When the Thing You're Saving Isn't Actually the Thing | Brianna GeorgeBrianna George spent months not buying a grief journal on Amazon. Turns out, that hesitation saved her life.In this conversation, Brianna breaks down how a screenshot she kept going back to became the catalyst for ending a 20-year marriage, building a coaching business, and creating the framework she now teaches others: awareness → acceptance → aligned action.This isn't a story about finding yourself through journaling. It's about what happens when your body starts keeping score of a life that looks fine from the outside but is slowly collapsing on the inside. And what it actually takes to do something about it.What we cover:Why she kept not buying that grief journal—and what her intuition was actually telling herThe difference between grieving death and grieving "the life I thought I had with someone I thought I knew"How burnout is your body screaming that something needs to changeWhy "once you admit there's a problem, you gain responsibility for fixing it"The year she spent creating her own grief framework instead of buying someone else'sHow doing the thing might fuck up your life—and why that might be exactly the pointWhat it feels like on the other side: "It's joy. Pure joy. And grief."Key quote: "Do it afraid and it may fuck up your life as you know it. High party of one—fucked up life from where I was. But the thing is not the thing. It's part of the journey for you and it's real. Listen to that intuition. It might not be pretty. In fact, I can almost guarantee you it's gonna be really messy. But it's worth it."Connect with Brianna:Bold Living Coaching: https://briannalgeorge.com/Threads: https://www.threads.com/@briannal.georgePublished Journals: https://amzn.to/4hyxt15

The Photo That Changed Everything: Chris Fawthrop on Closing the Gap Between Saved and DoneChris Fawthrop stood at the base of a mile-long trail he used to hike without thinking. Years after a car wreck that forced him to relearn how to walk, he was there to take photos for a branding project... not to actually hike. But when he looked at one photo on his phone, then back at the trail, something clicked: "This is not who I am."In this episode, Chris shares how that moment catalyzed everything... from pushing himself up the mountain to rebuilding his leadership practice at Cultivar Leadership Solutions. We dig into why collecting isn't the same as doing, how to shift from "Should I?" to "How far can I?", and what it really takes to stay authentic when your business (and your life) keeps evolving.Chris doesn't deal in motivational platitudes. He's a leadership guide who's walked through insurgency research, craft beer, near-death recovery, and entrepreneurship. And he's figured out that the principles for authentic leadership work anywhere... if you're willing to ask yourself the hard question: Why are you holding onto this instead of doing it?This one's for anyone who's saved something and keeps scrolling past it, waiting for the right moment to act.Guest: Chris Fawthrop, Founder of Cultivar Leadership Solutions Links: Chris Fawthrop's LinkedIn Chris's Substack Christina Garnett's LinkedIn Jorge MedinaBuck Mountain Overlook location