Guiding People Leaders from Guesswork to Clarity 🌎 Location Independent Founder 🌞 Holistic Wellbeing Through Experiments ⛺ Founding Member at The Remote-First Institute

From innovation consulting and organizational design to holistic wellbeing, my journey has taken me to where I am now = helping individuals, teams and organizations expand through experiments.

Maaria Tiensivu

I'm the kind of person who gets things done (whether I want to, or not). I used to be proud of this quality, but lately that's been changing. 👇


Over the holidays I decided to give the four languages scan an update, and funnily enough as I was testing it out, the results stopped me in my tracks. 

I was reflecting on life, and on the body as the language I tend to neglect the most. 

What I didn't see coming was that I was deeply mistaken about the manner of my neglect. I had this idea that I need to "stop being lazy".

However, as I've trained the scan with much more insight and wisdom than I can personally live up to 😅, it shared the following insight with me:

"You might think what you need is more discipline—finally stick to a practice, force yourself to work out, manage your body better. But that's more masculine energy, and it's exactly what's been failing you.

What you actually need is the opposite: to stop doing, stop pushing, stop managing. To let your body be something you receive pleasure from, not something you control or fix.

For someone who's been living in masculine overdrive, more discipline will just deepen the disconnection. What you need is permission to feel, to be soft, to let your body have desires and sensations that aren't about productivity."

Now that hit home, and hard. 🫠🫠🫠

Here I was, shoving MORE demands on myself and my body when the whole issue was that I was already doing too much. 😅

So hello 2026, a year of...

🌱 Less pushing
🌱 More "No's" 
🌱 Dedicated time for the "un-productive" parts of life.

I have seen many share similar reflections on my feed, and I can't wait to see us all living up to this intention in 2026. 

Maybe together we can hold each other accountable *not for pushing for results*, but for saying no. For taking a break even when it feels like you don't have the time. For giving space for softness and flow. 

I know many who are way ahead of me in this and look forward to learning more. 

Who should I connect with for inspiration? Share your fave people below ✨😍 

Some of the people that inspire me on this journey are Flaminia Buda, Kristin Vierra and a bunch of people who are definitely *not* on Linkedin. 😅

And if you're in the journey yourself, send me a DM. Let's make sure we don't let the grind win this year. ✨💫

#reflections #personalgrowth #feminine

✨ AI for Wellbeing 👉 Purpose Driven AI 🌎 Location Independent Founder of The Four Languages & Purpose Driven AI.

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Each place serves a purpose (if you let it). 🌱👇 


The image below is from 3 years ago, and taken in the very same place I now call home. It's no coincidence that being here aligns with a *long prepared for* change in focus, as all places offer their own unique paths to take on.

Leaving here three years ago truly broke my heart, but I didn't return until now. Many people have asked me why I didn't come back earlier, even though in theory I could have.

The reason was related to the path I knew was supposed to walk here. 

For the past years, it wasn't the right time to focus on this part of the journey. It was time to learn, create and hustle in the space of AI. To slowly build foundations for today. 🌱

Had I come back earlier, I would've been forcing an energy of "hustle" to a place that was always one best suited to nurturing my soul. Whereas now, I am able to utilize AI in a space I deeply care about: wellbeing and growth.

I still can't quite wrap my head around the fact that the Four Languages is 3 years old! 😱 For three years I have been fortunate enough to work with a *practice* that nurtures wellbeing and unimaginable growth in people.

And this year it's finally time to give this beautiful universe the time it deserves. 

If you're curious to learn more, the journey will mostly unfold on Instagram. Give @thefourlanguages a follow over there to join me on the journey.

This post wouldn't quite be full without the most deeply felt gratitude for Maren Böffel, Kristin Vierra, Flaminia Buda, Bradley Waters, Renee La Tour and countless others who aren't on Linkedin who have been a part of the journey so far.

The most profound and deeply felt thanks for all of you who've joined for the journey, and prepare for much more wellbeing content in the future. 👀

📸: 3 years ago in Cachoeira da Solidão, Florianopolis 🇧🇷

This year is about building what I love ✨ in public✨, which is why I decided to share my real journey of building the Four Languages app with Claude Code on our newsletter.👇


Week one is out (link in comments), and week #2 is already shaking off any sense of "ease" I might have felt last week.... 😅

The project I'll be sharing includes learning and implementing across:

- App dev with Claude Code
- Service Design for Claude Code Systems
- UI & UX with Claude Code
- Databases and back-end systems
- Privacy, security and other compliance questions that come with AI

Here's what I learned building my AI app with Claude Code during week #1:

→ Step-by-step beats all-in at once vibe-coding every time
→ Knowing WHAT the AI is building matters more than speed
→ You don't need perfect conditions. You need a clear scope and phases.

Week #1 is live, read more in the newsletter (link in comments).

What would YOU build with 8 weeks and a trained AI co-pilot? 🤔

#AI #artificialintelligence #buildsprint #claudecode

I'm building the *NO-BRO* AI system on Claude Code. It's system that holds me accountable to my energy and purpose instead of fears or "hustle" mentality. 👇👇👇


It helps me optimize my energy, and build toward my long term goals without burning out on a daily basis.

It guides my days and weeks based on my energy levels, cycle and purpose as much as helps me "achieve" my business goals.

As an example, instead of telling me to push harder, yesterday it helped me pinpoint tasks that matched my actual energy. It helped me do what I needed to do anyway, but at a time when my energy matched the effort.

Because as much as I would like to be a machine, I am not. My days aren't the same. Some days and weeks are for creation and pushing, while others are for reflection and maintenance.

Both are needed in business, and in life.

It helps me pinpoint tasks from our plans to make sure that instead hitting my head against the wall all week, I'm doing what I'm best equipped to do at that moment.

And it holds me accountable for not going AGAINST my body, my energy or my purpose. It holds me accountable for long term wellbeing, and direction.

It helps me build a life of intention, not reactivity. 

Who else is building with AI for increased wellbeing and purpose? Share below 🥰

#AI #wellbeing #personaldevelopment #claudecode

The problems with AI (or tech) arise when we *stay* in the universe co-created with the technology. 👇


👉 When we co-create emotions and connections with AI, that stay online. 
👉 When we co-create a reality that we don't want to leave.
👉 When we consent to our emotions being accessed, stored and used by companies, with the cost of it being used to trap us with addictive features.

There's a fundamental pillar I've lived by since I started building tech products: All interactions should aim at a REAL WORLD manifestation.

This pillar guides both my human coaching and AI product work. The goal is always to stimulate action in the real world. 

Because whether we're mulling in our head alone, or with another person, change only happens in taking action in our lives in the real world.

I can't wait to integrate these pillars in the four languages application I'm building, as well as in my client projects. 

AI can empower us to live a better life, OR it can trap us in illusion. It all depends how we design it. ✨

What is your favorite (tech) product that connects you with the outside world? 

PS, Read more in my week #2 newsletter. Link in comments 👇

📸: Starbucks coworking-session in Tapachula, Mexico in 2024.

#AI #artificialintelligence #reflection #buildinginpublic

If you want to get closer to meaning in 2026, answer these two questions. 👇


I've used a version of these questions as a guiding light ever since social media complicated our lives.

"What would I do if I could never share it with anyone?"
Not on social media, not with friends or family. Just you and you alone.

If you lived just for the experience itself.

👉 Where would you invest your time and energy?
👉 What would you not spend any resources on ever again?
👉 What would you remove from your life today?

If you lived for yourself solely, would you...

1. Go crazy and live without responsibility or worry about tomorrow?
2. Go deep and become the person you know you are within but that doesn't look cool on social media, or in your social context?
3. Or something completely different?

The more years have passed, the less I share about my life online. 

And yes, I know it's bad for my "personal brand" and business as an entrepreneur, but at the end of the day I'd rather know I lived a life that I would be grateful to have lived if it was my time to go today.

This year will take me even further from what I have "known" but also much closed to why I am here in the first place.

What can you do to make your life that much more yours?

#friday #reflection #question #thefourlanguages

Before you buy those subscriptions, first make sure you know what you're trying to achieve... 🤑


Step #1 of any intentional AI project: Idea validation.

Now this is not only important for the product delivery, but for you in deciding which tools and platforms to pay for (or not).

There are endless AI solutions out there these days, and not everything that works for someone else, will work for your use case.

So before you input those digits 💸, take a look at the "why" behind your build.

In today's newsletter we run through five simple but concrete steps for helping you define what *you* need for your AI build. 

Subscribe here: blog.purposedriven.ai

(Ps, next week 👉  we'll cover what to "feed" your AI.  Your AI will only be as good as the 🥒 it's eaten, so make sure you're feeding it the right goodies.)

#AI #artificialintelligence #intentionaldesign #servicedesign

They say lessons (or choices) keep coming until you learn them... 😅 Well, getting into actual *build* mode has been asking my attention for over a decade, and I finally said yes. 👇


The time has come to get the four languages app from MVP webapp to native mobile application (with the real value embedded).

As I was facing a familiar choice whether to....

1. Hire someone to build it for me
2. Learn to do it myself

...I finally decided to say yes for number 2.

Goodbye Replit and Hello Claude Code meets + all the *actual dev* tools I've been successfully avoiding forever. 😅

In the next 8 weeks I'll be building the app, and sharing my learnings along the way. 

To make things more fun, I'm bundling the project with something more up my alley to make sure the coding doesn't drive me completely mad! 👀

📸 Yes, for once Claude please tell me it'll all be OK!! I need all the reassurance I can get (before hitting the land of pain and 🪲🪲🪲)

Join me for the ride? 👀

#AI #wellbeing #mobileapp #servicedesign

Do you live for the story you'll leave behind, or believe here and now is all we have? 👀


Whichever way you lean on today, there's a light and shadow to each way of life. 

Focusing on the story beyond can help, especially if the present feels unbearable or difficult. However it can also detach us from life here and now.

Focusing on the present on the other hand can limit our service and impact to those around us, and the world as a whole.

There's no right or wrong answer here, and mastery most likely lies in tapping into one after another rather than choosing one approach for life. 

Which do you spend more of your time in:
The present moment or the story you'll leave behind?

#soul #spirituality #present #future #forever

You're probably using AI daily. But do you know its environmental cost? 
Most of us don't. We're too busy trying not to fall behind... 😱


In our newest podcast turned article, Madalina Buzdugan, a sustainability strategist sheds light on this exact tension. Her conclusion? You don't have to choose between staying competitive and being responsible.

Here's what she found:

→ Most of us don't need billion-parameter models for everyday tasks. Smaller models work just fine (and use way less energy).
→ Simple tools like AI Impact Tracker let you see your actual consumption (no guesswork, just data).
→ Sometimes the best AI decision is not using AI at all. Text formatting?Calendar organization? Maybe you don't need to use AI for that.

But here's the main question:
Is AI helping me do work I care about, or just producing more fluff? 🤔

If you're building AI products, using AI in your workflow, or just trying to make better choices with your AI use, read through the post to make more informed decisions. 

The tools to choose better already exist. The question is: are you ready to use them?

Link to the post in comments 👇👇👇

#sustainableai #responsibleai #aiethics #techforgood

I am a massive advocate of co-opetition and this initiative is the perfect example of how it can be done well. 💪 We're only getting started, but I can't wait to see how we will change organizations with intentional, and responsible use of AI. 

A massive thank you and kudos for the team: Bob Gower, Hannah Keen, Joe O'Connor and Julie Clow. Let's go!

#AI #PeopleOps #organizationalchange #HR #launch

Founder @ Splendid Torch | AI Stewardship for Exec Teams | Strategy, Governance, Change

Twenty years ago I earned an MBA in Sustainable Management.

When I started the program, “sustainability” was just entering the zeitgeist. Not a sexy word—but a useful one: the ability to keep going.

Over the last two decades I’ve come to believe that “sustainable business” is less about what a company makes and more about how it operates.

I’ve seen good products and good intentions still produce harm when the operating model is misaligned—when authority, incentives, and accountability don’t match the mission.

That’s why I think AI is a leadership moment, not a tooling moment. AI has real utility—and real risk. Your company may not need to go all-in, but you can’t ignore it. It’s changing too much, too fast.

And we’ve all seen what happens when adoption is treated like a rollout: big promises, low usage, wasted spend, change fatigue and eroded trust.

Organizations do better with AI when they treat adoption as an operating capability—not a tool deployment: clear use cases, decision rights, governance, and the people-systems that sustain change.

Today, Splendid Torch — my new company — is launching our first offering: AI Stewardship Launch.

It’s a senior-led engagement to help leaders and teams move from AI interest (or fear) to a coherent, responsible ability to put it to real use—without wasting money or burning people out.

Teams typically leave with:
 • a clear snapshot of AI maturity (where you are now and what’s next), and
 • 2–3 pilots with measures that prove value and guide investment.

The brief is in the attached slides.

If you’re leading AI adoption (COO/CTO/CFO/CPO/ops/people leaders): what’s the hardest part right now—use cases, risk/governance, or change management?

If you want a quick sanity-check, DM me.

AI Stewardship Brief - Splendid Torch

Really excited to be a part of a group of really interesting thinkers and doers. 👏 . This project is only getting started, massive thanks to Bob Gower, Julie Clow, Hannah Keen, Joe O'Connor and all the contributors of this insightful report for joining forces on imagining how AI might look from a different perspective. 

Which one of the predictions is your favorite?

#AI #artificialintelligence #collective #trends2026

Amid endless AI forecasts, here’s a grounded look at what matters in 2026: the human choices shaping technology’s impact.

Ready to rethink AI beyond tools and hype?

Written by the Splendid Torch collective — including: Hannah Keen, Joe O'Connor, Julie Clow, and Sinéad Condon (full contributor tags in the article).

A clear-eyed view of AI’s coming impact on work, leadership, and the human skills that matter most. By Splendid Torch, a collective of senior organiza

Open article: 2026 AI Reality Check by Bob Gower • 7 min read

Not delivering what you promise will cost you more than NOT using AI. 👇


I just had a consultation with a very niche coach/teacher I had been following for a long time.

We had our (paid) session, and agreed on the next steps. From my side it included booking a group session with his partner, and from his to send over documentation and further pricing information based on our conversation.

Needless to say this story doesn't end well... 😅 

I booked the follow-up session and attended, and two weeks later had still never received anything from their side.

This was the first time I really truly wished someone had brought AI in the meeting.

That this person had a system (of any sort really), that helped him not automate, but at least remind to deliver what he had promised in the session.

This was the first step of a long long long coaching relationship with very substantial financial gains coming his way. However the lack of doing what he promised means I will find another person to work with on the topic.

I know many coaches and consultants think that AI will "mess up your brand" or make you a soulless.

But when you define clearly *WHAT, WHY and HOW* you want to use AI (e.g. summarizing, drafting and sharing complex follow-ups), it will make your service better. Full stop.

Not just faster, not soulless, not "like everyone else". But more reliable and capable. You are able to serve your clients better.

Please don't lose high-quality leads that come to you because you can't make your onboarding or internal processes work.

🌱 Have you not bought from someone because the ghosted you in the process? What would have made you reconsider?

#AI #intentionalAI #purposedriven #coaching #consulting #processes

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😅 You tell yourself that if you were really good, clients would just show up.

You don’t want to fake connection just to pitch.
You want sales that feels human. Real conversations, not pressure tactics.

You’re not bad at sales.
Your brain is just protecting you.

The amygdala flags rejection as danger.
Your prefrontal cortex freezes.
And boom hesitation, overthinking, silence.

That’s where my work comes in.
I teach the Neuroscience of No-Pressure Sales so you can sell with calm confidence instead of fear.

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🧠 Shannon Smith, J.D., M.S. 🚀

Stop chasing success alone.

Every innovator who built something great had 1 thing in common

Connection
It’s not that creativity happens alone…
It’s that the brain creates better in connection.

The brain evolved to think with other brains.
When connection is present, threat detection quiets.

The amygdala relaxes.
The prefrontal cortex stays online.
That’s where creativity lives.

Connection increases neural synchrony.
Brains begin to align.
Ideas move faster.
Patterns emerge you can’t see solo.

Isolation does the opposite.
Thinking loops.
Risk tolerance drops.
Novelty dries up.

Creativity isn’t just about safety.
It’s about belonging.
Here’s how :

1️⃣ Think out loud with others
 Speaking activates more neural networks than silent thought.
 Shared dialogue creates neural synchrony,
 helping the brain integrate patterns it can’t access alone.
 Half-formed ideas are fuel, not flaws.

2️⃣ Build before you judge
 Evaluation triggers the amygdala.
 Threat shuts down the prefrontal cortex.
 Sequence matters: expand first, critique later.
 Flow requires a brain that isn’t defending itself.

3️⃣ Create spaces to explore, not perform
 Performance activates social threat circuitry.
 Play lowers cortisol and increases cognitive flexibility.
 A relaxed nervous system makes wider, more novel connections.

Innovation doesn’t come from brilliance.
It comes from brains that feel safe thinking together.

PS: Who do you think best with?

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New ideas don’t land when the mind is closed

They land when the brain feels receptive.

Most people try to improve thinking
by defending what they already know.

❌ Proving they’re right.
❌ Protecting past decisions.
❌ Filtering out disconfirming information.

The brain reads that as threat.
So it resists.
When certainty feels required,
the nervous system shifts into protection mode.

Attention filters aggressively.
Contradictory data gets rejected.
Novel information never makes it in.

The brain prioritizes consistency, not accuracy.
That’s why growth stalls
when identity gets attached to being right.

Receptivity requires a different state.
When the parasympathetic nervous system activates,
the body settles.
Heart rate slows.
Breath deepens.
Defensiveness drops.

In that state, the brain becomes plastic again
instead of rigid.

Prediction errors are tolerated.
New inputs are explored.
Old models get updated.

You don’t fight new information.
You metabolize it.
Psychological safety is what allows this shift.

It tells the brain:
🧠 You won’t lose status for reconsidering.
🧠 You’re allowed to change your mind.
🧠 You can hold uncertainty without danger.

Without safety, the brain defends.
With safety, the brain learns.
No openness, no updating.
No updating, no evolution.

Here’s how to become more receptive:
1️⃣ Regulate before you evaluate
A calm nervous system tolerates contradiction.
Learning follows regulation.

2️⃣ Separate identity from ideas
Threat drops when beliefs aren’t tied to self-worth.
Flexibility increases.

3️⃣ Slow down first reactions
Pausing interrupts reflexive rejection.
Curiosity has time to emerge.

The next level isn’t hidden.
It’s already available once the brain feels safe enough.

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This feels illegal.

I built a mobile app while sailing.

Out there, things get quiet.
No notifications fighting for attention.
No noise telling you who to be.

Just wind, water, and time to notice what’s inside.

That’s where the idea came from.

Not everyone can disappear onto a boat.
But everyone needs a way to reconnect with themselves
In a loud world that never shuts up.

So I opened Replit
and described an app idea I’d already been researching. 

How to connect with yourself in a tech heavy world using…
Guess what…yes, neuroscience. 
You guessed it. 

Replit turned that idea into a real mobile app.

A live phone preview appeared.
I played with it and iterated between tacks. 
A few messages later, the app matched the intention.

Calm.
Minimal.
Human.

No mobile frameworks.
No complicated setup.
No build headaches.

Replit handled the mobile stack…
the preview
and the path to publishing.

I focused on the part that mattered:
creating space for real connection.

That’s the point.

You don’t need to escape your life to feel grounded.
You can build tools that bring you back to yourself.
Right where you are.
Even in a noisy world.

If you’ve ever wanted to create an app without needing a team
(or a computer) 
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P.S. If I vanish for a few hours I’m probably publishing a new app between tacks. 

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It's not that you aren't creative...

It's that your brain doesn't get enough breathing room

When outcomes matter too much,
the nervous system shifts into protection.

Certainty over curiosity.
Efficiency over exploration.

The amygdala scans for mistakes.
The prefrontal cortex goes quiet.
Thinking narrows to what’s already proven.

That feels like a creativity problem.
It’s actually a safety problem.

Innovation doesn’t come from pushing harder.
It comes from widening the mental field.

Creative insight requires a brain
that isn’t bracing for consequences.

One that feels free to test, miss, and iterate
without immediate judgment.

That’s why pressure-heavy environments
produce more output…
and fewer breakthroughs.

Creativity is a state, not a talent.
Change the state and ideas follow.

Here’s how to heighten creativity on demand:

1/ Slow the body before you think
Creativity follows regulation.
Lengthen your exhale for 60 seconds before ideating.
A calmer nervous system reopens cognitive range.

2/ Create “low-stakes” thinking space
Tell your brain nothing here has to be right.
Set a 10-minute window for bad ideas only.
Permission removes the fear that blocks novelty.

3/ Shift environments, not effort
New inputs disrupt rigid patterns.
Walk. Change rooms. Look farther into the distance.
Movement and visual expansion spark new connections.

When the brain feels safe enough to explore,
it starts to play.
And play is where innovation lives.

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Your best ideas don’t show up when you’re busy

They show up when your nervous system settles.

Most people chase creativity by adding pressure.
More urgency.
More stakes.
More noise.

The brain responds by tightening.
Sympathetic activation rises.
Attention narrows.
Thinking becomes reactive.

It’s biology doing its job.
Insight comes from a different state.
When the parasympathetic nervous system activates,
💖The body slows.
💖Breath deepens.
💖Perception widens.

In that state, the prefrontal cortex regains flexibility.
The default mode network comes online.
Problems stop looking fixed and start looking solvable.

This is why breakthroughs arrive in the shower.
On walks.
After you stop trying.

Psychological safety is what allows this shift to happen.
When the brain doesn’t feel rushed or judged,
 
💡It explores.
💡It reframes.
💡It sees options that pressure hides.

No safety, no space.
No space, no insight.

Here’s how to design for it:
1️⃣ Slow the body before thinking
 Regulation opens cognitive range.
 Insight follows physiological calm.

2️⃣ Reduce perceived consequences
 Lower stakes keep the prefrontal cortex online.
 Safety precedes creativity.

3️⃣ Create margin in your schedule
 White space invites recombination.
 Ideas need room to collide.

Innovation doesn’t come from force.
It comes from a nervous system that’s allowed
to settle and see differently.

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Clarity doesn’t come from thinking harder

It comes from feeling safer.

When the brain senses pressure, it prepares to defend.
 
Attention narrows.
Options collapse.
The mind looks for certainty.

That state is efficient.
It’s not creative.

Innovation requires uncertainty tolerance.
That tolerance lives in the nervous system,
not the intellect.

When the parasympathetic nervous system activates,

✅ The body slows.
✅ The threat response stands down.
✅ The brain regains flexibility.

This is when perception widens.
Old assumptions loosen.

Problems reorganize themselves.
New pathways become visible.
Psychological safety is what allows this shift.

It tells the brain nothing bad will happen
if you explore a different angle.

Without safety, the brain repeats.
With safety, the brain imagines.

No regulation, no reframing.
No reframing, no innovation.

Here’s how to design for it:
1️⃣ Regulate before you reason
 Slowing the breath reduces neural noise.
 Clear thinking follows bodily calm.

2️⃣ Delay decisions during ideation
 Premature judgment triggers threat circuits.
 Time preserves creative flexibility.

3️⃣ Create private space to think freely
 Privacy lowers social evaluation.
 Safety expands possibility.

Breakthroughs come from a nervous system 
that feels safe enough
to see the problem differently.

PS: What helps your body settle fastest?

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You’re not broken.

You're just not connected...

...in a way no one taught you to recognize.

We have more connection technology than ever.
Group chats. Slack threads. Social feeds.
Standing meetings. Faces everywhere.

You can be busy, productive, and surrounded by people
And still feel unseen, unfelt, and unsupported.

Modern life keeps the nervous system overstimulated.
Your brain is flooded with input, decisions,
and performance cues.

When that happens, the social brain goes offline.
You don’t lose the desire for connection.
You lose access to it.

So you adapt.

You stay functional instead of present.
You keep conversations light instead of real.
You handle things alone because it feels safer.
You tell yourself you’re “fine”
while feeling disconnected from yourself.

Over time, that state becomes your baseline.
And the most painful part?

You start to believe this is just how life is.
It’s not.

Disconnection isn’t a personality trait.
It’s a nervous system state.
And nervous system states can change.

Here’s what neuroscience shows actually helps.

1/ regulation comes before connection.
 When your system is overloaded,
 bonding chemistry can’t do its job.
 You don’t need better words.
 You need your body to feel safe enough
 to be real.

2/ small moments matter more
 than deep conversations.
 Eye contact that lasts a beat longer.
 A pause instead of rushing away.
 Naming what you notice
 instead of what sounds impressive.

3/ connection accelerates in the right environment.
Trying to heal disconnection alone
 keeps the brain in protection mode.
 Being around others doing hard inner work
 creates co-regulation.

Your nervous system learns:
“I don’t have to carry this by myself.”
That’s why community matters.

Not noisy.
Not performative.
Not networking.

But a grounded space of people 
reconnecting with themselves
and with others.

This is what I’m building.
A community for capable, thoughtful people
doing hard things
who don’t want to do them alone.

A place to regulate, reflect, and be real
without fixing yourself
or pretending you’re fine.

If you’ve felt alone in a world full of people,
it’s not because something is wrong with you.
It’s because your nervous system
hasn’t had the right conditions yet.

And you don’t have to create those alone.
If this resonated, the community is open
for people ready to reconnect with themselves and with others.

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It’s not that your team doesn't have new ideas…

It’s that they don’t feel safe enough to share them with you.

When people sense evaluation,
their nervous systems switch to self-protection.

😶‍🌫️ They edit.
😶‍🌫️ They hedge.
😶‍🌫️ They stick to what’s already approved.

That looks like alignment.
It’s actually inhibition.

Innovation requires exposure.
New ideas are, by definition, unproven.
And the brain treats being wrong like a social threat.

So the amygdala gets loud.
Risk tolerance drops.
Thinking narrows to what won’t get you in trouble.

That’s why teams with “high standards”
but low psychological safety
produce execution…
not breakthroughs.

Psychological safety isn’t about being nice.
It’s about creating conditions
where the prefrontal cortex stays online.

When people believe they won’t be punished
for experimenting,
their brains stay open.

They challenge assumptions.
They connect unlikely dots.
They surface problems early.

No safety, no innovation.
No innovation, no future edge.

If you want better ideas, don’t ask for more creativity.
Design environments where
people don’t have to protect themselves first.

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Your CRM shows ACTIVITY.

It doesn't show REALITY.

Most managers think they understand their pipeline.
But they’re only seeing the version their reps feel comfortable sharing.

The CRM shows progress.
The reps show confidence.
The pipeline shows movement.

But underneath all of that
there’s hesitation, uncertainty, and doubt
that never makes it into the forecast.

And that’s the part that costs you.

Reps aren’t trying to mislead you.
They’re trying to look competent.
So they hold back the early warning signs.
They soften how shaky a deal feels.
They overstate buyer momentum.

They wait until a problem becomes undeniable
and by then
your quarter is already in danger.

That’s why so many leaders get blindsided.
Not because the deals are bad
but because the real signals were never visible.

A CRM tracks activity.
It doesn’t track conviction.
It doesn’t track buyer emotions.
It doesn’t track rep confidence.
It doesn’t track the energy of the deal
which is the part that collapses first.

SalesSage exposes that hidden layer.
It reveals where reps feel unsure.
It highlights deals that look fine on paper
but feel unstable underneath.
It identifies slipping belief before it becomes slipping revenue.
It gives you truth early
so you can fix the problem while there’s still time.

Leaders don’t need more data.
They need the truth behind the data.
That’s the gap SalesSage closes.

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You can’t fix a quarter your team’s afraid to talk about.

Your biggest revenue leak isn’t pipeline. It’s silence.

The worst part of running a sales team
is thinking you’re safe right before the quarter blows up.

Your CRM says you’re good.
Your reps say deals are “strong”.
Forecast looks clean.
You breathe for two seconds.

Then the quarter flips
and you’re standing there like
what the hell just happened?

Here’s the truth nobody wants to say:
Reps aren’t lying.
Their brains are.

People say things are fine when they’re overwhelmed.
They overestimate deals when they’re stressed.
They downplay risk when they don’t want to look behind.

So you get the truth only after it hits your number.
Sales Sage catches it earlier.

It spots confidence dips.
Avoidance patterns.
Dead deals dressed up as healthy ones.
Execution cracks that never show in a CRM.

Stuff reps don’t say out loud but absolutely tank a quarter.
If you’re tired of getting blindsided
by “everything looks good” data

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Stop telling yourself that you're too busy to DM.

Stop telling yourself DMs are too pushy. 

DMs close sales. Period. 

Most people think outreach stalls
because they don’t know what to say.
That’s rarely true.

What’s actually happening is identity protection.
Your brain isn’t avoiding DMs to save time.
It’s protecting how you see yourself.

So you stay visible.
You post.
You wait.

And the conversations that move revenue never start.

When the nervous system flags selling as risk,
avoidance looks like strategy.

Weeks pass.
Opportunities decay.
Revenue becomes unpredictable.
That delay has a real cost.

Avoiding just 3–5 high-value messages a week
can quietly leave $15K–$100K per quarter on the table.

Not because you lack ability.
Because “selling” feels unsafe.

This is why scripts don’t stick.
Knowledge ≠ movement.

Insight shows up first.
Behavior only follows when the underlying pattern shifts.

That’s what Butterhood is for.
Not more information.
Not performance.
Not pressure.

It’s a place to notice friction in real time
and make small, deliberate moves
that change momentum.

Inside, we work on:
Why certain conversations stall even when you say the right thing
What makes outreach feel heavy and how to remove that friction
How to move conversations forward without forcing or performing
Installing a sales rhythm that feels stable instead of stressful

They’re ordered intentionally.
Each layer stabilizes the nervous system for the next.

If you’ve ever thought, “This makes sense…
so why am I not doing it yet?”

That’s the signal.
GET IN THE DMS.
Still resisting?
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Why do you have that stupid look on your face?

A C-level executive asked me on my first day

I was sitting across his desk of my first big girl job
(Talk about an executive onboarding)
I was just 20 years old.

I remember freezing.
Not answering.
Just blinking.

I laughed it off and swallowed my pride. 

Meeting over.
But my body stayed locked.

Jaw tight.
Chest and body buzzing.
Mind replaying every word.

Later that day a coworker asked if I was okay.

I said yes.
I wasn’t lying on purpose.
I just didn’t know what “okay” even meant anymore.

That’s the problem with stress.
It normalizes.
Your nervous system adapts.
Your baseline quietly shifts.

You think its no big deal. 
I’m fine. 

Your body knows that you’re not.
For years, I relied on vibes.
Am I handling it or barely holding it together?

No data.
No baseline.
Just guessing.

That’s why I built a these resources
✅ An entire toxic boss armor system
✅ 25-question nervous system audit
✅ An app that helps you each step of the way

Not a personality quiz.
Not mindset fluff.

Actual signals of load, recovery,
and how close you are to the edge.

The site and app give you a real baseline.
Clear data.
Practical next steps.

You don’t need thicker skin.
You need awareness and a hand up. 

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Why do you have that stupid look on your face

Everyone wants AI magic.

Few want to invest in the foundation.

People light up when they talk about AI lead gen.

AI outreach.
AI follow up.
AI prospecting.
The promise of more output with less effort...
It's intoxicating.

But effectiveness still comes from the human brain.
The seller’s state.
The buyer’s state.
The interaction between the two.

If your nervous system is overloaded, 
your messages won’t land.

If your prospect’s nervous system is tense,
your tools won’t move them.

If your clarity wobbles,
your AI will wobble with it.

Tools can accelerate your behavior.
They can’t upgrade your regulation.
They can’t deepen your presence.
They can’t create safety for a buyer who isn’t sure yet.

So you can very quickly send a bad message to 
a lot of people (and I see this a lot).
Super efficient. 
Effective?
Not so much. 

You would have been better off 
not to send anything at all. 

You create
👀 noise.
👀 hesitation.
👀 stall points.

Before you automate anything,
your nervous system has to support the interaction.
Your messaging has to speak to the real pressure points.
Your awareness has to read what the buyer is actually signaling.

Here are the pieces that shift everything:
1️⃣ A regulated internal state
A steady system writes messages people lean into.

2️⃣ Understanding buyer pressure
Not their demographics.
Their actual cognitive load.

3️⃣ Signal-based communication
Warmth, recency, micro-openings, lowered stakes.

Without this foundation in place, AI becomes clutter.
😶‍🌫️ Damages your brand.
😶‍🌫️ Irritates your people. 
😶‍🌫️ Loses your clients.

Inside Butterhood, this is the core work.
The human layer that makes every tool
more powerful, more accurate, and more profitable.
EFFECTIVE.

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7 signs you're tough enough for your toxic boss...

without quitting your job.

Your nervous system has a baseline.
That baseline shapes how pressure lands.

Here are 7 signs you're tough enough:

1/ Your baseline state
 A system that rarely rests stays closer to threat.
 From that state, stress hits faster and harder.
 Do this: notice how you feel when you first wake up.
 Do this: schedule one daily pause with no objective.

2/ Continuous motion
 Moving task to task keeps activation high.
 The body never completes a stress cycle.
 Do this: insert a 2-minute pause between blocks.
 Do this: stand still and breathe before switching tasks.

3/ Mental load during “rest”
 A busy mind keeps the system activated.
 Physical stillness alone doesn’t equal recovery.
 Do this: notice if your mind stays busy at rest.
 Do this: gently bring attention to body sensations.

4/ Guilt around slowing down
 Guilt keeps the nervous system alert.
 Safety requires permission to stop.
 Do this: notice the urge to justify rest.
 Do this: remind yourself recovery supports performance.

5/ Morning and evening carryover
 Tension on waking signals unresolved load.
 Evening stress blocks downshifting.
 Do this: check your body before checking your phone.
 Do this: create a short shutdown ritual at night.

6/ Recovery timing
 Waiting for exhaustion delays regulation.
 Late recovery takes longer to work.
 Do this: rest before you feel depleted.
 Do this: add small resets throughout the day.

7/ Social threat sensitivity
 Overloaded systems struggle with power dynamics.
 Emotional range narrows under pressure.
 Do this: regulate before interactions, not after.
 Do this: widen awareness when tension rises.

This comes before any boss strategy.
Awareness of starting state is the first layer of immunity.

PS Which point showed you something you hadn’t noticed before?

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 7 signs you're tough enough for a toxic boss

Don't just pray for a job.

Pray for a leader, not a toxic boss. 

They say you leave your manager, not your job.
So. True. 

Culture lives in nervous systems.
Leaders set the baseline every day.
Teams regulate around that signal automatically.

Here are 5 signs of a great leader:

1/ Self-regulation
 A great leader notices their own stress.
 They slow down before they speak.
 The room settles when they enter.

A toxic leader brings unprocessed stress.
The room tightens immediately.

2/ Clarity under pressure
 A great leader keeps priorities stable.
 Expectations stay clear during chaos.
 Brains relax when rules do not shift.

A toxic leader changes direction emotionally.
The team scans moods instead of work.

3/ Pressure flows upward
 A great leader absorbs pressure from above.
 They filter noise before it hits the team.
 Focus stays intact.

A toxic leader pushes pressure downward.
Urgency spreads through the group.

4/ Recovery is allowed
 A great leader respects human limits.
 Pauses are normal and safe.
 Energy and thinking stay strong.

A toxic leader rewards constant output.
Rest feels risky or earned.

5/ Response over reaction
 A great leader pauses in conflict.
 Their nervous system stays online.
 Hard talks feel contained.

A toxic leader reacts emotionally.
Others mirror the instability.
Trust erodes quietly.

Leadership is not control.
It is regulation.

PS Which one of these have you felt?

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Behind every “I’m not qualified”

Is a future you haven’t met yet. 

I’m not technical.
I’ve never wanted to be “the code person.”
And honestly, that used to stop me.

Because most AI coding hype assumes
you already know what you’re doing.
Repos.
Installs.
Setup before you even start.

That’s where Replit felt different.
I stayed in the browser.
I described what I wanted in plain words.
And I watched a real app come to life.
Live.

I wasn’t struggling to learn syntax.
I was refining an idea using my own language. 

You grow by doing things you aren’t qualified to do yet.
Most people don’t fail because they can’t.

They stop because they tell themselves
“I’m not technical enough.”

I didn’t suddenly become technical.
The barrier just disappeared.

Replit handled the setup, hosting, and deployment.
I focused on what the app should feel like.
That’s the unlock.

If you already code,
pairing Replit with Claude Code accelerates shipping.
If you don’t,
Replit still lets you build something real.

No identity change required.

You don’t need permission.
You don’t need a team.
You don’t need to be “qualified” yet.
You just need to start.

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If you can’t regulate...

You can’t close.

Sales exposes you.
You meet yourself in every conversation.

Your patterns.
Your pressure points.
Your nervous system.
And there are truths you can’t bypass.

You can only face them and train your brain to handle them.
Here are the fifteen brutal truths that shape every 
👀 coach
👀 solopreneur
👀 salesperson

Skinny to long.
Short to heavy.

Exactly how they hit in real life.

1. Pain shows.
2. Hope lies.
3. Buyers drift.
4. Silence grows teeth.
5. Confidence is unstable.
6. Urgency fades overnight.
7. Your tone leaks your pressure.
8. Your pipeline mirrors your mind.
9. Hard calls get pushed tomorrow.
10. Deals die from emotional overload.
11. You cling to maybes to avoid rejection.
12. You chase when your nervous system spikes.
13. You fill your calendar instead of your forecast.
14. You talk more when your brain feels threatened.
15. You lose more deals from dysregulation than bad skills.

The people who win aren’t the hardest closers.
They’re the ones who can think when the noise hits.

They regulate faster.
They recover quicker.
They protect their cognitive bandwidth.

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Don’t be afraid to start all over again.

You might like your new story better.

Most people don’t stay with toxic bosses
because they love the job.

They stay because starting over feels risky.

You already invested time.
You already proved yourself.
You already survived this much.

So you tell yourself to push through.
But toxic environments don’t just drain energy.
They slowly rewrite who you think you are.

Confidence narrows.
Vision shrinks.
Your nervous system learns to expect threat.

Starting over isn’t failure.
It’s interruption.
And sometimes, leaving isn’t possible yet.
That’s where people get stuck.

Here’s how to regain agency
even if you can’t leave right now.

Three pillars.
Practical. Grounded. Usable.

1/ Establish your baseline
You need to know your starting state.
Stress feels normal when it’s chronic.
Without data, you guess how you’re doing.
Do this: assess how activated you feel most days.
Do this: track sleep, tension, and recovery honestly.
Baseline awareness tells you whether you’re already 
overloaded before the boss even enters the picture.

2/ Predict instead of brace
Toxic bosses are patterned.
The same situations trigger the same behavior.
Surprise is what spikes threat.
Do this: list the moments they escalate.
Do this: plan your response before it happens.
Prediction gives your nervous system what it desperately wants.
Certainty.

3/Plan recovery like it’s required
Stress doesn’t end when the meeting ends.
Unreleased activation carries forward.
That’s how burnout accumulates.
Do this: schedule recovery after interactions.
Do this: close the stress cycle deliberately.
Recovery restores clarity, confidence, and choice.

This is how you protect yourself
while you decide what comes next.

And if there truly is no exit right now,
you still don’t have to white-knuckle it.

That’s why I built
Toxic Boss Armor.

It gives you a baseline.
Helps you predict patterns.
Builds plans that keep your nervous system intact.

Starting over doesn’t always mean leaving tomorrow.
Sometimes it means reclaiming yourself first.

PS If you could rewrite your work story, 
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Micromanagement breeds compliance.

Not commitment.

When every move is monitored,
every decision is corrected,
and every mistake is highlighted,
the brain stops optimizing for growth.

It starts optimizing for safety.
Micromanagement increases uncertainty.
Uncertainty activates the amygdala.
Threat signaling rises.
The prefrontal cortex goes partially offline.

That’s the biology of it.
The prefrontal cortex is where initiative lives,
creativity lives, and ownership lives.

When threat is present, those functions are deprioritized.
So the nervous system adapts.
People do what’s asked.

They stop offering ideas.
They wait for instructions.
They avoid visibility.

From the outside, it looks like control is working.
From the inside, commitment is already gone.

Chronic micromanagement also keeps the stress axis activated.
Cortisol stays elevated.
Recovery shortens.
Motivation drops.
Burnout becomes inevitable.

This is nervous system load.
Leaders often assume disengagement = people don’t care.

More often, it means their nervous system 
doesn’t feel safe enough to invest.

And if you’re on the receiving end of this,
you don’t need thicker skin.

You need regulation, data, and strategy.

That’s why I built
Toxic Boss Armor.

It helps you understand your nervous system baseline,
predict toxic patterns,
and protect your clarity and confidence
even when leadership doesn’t change.

Compliance is a warning sign.
Commitment only emerges when the brain feels safe.

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The answer doesn’t show up when you chase it

It shows up when you stop gripping.

Most people try to solve problems by applying more force.

❌ More analysis.
❌ More urgency.
❌ More mental effort.

The brain hears that as threat.
So it tightens.

When pressure rises,
the nervous system shifts into control mode.

Attention narrows.
Thinking becomes repetitive.

The brain looks for the least risky answer,
not the most interesting one.

That’s why clarity feels elusive when you need it most.
Insight lives in a quieter state.

When the parasympathetic nervous system activates,
the body settles.

Heart rate slows.
Breath deepens.
Internal noise drops.

In that state, the brain starts integrating 
instead of defending.

Patterns rearrange.
Meaning surfaces.
You don’t force the answer.
You notice it.

Psychological safety is what gives the nervous system
permission to loosen its grip.

It tells the brain:
🧠 You’re allowed to pause.
🧠 You’re allowed to wonder.
🧠 You’re allowed to see this differently.

Without safety, the brain loops.
With safety, the brain listens.

No calm, no coherence.
No coherence, no insight.

Here’s how to invite clarity back in:
1️⃣ Soften the body first
Longer exhales reduce neural noise.
The mind follows the body into calm.

2️⃣ Remove time pressure from thinking
Urgency activates threat circuits.
Space restores perspective.

3️⃣ Be alone long enough to hear yourself
Solitude lowers social evaluation.
The quiet reveals what you already know.

The answer isn’t missing.
It’s waiting for peace to rise high enough
for you to hear it.

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