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  • E #522: Live Coaching: How to Find the Structural Gap Killing Your Momentum with Janell Karst

    In this episode of Built for the Edge, Kehla sits down with Janell Karst — executive coach, author of the Badass Planner, and founder of the Bold Program — for a live business architecture session that is, in itself, a demonstration of the work.

    Janell came in with clarity on her messaging (she'd already done a Signal Report) but the business wasn't converting the way it should. She was visible, consistent, creating — and none of it was compounding. This conversation isn't about adding more strategy. It's about looking at what's actually happening structurally: what the center of the business is, how people are moving through it, and what needs to be removed so everything works together.

    By the end of this session, Janell goes from explaining a menu of offers to seeing the hallway — a clear, sequential path that leads people all the way to the work she does best.

    If you've been doing all the right things and it's still not translating into consistent clients or momentum, this one is for you.

    What Kehla and Janell work through

    • Why good messaging alone doesn't fix a structural problem — and what does
    • The difference between a menu of offers and a hallway people can actually walk through
    • How to identify the true center of your business — and why everything else has to orbit it
    • What a 78% email open rate with zero action tells you about your path to conversion
    • The quiet revenue leak hiding between quarterly laser coaching and six-month one-on-one
    • How the Badass Planner becomes a front door — and what needs to happen the moment someone walks through it
    • Why constraint isn't about selling one thing — it's about coherence and sequencing
    • The moment structural clarity hits and mindset shifts on its own — without doing any mindset work
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      50 min
    • E #521: The Ultimate Human Design Summit with Jas Maylin: why she built the table instead of waiting for a seat

      In this episode of Built for the Edge, Kehla sits down with Jas Maylin — a 3/5 Generator, former registered psychotherapist, homeschooling mom of three, and founder of the Soul Success Center and the Ultimate Human Design Summit.

      This conversation is, in itself, a demonstration of the work. Jas's undefined G center, four defined motor centers, and Right Angle Cross of Planning show up in every part of how she built, burned down, and rebuilt her business. She didn't wait to be invited to a seat at the table. She built the whole thing — and filled it with the people she was already learning from.

      If you've been sitting on your human design knowledge — reading it, understanding it, intellectually getting it — but struggling to actually trust it enough to act on it, this episode is the one.

      What Kehla and Jas cover
      • How Jas found human design at 2am on the couch with a newborn — and why it finally clicked that time
      • Leaving a doctorate with one year left to go all-in on what she actually wanted to build
      • The shadow side of the 3 line — and how Jas stopped letting "I'm still learning" become an excuse not to start
      • What an undefined G center has to do with building a community from scratch
      • Why Generator frustration isn't a stop sign — it's a ceiling you're meant to break through
      • Riding the emotional wave as an Emotional Authority without letting it stall every decision
      • Running a summit with no funnel knowledge, no polished aesthetic, no team — just four motor centers and a vision
      • What the Ultimate Human Design Summit actually is, who it's for, and what to expect across all three days
      • The Ultimate Human Design summit — day by day

        Day 1 is about healing. Inner child work, root-cause diagnostics, and getting clear on what's actually running business decisions. Dr. Karen Curry Parker opens this day.

        Day 2 goes into business — magnetic branding through your chart, top money gates, and building offers from your body graph rather than copying someone else's model.

        Day 3 covers embodiment: fitness and human design, the whole-person piece that most business summits skip entirely.

        Resources + links
        🎟 Event registration — free: Ultimate Human Design Summit, May 13–15
        📱Jas on Instagram
        🌐 Jas's website
        📖 Jas's book: Tapping a Line to Your Human Design

        Kehla's Website
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        30 min
      • E #520: Human Design & Gene Keys Won’t Fix Your Business

        If you’re using Human Design and Gene Keys in your business… and things still aren’t holding the way you expect them to, this is the conversation most people avoid.

        Because the assumption is usually that you just need to go deeper. More awareness. More alignment. A clearer understanding of who you are and how you’re designed to operate.

        But that’s not actually what’s breaking.

        In this episode, Kehla breaks down the loop many experienced entrepreneurs find themselves in — where insight keeps increasing, but nothing in the business actually stabilizes.

        She explores where Human Design and Gene Keys are being used correctly, where they’re being misapplied, and why awareness alone will never create something that holds.

        She also unpacks the difference between orientation and structure, and how confusing the two is what keeps a business feeling inconsistent, heavy, or unclear, no matter how much inner work has been done.

        This isn’t about discarding these tools. It’s about putting them back in the right place so the business can actually support the level the entrepreneur is operating at.

        If the business is working… but doesn’t feel steady, scalable, or clean anymore, this episode will land.


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        12 min
      • E #519: Strategy Isn’t the Problem. Your Structure Is.

        Everyone is being taught to fix their business through mindset, identity, and better strategy.

        Better content. Better funnels. Better messaging. Better launches.

        But what if the issue isn’t your strategy — or you?

        In this episode, Kehla breaks down the missing layer no one is talking about: structure.

        You’ll learn the difference between strategy and structure, why having offers, content, and funnels doesn’t mean your business is actually working, and why so many entrepreneurs feel like they’re constantly starting over.

        Kehla introduces her core diagnostic lens — Center, Path, Constraint — and shows you how to instantly identify where your business is breaking, and why strategy alone hasn’t been able to fix it.

        If you’ve ever felt like your business only works when you’re pushing it, this episode will change how you see everything.

        If you’re realizing your business has all the pieces but nothing is actually holding them together, you can get your Signal Report here.

         

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        11 min
      • E #518: Identity, Authority & Scaling Your Business Without Burnout (The Real Reason Growth Starts to Break) with Gráinne O'Regan

        If your business is working… but something about it feels off — this is for you.

        There’s a point where what got you here stops working the same way.

        Your messaging feels heavier. Your offers don’t land the same. You’re showing up, but it’s not clicking like it used to.

        Most people think it’s strategy.

        It’s not.

        In this conversation with Gráinne, we get into what’s actually happening underneath that phase — when your identity is shifting, your authority is being tested, and your business isn’t fully built to hold where you’re going.

        We talk about:

        → what happens when your business no longer matches your level
        → why adding more usually makes things worse
        → the difference between something being uncomfortable vs. actually misaligned
        → where people give their authority away without realizing it
        → and why simplifying is harder — but necessary

        This isn’t about fixing your messaging or finding a better strategy.

        It’s about seeing where you’re still trying to operate inside something you’ve already outgrown.

        If you’ve been in that in-between — where things are working, but not really landing — you’ll hear yourself in this.

        And if it does land, Gráinne’s Scale Simply Summit is linked below.

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        31 min
      • E #517: Structural Instability Series Part III: Why Nothing Feels Clear Anymore

        If your business only works when you’re fully in it… that’s not stability.

        In this episode, Kehla breaks down why things in your business stop holding—even when it looks like everything should be working. This isn’t about missing strategy or needing better messaging. It’s about what your business is actually relying on to function.

        Most entrepreneurs try to fix this by adding more or trying to “realign.” But both keep you operating inside the same structure that isn’t holding in the first place.

        This episode shifts the focus to what most people avoid: what needs to be removed.

        If your business feels heavier than it should, inconsistent, or like you’re constantly re-stabilizing what you’ve already built, this will show you where to look—and why more won’t fix it.

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        8 min
      • E #516: Structural Instability Series Part II: Why Your Effort Isn’t Compounding

        You’re showing up. You’re doing the work. Things do work… but nothing actually builds.

        So every time you want results, it feels like you’re starting over.

        In this episode, Kehla breaks down why this isn’t a consistency problem, a discipline problem, or a mindset problem — it’s a compounding problem.

        Through real examples, she shows what it actually looks like when a business generates results but doesn’t hold them, and why more effort, more strategy, or more identity work won’t fix it.

        If your business only works when you’re actively pushing it, this episode will show you why — and what question you should be asking instead.

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        7 min
      • E #515: Structural Instability Series Part I: Why Your Business Moves… But Doesn’t Hold

        If your business feels like it’s working — content is landing, offers are selling, things are moving — but nothing actually stabilizes, this episode is for you.

        Kehla breaks down the real reason momentum doesn’t turn into consistency, and why most entrepreneurs misread this moment as something missing instead of something not holding.

        This is where people start adding more — more strategy, more content, more identity work — and end up deeper in the cycle.

        Inside this episode, you’ll see the difference between a business that moves and a business that builds, and the question that changes how you look at everything you’ve already created.

        If things keep working… but not sticking — this will land.

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        10 min
      • E #514: How Women Founders Are Losing Hours Every Week (And the Systems That Give Them Their Time Back) with Diana Lunzer

        If your brain feels like a thousand open tabs, this episode is for you.

        In this conversation, Kehla sits down with Productivity Strategist and Certified Notion Consultant Diana Lunzer to unpack the invisible inefficiencies that quietly drain founders every single week. From scattered notes and disconnected tools to the mental load many women carry in business and life, Diana shares what’s actually creating chaos behind the scenes — and how simple systems can completely transform the way you operate.

        They explore how tools like Notion and AI can help founders build supportive infrastructure that reduces overwhelm, streamlines workflows, and frees up mental capacity for the work and life that truly matter.

        Diana also pulls back the curtain on how she runs a multi-six-figure business working just 10–16 hours a week, the systems that make that possible, and why productivity isn’t about hustle — it’s about creating systems that support you.

        In this episode, we cover:

        • The biggest inefficiencies women founders don’t realize they’re operating inside of

        • Why scattered notes, tools, and tasks create constant mental overload
        • The concept of knowledge management and why it’s foundational for founders
        • How Notion can become your business “operating system”
        • Using AI and automation to reduce manual work and mental load
        • How supportive systems free up time, creativity, and joy in your life and business

        If you’ve ever felt reactive, scattered, or like your business is running you instead of the other way around — this conversation will show you what’s possible when the right infrastructure is in place.

        Connect with Diana Lunzer

        Diana Lunzer is a Productivity Strategist, Certified Notion Consultant, creator of the Productive CEO™, and Mom of three. She helps ambitious founders get organized, optimize their workflows, and scale with less chaos and more confidence using smart systems that look as good as they work.

        Her mission is simple: help you build a business that runs smoother, grows faster, and feels a whole lot better.

        Resources & Links

        Join Diana’s membership, the Productive CEO Club:

        https://dianalunzer.com/productive-ceo-club

        Connect with Diana on Instagram:

        https://www.instagram.com/dianalunzer

        Subscribe to Diana’s email newsletter to boost your productivity:

        https://tally.so/r/mVZyaJ

        Work with Diana or invite her to speak:

        https://www.dianalunzer.com

        Download Diana’s FREE Notion templates:

        https://dianalunzer.com/shop-notion-templates

        46 min
      • E #513: Identity vs Infrastructure: Why “Doing Everything Right” Still Isn’t Working — With Beverleigh Fateev

        In this episode of Built for the Edge, Kehla G is joined by Beverleigh Fateev for a conversation that exposes a quiet fault line running through the online business world — one most entrepreneurs are standing on without realizing it.

        Why does a business “work” on paper, yet feel wrong in practice? Why do identity breakthroughs stop producing results… or perfectly built systems fail to move the needle?

        Coming from opposite ends of the spectrum, Kehla and Beverleigh explore the invisible tug-of-war between identity and infrastructure — and how mistaking one for the other keeps entrepreneurs stuck in cycles of reinvention, burnout, and borrowed certainty. They challenge the language of “who you need to become,” question the way Human Design and Gene Keys are often used as rulebooks, and surface the uncomfortable reality of how much of business is built on external validation rather than internal authority.

        This episode isn’t about fixing anything. It’s about noticing what’s being substituted, where power quietly leaks, and why the question “who said?” changes everything.

        If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing all the right things — but something still isn’t landing — this conversation will show you exactly where to listen.

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        49 min

      About Built for the Edge

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      Built for the Edge is a podcast about why businesses that look successful on the surface can still feel harder to run than they should — and what it actually takes to change that.

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