thinking. 💥 We just get better at tolerating the ones that don’t. Our lives Our calendars Our digital spaces Our habits They’re all environments we either prepare with intention or allow to be shaped by urgency, distraction, and other people’s priorities. And just like a child can’t thrive in a chaotic classroom, we can’t do our most meaningful work in a life that constantly pulls us off center. A prepared environment isn’t about perfection. It’s about design. It’s about reducing friction so your energy can go toward the work that matters. It’s about creating conditions that make clarity easier to access and follow‑through more natural. This is restorative practice for adults: shaping the space around you so it supports who you’re becoming, not just who you’ve been. For business owners, this isn’t a nice‑to‑have. 💡It’s strategy. A prepared environment becomes a quiet partner in your success, holding you steady, helping you focus, and giving you the internal spaciousness to lead with intention rather than urgency. So I’m curious: What would shift for you if your environment, inner and outer, was designed to support the work you actually want to do? When will you take action? ---

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.

@Betsy Moll, @Angela Walker In today’s conversation, we named how grief resists timelines and often returns in waves, whether the loss is a person, a possibility, or a sense of normalcy. We traced how many adults struggle with emotions because they were never taught the language for them, and how naming feelings helps move them from raw physiology into conscious processing. We also reflected on parenting and care‑giving.may take the form of over‑protection that can limit resilience, and how presence, curiosity, and asking what someone actually needs (“advice or venting”) creates true support. At its core, the discussion centered on slowing down, witnessing honestly, and letting emotional experience unfold rather than trying to fix it. Here's a little reminder of a quote about life from @Angela Walker

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Can't wait to see all of you on Saturday. Let us know if you plan to attend. Calendar Link 👈