Khaos & Konvos

You have been doing the work. You built the plan, you protected it, and now you are two weeks out from one of the biggest rooms you will step into this quarter.

But showing up to a room is not just about being physically present. It is about arriving with intention. Knowing who you are before you walk in the door. Being grounded enough to receive what the experience has for you without losing yourself in the energy of everyone else.

In this episode, we are talking about what intentional presence actually looks like in practice. How to prepare your mind and your energy before a big moment. How to show up fully without performing. And how to make sure you leave with more than just a notebook full of notes.

This one is for you if you have an event, a conference, a big meeting, or any moment coming up where you want to show up as the fullest version of yourself. Which means this one is for all of us.

My Mind Is My Business is happening May 22 through 24 in Houston. Grab your ticket at www.mymindismybusiness.com.

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You built an intentional plan. You identified your priorities. You blocked your time. And now the real test begins.

Because making a plan is the easy part. Protecting it is where most of us fall apart.

In this episode, we are talking about why high-achieving women abandon their own plans, the difference between intentional flexibility and people pleasing, and the practical tools you need to hold the boundary between your priorities and everything else that is competing for your time and energy.

Including the hardest part. When the person threatening your plan is you.

This is episode two of our Q2 theme, Designing with Intention. Because designing something beautiful means nothing if you do not protect it long enough to see it through.

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You were never supposed to have it all figured out in January. That is a myth. And today we are dismantling it.

In this episode, we are diving into soft planning, what it actually means, why Q2 is genuinely the best time to design with intention, and how to build a plan for the next 90 days that starts with how you want to feel rather than just what you want to produce.

Because a plan that does not fit your life is just a list of things you will feel guilty about later. Soft planning is different. It is intentional. It is sustainable. And it is built around you.

This is episode one of our Q2 theme, Designing with Intention, and we are starting exactly where every good plan should start, from the inside out.

And if you are ready to be in the room with women who are designing their business and leadership with intention, My Mind Is My Business is happening May 22 through 24 in Houston. Grab your ticket now, right here.

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Q1 is done. And before you rush into Q2 mode, I need us to stop and actually look at what this quarter was. Not the highlight reel version. The real version.

In this episode, we are doing a full Q1 wrap-up, the personal wins, the business wins, the lessons, and the honest reflection that sets you up to move into Q2 with clarity instead of just speed. Because the gap between what you intended and what actually happened is not failure. It is information. And today we are going to use it.

This is the first episode in our Q2 theme, Designing with Intention, and it starts exactly where it should. With the truth about where you have been.

Grab your journal. You are going to need it.

What if leadership design wasn't about locking in a plan, but learning to hold it lightly?

In this episode, we're exploring what it means to design with your seasons, not against them. Most of us create a plan once (usually in January) and then white-knuckle our way through the year. But what happens when life inevitably shifts? We feel like we're failing because the plan isn't working anymore.

I share what it's looked like for me to be in a season of rest and recovery while also building something new and how I've learned to hold leadership lightly instead of gripping control over outcomes.

We talk about the difference between quitting and pivoting, why rest and recalibration are leadership moves (not luxuries), and how to know when to push through versus when to let go.

Topics covered:

• Why high-achievers struggle with redesign
• How to know if you're quitting or pivoting
• What "holding it lightly" actually looks like in practice
• How to design with your seasons instead of forcing one approach all year

You're allowed to redesign as many times as you need. That's not failure. That's leadership.

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It's not about the goals. It's about the patterns.

In this episode, we're talking about why goals don't create lasting change—and what does. If you set intentions in January and you're already feeling the fade, you're not failing. The goals are.

We explore the difference between goals (outcomes) and patterns (behaviors), the patterns that keep high-achieving women stuck, and what it actually looks like to reset patterns instead of chasing outcomes.

I share my personal story about learning to say no when things aren't in alignment—even when they seem like good opportunities. Because good opportunities aren't always the right opportunities.

If you're tired of the cycle of starting strong and fading fast, this episode gives you a new framework: focus on the behavior, not the outcome.

Topics covered:

• The patterns that keep you stuck (overcommitting, saying yes when you mean no, equating busyness with worthiness)
• How to identify the patterns you need to reset
• The difference between goals and sustainable behavior change
• What pattern-resetting looks like in practice

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You don't need a hard restart. You need a soft reset.

Welcome back to Khaos & Konvos. In this relaunch episode, I'm being honest about where I've been and why I'm back and what's different this time.

We're diving into what it looks like to re-enter your life and leadership without urgency, without performing, and without abandoning what you actually need. We talk about why hard resets fail high-achieving women, the cost of rushing back into life, and how softness shows up as discernment, not avoidance.

If you're feeling the pressure to have it all figured out, to lock in the perfect plan, to become someone new—this episode is your permission slip to move slowly. To ease back in. To honor what you actually need.

This is not about doing more. This is about leading like you already are—without the weight.

Topics covered:

• Why hard resets don't work for high-achieving women
• The difference between restarting and re-entering
• How to honor your nervous system before planning anything
• What it means to reset support, not goals

Welcome to Khaos & Konvos, a podcast for high-achieving women who are ready to lead and build without sacrificing their mental health.

Hosted by LaKisha Mosley, this show is for the woman who's tired of white-knuckling her way through life and leadership. You're used to being the strong one, the capable one, the decision-maker but what no one sees is how heavy it all feels.

You don't need more advice. You don't need another productivity hack. You need honest conversations that match the level you're at. You need space to lead without performing. You need a community that gets it.

Through solo reflections and intimate conversations, Khaos & Konvos explores mental wellness-led leadership, sustainable decision-making, and what it looks like to step away from urgency and hustle culture.

This is about resetting patterns, not goals. Holding leadership lightly through the seasons. And choosing yourself over and over again.

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Cortne’ Lee Smith is a Relationship/Life Coach & Grief Specialist, who empowers women to love again after the loss of love. COVID birthed a platform for her to moderate healthy grief conversations, to help those in grief not to suffer in silence or feel alone. She educates people to move beyond the could've and should've into what will be the new normal as Host/Producer of The Master Relationship Mechanic Show. As a wife again, a widow who married a widower, she is an example of achieving love after love, while living fully and loving unconditionally.

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Over 14 years ago the world of human resources captured Candace unexpectedly. Starting out in the accounting field, a mentor quickly identified her purpose was to be much greater. Initially hesitant about entering the field Candace took the leap. Her naturally caring and bold ability to connect with employees and management both equally immediately placed a spotlight on what employers have identified as unique, gifted, and incomparable. Candace holds a genuine passion for assuring workplaces are both fair, consistent, and innovative with addressing employee-employer concerns. Her expertise lies heavily in employee-employer relations and training & development. In her HR tenure, she has been sure to leave an imprint for each employer that has encountered her. Candace is a Mother of two beautiful children and currently resides in the small peaceful town of Dallastown, Pennsylvania.

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