In this heartfelt final episode of 2025, Kari Lotzien, business and leadership coach, invites listeners into a deep year-end reflection filled with honesty, resilience, and grace.

If you're feeling tired, overwhelmed, or unsure how you made it through the year, this episode is for you.

Rather than a highlight reel, Kari gets real about what happens when life doesn’t go to plan. From struggling with unexpected health challenges during a milestone birthday year to rediscovering the power of strong systems, support, and data-driven truth, this episode is an intimate look behind the curtain of entrepreneurship.

Kari shares how slowing down and reassessing her own "stories" about the year helped her uncover hidden wins and how you can too.

Key Topics Discussed:

• Why turning the calendar doesn’t magically change who you are, but pausing to reflect just might.
• How Kari’s vision of hitting 50 as her fittest self collided with the unexpected reality of perimenopause.
• The mindset reframe that helped her shift from “this year was a write-off” to “this year was record-breaking.”
• A reminder that challenge and success are not opposites, they often walk hand in hand.
• How to find YOUR hidden wins by asking: “What’s the data say?”
• Ways that struggle might actually be setting you up for a more sustainable, scalable business.

As 2025 comes to a close, Kari leaves listeners with a heartfelt invitation to pause and reflect, not just on what didn’t go as planned, but on the hidden wins that quietly shaped the year. Her message is clear: growth doesn’t always look like fireworks, and success often walks hand in hand with struggle. Through vulnerability and wisdom, Kari reminds her audience that they don’t have to navigate entrepreneurship alone. With the Anchored Leadership Academy launching a new cohort in January, she’s more committed than ever to helping business owners build systems, support, and resilience for the year ahead.

The next cohort starts in January. Spots are limited.

🔗 Learn more and book your discovery call here.

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Work with Kari:

• Anchored Leadership Academy
• Private Business and Leadership Coaching

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• Website: BeTheAnchor.ca
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