152. Grateful, Grounded, and Growing: Step into Your Next Era of Aligned Expansion

If you’ve felt the swirl of momentum this year, the stretch, the softness, the uncertainty, the breakthroughs, this episode is your reminder that growth doesn’t just happen to you. It happens through you. And as we close out 2025, the themes of gratitude, grounding, and growth are more important than ever for entrepreneurs stepping into their next chapter.

This year changed everything for me.
We moved across Colorado.
My marriage deepened.
My identity expanded.
My business became the truest expression of my purpose.
And the vision I’ve held for so long, the book, the incubator, the rooms, the conversations, finally became my lived reality.

And yet… when everything you’ve envisioned starts appearing in real time, there’s a moment where your nervous system whispers: “Is this really happening?”

This episode unpacks how to navigate that moment with intention and alignment.

The Power of Gratitude While You’re Becoming

Gratitude isn’t passive. It’s not just a list in your journal. It is an anchor point, a reminder of everything you’ve walked through, healed, survived, created, released, and rewritten to arrive where you are now.

This year, I’m deeply grateful for:

• The resilience I didn’t know I had
  
  
• The moves (literal and emotional) that reshaped my life
  
  
• The book that poured through me
  
  
• The incubator becoming the home for visionary entrepreneurs it was always meant to be
  
  
• And the community, you, who continue to be part of this unfolding
  
  

Gratitude softens us so we can expand without fear.

Grounding Through Strategic Planning

Rapid expansion can feel just as destabilizing as slow seasons. Grounding is what keeps you aligned, intentional, and clear as your world gets bigger.

This is why business planning, strategic planning, and even astrological timing play such a significant role inside the Incubator.

Because when you know:

• what you’re building,
  
  
• why it matters,
  
  
• how it’s meant to unfold,
  
  
• and when your energy is optimized…
  
  

Your next steps become obvious. And the path feels peaceful instead of overwhelming.

If 2026 is going to be the year everything accelerates, grounding must be part of your strategy.

Stepping Into Your Next Level of Growth

Growth is not random. Growth is not chaotic. Growth is a conscious choice, an energetic decision to align with your bigger mission.

In the episode, I share the next evolution of the Spiritual Business Incubator — the expansion into a true school for spiritual CEOs, filled with resident experts, cohort facilitators, and a curriculum designed to bring your business vision to life with clarity and ease.

But this isn’t just about my growth. It’s a mirror for yours.

Ask yourself:
What is the greatest service I can be to humanity?
Let that answer lead your strategic plan for 2026.

Because when your gratitude meets your grounding, growth becomes inevitable.

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