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In the final episode of 2025, Kim hit record with ten hours left on the clock. She's putting words to the feeling she keeps hearing from high achievers (and herself): that weird holiday restlessness—pressure to “use the time well,” even when you’re exhausted. Instead of forcing a resolution or a big plan, this episode walks you through the simple year-mapping practice that changed her entire perspective on what's possible in a slow year. This episode is part reflection, part reset, and part guidance for entering 2026 with a clearer aim, cleaner energy, and a truer definition of success.

HIGHLIGHTS

• The reason high achievers underestimate how much they did in a year
• What you need to do before setting any 2026 intentions
• A simple year in review practice that outweighs new year's resolutions and "new year, new me" goals
• How to name what you want without getting hijacked by the question of how it will happen
• Hear for the first time the what Kim is ready to call in after years of doubting whether she'd ever be able to land on just one thing

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• Find Kim on LinkedIn or her website

Most of us don’t avoid humor because we don’t have it—we avoid it because we’re afraid of how we’ll come across. In this live conversation, Kim sits down with journalist, producer, and Gold Comedy founder Lynn Harris to talk about why comedy isn’t reserved for performers, and why “being funny” isn’t a personality trait—it’s a practice. Together they unpack humor as a tool for connection, trust, and saying the thing everyone’s thinking (without the scoldy energy). If you’ve ever worried you’re not witty enough, bold enough, or “interesting enough” to use your voice differently, Lynn’s message is the one you need: the stakes are low—and your life is already full of material.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Why humor builds trust in business

• The difference between humor and comedy (and why you don’t need to be a performer to benefit)

• What “being funny at work” can look like without being loud, jokey, or self-deprecating

• Lynn’s most universal creative advice

• A reframe for perfectionists and shy creatives who might count themselves out because they don't live in the spotlight

• How women’s lived experience becomes the most compelling “credential” in the room

MENTIONS & FOLLOW:

• Lynn Harris on LinkedIn & Website
• GOLD Comedy
• Comedians to Follow: Rachel Dratch, Maria Bamford, Cameron Esposito, Naomi Ekperigin, Bob the Drag Queen, Aparna Nancherla

Ideas people are tweakers. We keep going back to things that are far from perfect and abandon things that are technically better. But is this necessary? In this episode, Kim unpacks a deceptively simple insight drawn from everyday life: people don’t stay loyal because something is exceptional once; they stay because it’s consistent. Using an everyday story that nearly anyone can relate to, she explores how founders, creatives, and big thinkers often hold themselves to impossible standards—constantly improving, refining, and reinventing—while underestimating the power of reliability.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Why consistency builds more trust than novelty or constant improvementWhat everyday loyalty reveals about how people actually choose who to work with
• How high-achieving, idea-driven people sabotage momentum by over-tweaking
• The hidden cost of holding yourself to standards you don’t apply to others
• A reframing question that simplifies growth

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• Find Kim on LinkedIn or her website

Somewhere along the way, founders were taught to ask “is this scalable?” before they ask whether something is worth making at all. In this episode, Kim pushes back on the pressure to build like a venture-backed startup. She unpacks the beliefs that keep smart, capable entrepreneurs stuck in planning mode, the growth advice that’s flattening good ideas, and why starting small and not as polished as you're capable of is the most strategic move you can make.

HIGHLIGHTS

• The beliefs entrepreneurs absorb that make them feel behind if they don’t have a scale plan

• Why “build it bigger” advice is flattening good, human-centered ideas

• The fear hiding behind questions like: “Is this worth starting if it can’t grow?”

• How venture-style thinking has quietly become the default, even when it doesn’t align with most founders' goals

• What actually becomes possible when you stop designing for scale and start building for service

LINKS & MENTIONS

• "Great things start in little rooms" clip by André 3000
• Simon Sinek interviews Jeni Britton
• Brian Chesky on Masters of Scale: Do things that don't scale
• Kim's Website

Black Friday gets all the attention, but what about the independent shops holding our towns together the rest of the year? In this episode, Kim sits down with vintage shop owner and designer Lisa Tumbarello for an honest conversation about the realities of running a small business during the busiest (and most emotionally loaded) shopping weekend of the year. They talk about the unseen labor, the tough calls, the creative joy, and the very real pressures that come with trying to build something meaningful in a world obsessed with speed, scale, and discounts. If you’ve ever wondered what it actually takes to keep your favorite small shops alive, this episode is the truth-telling you won’t hear anywhere else this week. HIGHLIGHTS

• The assumptions people make about small shops and the reality behind running one
• Why transparency is tricky when a small business is struggling or in transition and how that leads to us being shocked when they make an announcement that they're closing their doors
• The tension between curating what you love vs. stocking what reliably sells
• What Lisa wishes customers understood about hours, inventory, and bandwidth
• The misunderstood pressure small businesses feel around Black Friday and holiday shopping culture and why shopping small is about more than community, taste, and identity than sales
• Simple, meaningful ways to support local shops year round

FOLLOW

• Potomac River Interiors website and Instagram
• Kim on Instagram, LinkedIn, and website

Leadership isn’t always loud, polished, or certain. Sometimes it looks like sitting in a room with women who are figuring it out in real time. In this episode, Kim shares the biggest lessons that emerged from The Bench Summit in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida: moments of honesty, humanity, and self-led leadership that had nothing to do with titles and everything to do with how we show up for ourselves and one another. Whether you were in the room or not, these reflections offer a new way to think about influence, ambition, and the kind of leader you’re becoming.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Why embodied leadership isn’t about having the right answers; it’s about creating space for others
• What happens when high-achieving women let their guard down and tell the truth
• The difference between “leading the room” and holding a room
• How vulnerability, not performance, became the Summit’s most powerful takeaway
• How the right community expands what feels possible
• The unexpected (and at times, hilarious) moments that revealed what it looks to build in real time and take up space

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• Kim on Instagram and LinkedIn
• Kim's Website

How do you stay open to change when what once drove and defined you no longer fits? In this conversation, Kim talks with communications strategist and solo mom by choice Sara Amin about what it means to rewrite the story you thought you were living and trusting yourself enough to move toward what’s calling you next. From career burnout to building a family on her own terms, Sara shares how to create your own version of fulfillment, redefine ambition, and to take action on projects when you aren't sure where they'll lead. For anyone who's worked in a giving profession, been in a helper role, or pursued work that is mission-driven, this will address the question you've grappled with: can work just be work?

This conversation highlights the three most important questions we must come back to every time we're experiencing a shift:

1. What am I doing?
2. Where am I putting my energy?
3. What do I really want?

HIGHLIGHTS

• How ambitious women can give themselves permission to show up and do the job, and allowing that to be enough

• The way burnout changes what we're reaching for and redefines our priorities
• Sara's decision to become a solo parent and how sharing her story sparked curiosity in others
• Why, as a parent, it's so difficult to remember and lean into who we are when our kids reach a certain stage of independence

• The power of starting before you have all the answers

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• Sara on Instagram and LinkedIn
• Kim on Instagram and LinkedIn
• Kim's Website