Surfing Your Edge: Where Fear and Possibility Meet

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In this episode of Surfing Your Edge, Kristine Goad speaks with holistic alignment strategist Elle Jaye, host of Evolving With Elle: When Capable Women Carry Too Much, about questioning the “shoulds,” “musts,” and inherited expectations that can quietly shape our lives. Drawing from her own experiences with grief, divorce, parenting, career changes, and personal reinvention, Elle Jaye shares how curiosity, emotional expression, and conscious choice helped her reconnect with herself.

Together, Kristine & Elle explore how to harmonize the many roles we play, make decisions from a vision of who we want to become, and gently stretch beyond what feels familiar by asking a powerful question: What else is possible?

Highlights:

Elle Jaye talks about how women can take on roles—daughter, mother, partner, employee, business owner—and unconsciously absorb expectations about how they are “supposed” to behave.

• Questioning the expectations attached to our roles
• Life disruptions can reveal where we are out of alignment
• Your vision for the future influences the choices you make today
• Growth requires stretching beyond your comfort zone
• Curiosity and emotional expression can create space for change

About The Guest:

Elle Jaye is a professional woman, speaker, facilitator, entrepreneur, & host of Evolving with Elle: When Capable Women Carry Too Much. Drawing from lived transformation, professional leadership, entrepreneurship, & continued study, she partners with capable, heart-centered women who appear successful yet feel overwhelmed, second-guess themselves, or are tired of living by expectations they did not choose. A Holistic Alignment Strategist, Elle uses honest reflection, elevating conversations, & her mirror, map, and method approach to support women in reclaiming their inner authority, honoring their capacity, & creating lives rooted in their values. She believes evolution is personal, but it does not have to be solitary.

Connect with Elle Jaye:

Website: https://mailchi.mp/3ae59b526c7c/ellejaye

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ellejayesllc

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElleJayesllc

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@THRIVEAfter

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1. What’s Yours to Carry?

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About the Host:

Kristine Goad is endlessly curious about the moment when “I could never” becomes “What if I tried?” As the Surfing Your Edge Coach, she helps people transform their relationship with fear, trust themselves more deeply, and create lives that feel bigger, bolder, and more fully their own. Her approach blends coaching, adventure, experimentation, and wonder—shaped by experiences that include participating in the largest cross-country bicycle event in U.S. history, writing a memoir, building a business, and taking surf lessons to face her fear of open water in her late 40s. She is less interested in fearless living than in what becomes possible when we get curious about the things that scare us.

Connect with Kristine:

Join me for a Possibility Party: https://calendar.app.google/DsMvD6Atvdprf49U9

Substack: https://kristine.substack.com

Website: https://kristinegoad.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kristinegoad

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KristineGoad

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinegoad

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristine.goad

Kristine’s gift for you:

Surf Your Edge: From Fear to Freedom

This complete chapter from Confident You: The Raw Conversations traces two adventures, twenty years apart, and explores fear, identity, and why the real work of a life-changing experience begins after you come home.

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In this episode of Surfing Your Edge, Kristine Goad talks with Gretchen Wegner, founder of the Anti-Boring Learning Lab, about what it means to bring your whole self into your work and your life. They explore authenticity, vulnerability, neurodivergence, changing needs in midlife, and the freedom that comes from questioning traditional ideas of professionalism.

Gretchen shares her evolving understanding of ADHD, her willingness to learn in public, and the personal experiments she is embracing as she asks a powerful midlife question: Do I want the rest of my life to look the way it looks right now? From business and identity to relationships and belonging, this conversation is an honest look at what it means to keep growing, experimenting, and surfing your edge.

Highlights:

This episode explores late-life ADHD awareness, executive function challenges, rejection sensitivity, and how hormonal and life changes can make old coping strategies less effective.

• Bringing your whole self to work
• Neurodivergence and ADHD in midlife
• Learning and experimenting in public
• Questioning the life you’ve built
• Vulnerability in relationships and new possibilities

About the Guest:

Gretchen Wegner is a former teacher turned academic coach…and is now the founder of the Anti-Boring Learning Lab, an online community for coaches, tutors, and other educators who obsess about student success. Gretchen’s most known for her Anti-Boring Toolkit, an evidence-based collection of creative learning strategies based in brain science, executive function, and self-regulation to make learning more engaging and equitable for all kinds of brains. Gretchen’s fancy credentials include being a Fulbright Fellow and having a Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction, but more importantly, she is a proponent of “playful rigor” which she infuses into both her professional and personal pursuits. She is also an improviser, dancer, bungee fitness enthusiast, and proud resident of Oakland, CA.

Connect with Gretchen Wegner:

Website: https://antiboringlearninglab.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gretchen-wegner/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@AntiBoringLab

Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2626897

Gretchen’s Gift for you: Anti-Boring Learning Lab Free Resource Library

The Anti-Boring Learning Lab’s free Visitor’s Center gives educators and coaches practical tools to help neurodiverse students study, stay motivated, and manage cognitive overload. It also includes free live Office Hours with Gretchen and guidance for building a coaching practice you love.

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About the Host:

Kristine Goad is endlessly curious about the moment when “I could never” becomes “What if I tried?” As the Surfing Your Edge Coach, she helps people transform their relationship with fear, trust themselves more deeply, and create lives that feel bigger, bolder, and more fully their own. Her approach blends coaching, adventure, experimentation, and wonder—shaped by experiences that include participating in the largest cross-country bicycle event in U.S. history, writing a memoir, building a business, and taking surf lessons to face her fear of open water in her late 40s. She is less interested in fearless living than in what becomes possible when we get curious about the things that scare us.

Connect with Kristine:

Join me for a Possibility Party: https://calendar.app.google/DsMvD6Atvdprf49U9

Substack: https://kristine.substack.com

Website: https://kristinegoad.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kristinegoad

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KristineGoad

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinegoad

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristine.goad

Kristine’s gift for you:

Surf Your Edge: From Fear to Freedom

This complete chapter from Confident You: The Raw Conversations traces two adventures, twenty years apart, and explores fear, identity, and why the real work of a life-changing experience begins after you come home.

Claim your gift: https://tinyurl.com/SYEgift

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In this episode of Surfing Your Edge, Kristine Goad sits down with retired educator, coach, and creator Pam to explore what it means to keep growing, experimenting, and creating at every stage of life. Pam shares how her experiences with teaching, coaching, self-compassion, podcasting, and entrepreneurship have unfolded one small step at a time — often without a clear roadmap.

Together, they talk about the courage to try new things, the challenge of putting your work into the world when no one seems to be responding, and why self-care is an active expression of self-compassion. Pam also reflects on curiosity, aging, finding purpose beyond retirement, and the importance of making the most of the moment you’re in.

Highlights:

Pam encourages people to explore what they love, what they wonder about, and what they are good at, while remembering to appreciate the moment they are in.

• Growth doesn’t stop with age or retirement
• Big changes often happen one small step at a time
• Self-care is an expression of self-compassion
• Curiosity and presence can help guide your next chapter
• Creating and sharing your work requires persistence

About Pam Van Nest:

Pam Van Nest, a Self-Care Coach with PVN Coaching, helps women over 40 face the inner voices of perfectionism, self-doubt and second guessing to reconnect with what matters and make meaningful choices about their next chapter. With 38 years of experience as a teacher and instructional coach across Maine, Honduras, and Ontario, she is a certified CTI and ICF coach. She created the oracle card deck Making The Time and hosts the Making the Time podcast. Creative moments find her sewing, kayaking, sketching, painting, and biking.

She respectfully acknowledges that she lives on the territory of the Michi Saagiig, and the ancestral lands of the Anishinaabeg and the traditional territory covered by the Williams' Treaties. She is aware of the privileges of being a cis gender, able bodied, white woman and continues to work to decolonize her practice, staying open to new learning, and sharing her gifts.

Connect with Pamela Van Nest:

Website: https://www.pvncoaching.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamelavannestempowermentcoach/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pvncoaching/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pamela.vannest/

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/making-the-time-well-being-through-compassionate-self-care/id1896495056?l=zh-Hans-CN

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Heart Meditation: 3 minutes to relax your body, quiet your mind, and expand your heart any time you need a reset.

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About the Host:

Kristine Goad is endlessly curious about the moment when “I could never” becomes “What if I tried?” As the Surfing Your Edge Coach, she helps people transform their relationship with fear, trust themselves more deeply, and create lives that feel bigger, bolder, and more fully their own. Her approach blends coaching, adventure, experimentation, and wonder—shaped by experiences that include participating in the largest cross-country bicycle event in U.S. history, writing a memoir, building a business, and taking surf lessons to face her fear of open water in her late 40s. She is less interested in fearless living than in what becomes possible when we get curious about the things that scare us.

Connect with Kristine:

Join me for a Possibility Party: https://calendar.app.google/DsMvD6Atvdprf49U9

Substack: https://kristine.substack.com

Website: https://kristinegoad.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kristinegoad

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KristineGoad

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinegoad

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristine.goad

Kristine’s gift for you:

Surf Your Edge: From Fear to Freedom

This complete chapter from Confident You: The Raw Conversations traces two adventures, twenty years apart, and explores fear, identity, and why the real work of a life-changing experience begins after you come home.

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What happens when you stop waiting for the perfect plan and simply say yes to the next opportunity that sparks your curiosity?

In this episode, Kristine shares three unexpected experiences from her own “summer of yes”; returning to rowing after nearly four decades, joining a flash mob just for fun, and launching a podcast before she felt completely ready. Through each story, she explores how small decisions can open doors to new experiences, relationships, confidence, and possibilities we could never have planned in advance.

This episode is an invitation to trust your curiosity and intuition, make room for fun, and remember that you don’t have to commit to the entire journey. Sometimes, you only need to say yes to the next step and see where it leads.

The Shift Beneath the Words:

• You don’t need the whole plan before you begin
• Small yeses can lead to unexpected opportunities
• Fun is valuable in its own right
• Growth often requires acting before you feel ready
• Trusting your intuition becomes easier with practice

You don’t have to commit to an entire journey when something sparks your curiosity. Opening the next door gives you information, experience, and possibilities. You can always decide later whether to continue, change direction, or choose something else.

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Free Gift: The Next Door Experiment

Ready for your next invitation and opportunity to say yes? This guide will lead you through two short experiments to help you find possibilities, follow your intuition, and surf your edge in exciting directions.

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About the Host:

Kristine Goad is endlessly curious about the moment when “I could never” becomes “What if I tried?” As the Surfing Your Edge Coach, her work centers on transforming our relationship with fear, trusting ourselves more deeply, and creating lives that feel bigger, bolder, and more fully our own. Her approach blends coaching, mental fitness, adventure, experimentation, and wonder—shaped by a life that has included bicycling across America, writing a memoir, building a business, and taking surf lessons to overcome her fear of open water in her late 40s. She is less interested in fearless living than in what becomes possible when we get curious about the things that scare us.

Connect with Kristine:

Substack: kristine.substack.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/kristinegoad

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kristinegoad

Instagram: www.instagram.com/kristine.goad

YouTube: www.youtube.com/@KristineGoad

Website: kristinegoad.com

Download your free gift:

Surf Your Edge: From Fear to Freedom

This complete chapter from Confident You: The Raw Conversations traces two adventures, twenty years apart, and explores fear, identity, and why the real work of a life-changing experience begins after you come home.

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In this episode of Surfing Your Edge, Kristine explores what it really means to step into your agency; not by pretending you have unlimited control, but by getting curious about the possibilities available to you.

Whether you’re navigating a career change, approaching retirement, adjusting to a new season of life, or feeling constrained by circumstances beyond your control, Kristine challenges you to question what you’ve accepted as inevitable. She shares how small, meaningful actions can strengthen your sense of agency, open doors to new opportunities, and move you toward a bigger, bolder, badassier life.

Because agency isn’t just about creating the life you want, it’s also about choosing how you show up, the impact you have on others, and the legacy you want to leave behind.

The Shift Beneath the Words:

• Agency is about recognizing your choices, not having unlimited control.
• Curiosity helps you uncover possibilities.
• Agency means choosing your next move.
• Small actions strengthen your sense of agency.
• Using your agency can create an impact beyond your own life.

As you make courageous choices and become a fuller expression of yourself, you can inspire others, contribute to the world around you, and begin building the legacy you want to leave.

About the Host:

Kristine Goad is endlessly curious about the moment when “I could never” becomes “What if I tried?” As the Surfing Your Edge Coach, her work centers on transforming our relationship with fear, trusting ourselves more deeply, and creating lives that feel bigger, bolder, and more fully our own. Her approach blends coaching, mental fitness, adventure, experimentation, and wonder—shaped by a life that has included bicycling across America, writing a memoir, building a business, and taking surf lessons to overcome her fear of open water in her late 40s. She is less interested in fearless living than in what becomes possible when we get curious about the things that scare us.

Connect with Kristine:

Substack: kristine.substack.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/kristinegoad

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kristinegoad

Instagram: www.instagram.com/kristine.goad

YouTube: www.youtube.com/@KristineGoad

Website: kristinegoad.com

Download your free gift:

Surf Your Edge: From Fear to Freedom

This complete chapter from Confident You: The Raw Conversations traces two adventures, twenty years apart, and explores fear, identity, and why the real work of a life-changing experience begins after you come home.

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The Surfing Your Edge Podcast is proud to be on the Inspired Speaker Network.

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In this episode of Surfing Your Edge, Kristine Goad sits down with award-winning author, coach, and entrepreneur Jennifer J. Britton to explore reinvention in a rapidly changing world. Together, they discuss navigating the messy middle of change and knowing when it's time to shed what no longer fits who you're becoming. Jennifer invites us to focus on the pull rather than the push - reconnecting with what brings us joy and trusting where it may lead, even when the path ahead isn't clear.

The Shift Beneath the Words:

• Reinvention during times of change
• Navigating the messy middle
• Staying grounded through uncertainty
• Small, consistent action creates momentum

Instead of forcing change, Jennifer encourages reconnecting with your vision, noticing what brings you joy and makes you feel alive, and trusting what is pulling you forward - even when you can’t see exactly where it will lead.

About the Guest:

Jennifer Britton, is an award-winning and best selling author, coach, educator, and founder of Potentials Realized, celebrating more than 20 years of supporting leaders, coaches, teams, and entrepreneurs. A pioneer in group and team coaching, Jennifer is the author of eight books, including Effective Group Coaching and the forthcoming Flow Flex Scale™: 9 Catalysts for Thriving as a Solopreneur. Her work explores the future of work, human connection, capacity, and sustainable business growth. Drawing on leadership experience with the United Nations and decades of entrepreneurial experience, Jennifer brings a practical, human-centred lens to navigating change, building capacity, and creating meaningful impact. She’s also a podcast host – you can find her at the Coaching Many Podcast, The Remote Pathways podcast and her latest Flow Flex Scale podcast for solopreneurs

Connect with Jennifer Britton:

Website: https://www.potentialsrealized.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferjbritton/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachingbizbuilder/

TikTok: https:///www.tiktok.com/@groupcoach

Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPsADyOi3qZ4&si=AwvuCnP8OnJOnfCW

Substack: https://flowflexscale.substack.com/

Jennifer’s Gift for you:

30 Days of Momentum Moves: Surfing Your Edge

What edge are you surfing right now in your work, business or life? This 30 Days of Momentum Moves Calendar provides a practical invitation to experiment, take action and notice what creates momentum. Drawing on the principles of Flow Flex Scale™, the calendar includes daily ideas to help you focus on what matters, strengthen connections, build visibility, move important projects forward and explore what might be possible. You don't need to do everything—or follow the activities in order. Choose what is most relevant for you right now, follow your curiosity, and see where 30 days of consistent action takes you.

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In Part 2 of the story behind Surfing Your Edge, Kristine takes us to Panama, where she created the first Surfing Your Edge experience while confronting her own lifelong fear of open water. What unfolded taught her that she didn’t have to be fearless—or have everything figured out—to lead others into meaningful transformation. She discovered that surfing your edge isn’t really about surfing. It’s about giving yourself permission to pursue the adventures and possibilities calling you forward—and bringing what you discover back into your everyday life.

The Shift Beneath the Words:

• The Origins of Surfing Your Edge
• Becoming the Person Who Can Lead Your Vision
• Leading Through Vulnerability
• Fear doesn’t have to disappear before you move toward what matters

Surfing Your Edge isn’t really about surfing. It’s about stepping outside your comfort zone and giving yourself permission to pursue something meaningful. The adventure shows you what’s possible; the transformation happens when you come home and use what you discovered to change how you live.

About the Host:

Kristine Goad is endlessly curious about the moment when “I could never” becomes “What if I tried?” As the Surfing Your Edge Coach, her work centers on transforming our relationship with fear, trusting ourselves more deeply, and creating lives that feel bigger, bolder, and more fully our own. Her approach blends coaching, mental fitness, adventure, experimentation, and wonder—shaped by a life that has included bicycling across America, writing a memoir, building a business, and taking surf lessons to overcome her fear of open water in her late 40s. She is less interested in fearless living than in what becomes possible when we get curious about the things that scare us.

Connect with Kristine:

Substack: kristine.substack.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/kristinegoad

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kristinegoad

Instagram: www.instagram.com/kristine.goad

YouTube: www.youtube.com/@KristineGoad

Website: kristinegoad.com

Download your free gift:

Surf Your Edge: From Fear to Freedom

This complete chapter from Confident You: The Raw Conversations traces two adventures, twenty years apart, and explores fear, identity, and why the real work of a life-changing experience begins after you come home.

Link: https://tinyurl.com/SYEgift

The Surfing Your Edge Podcast is proud to be on the Inspired Speaker Network.

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In this episode of Surfing Your Edge, Kristine Goad shares the personal journey that led her to become the Surfing Your Edge Coach. From searching for clarity and waiting to feel “ready” to confronting her fear of open water, she explores how learning to move forward without having the whole path figured out can open the door to unexpected possibilities.

Her story ultimately leads to the adventure that inspired Surfing Your Edge—and a powerful approach to stepping beyond your comfort zone and creating a bigger, bolder life.

The Shift Beneath the Words:

• You don’t need the whole path before you begin
• You may not feel ready until after you begin
• Keeping commitments to yourself matters
• Growth comes from moving toward what challenges you

About the Host:

Kristine Goad is endlessly curious about the moment when “I could never” becomes “What if I tried?” As the Surfing Your Edge Coach, her work centers on transforming our relationship with fear, trusting ourselves more deeply, and creating lives that feel bigger, bolder, and more fully our own. Her approach blends coaching, mental fitness, adventure, experimentation, and wonder—shaped by a life that has included bicycling across America, writing a memoir, building a business, and taking surf lessons to overcome her fear of open water in her late 40s. She is less interested in fearless living than in what becomes possible when we get curious about the things that scare us.

Connect with Kristine:

Substack: kristine.substack.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/kristinegoad

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kristinegoad

Instagram: www.instagram.com/kristine.goad

YouTube: www.youtube.com/@KristineGoad

Website: kristinegoad.com

Download your free gift:

Surf Your Edge: From Fear to Freedom

This complete chapter from Confident You: The Raw Conversations traces two adventures, twenty years apart, and explores fear, identity, and why the real work of a life-changing experience begins after you come home.

Link: https://tinyurl.com/SYEgift

The Surfing Your Edge Podcast is proud to be on the Inspired Speaker Network.

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In this episode of Surfing Your Edge, Kristine explores what becomes possible when we stop treating fear as a stop sign and start seeing it as a guide toward growth. She challenges us to question the limitations we’ve accepted, stop “reality-sizing” our dreams, and create a bigger, bolder vision for our future.

But this journey isn’t only about creating a more fulfilling life for ourselves. Kristine shares her vision for a community of movement makers—people willing to take meaningful action on the things they care about. You don’t have to solve the world’s biggest problems alone; you simply have to start where you are, use what you have, and take the next step toward something that matters.

The Shift Beneath the Words:

• Fear Is a Guide, Not a Stop Sign
• Stop “Reality-Sizing” Your Dreams
• Your Vision of the Future Shapes Your Choices Today
• Personal Growth Can Create Wider Change
• Start Where You Are and Become a Movement Maker

You don’t need to solve every problem or have everything figured out. Choose something you genuinely care about and take a few meaningful steps toward it. When many people do what they can, with what they have, those individual actions can collectively create significant change.

About the Host:

Kristine Goad is endlessly curious about the moment when “I could never” becomes “What if I tried?” As the Surfing Your Edge Coach, her work centers on transforming our relationship with fear, trusting ourselves more deeply, and creating lives that feel bigger, bolder, and more fully our own. Her approach blends coaching, mental fitness, adventure, experimentation, and wonder—shaped by a life that has included bicycling across America, writing a memoir, building a business, and taking surf lessons to overcome her fear of open water in her late 40s. She is less interested in fearless living than in what becomes possible when we get curious about the things that scare us.

Connect with Kristine:

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LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kristinegoad

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Website: kristinegoad.com

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What happens when life, other people, and the expectations around you make it harder to pursue the life you want?

In this episode of Surfing Your Edge, Kristine explores the external pressures that can keep us stuck in the shallows—from “reality-sizing” our dreams and following society’s expectations to navigating the well-meaning fears of the people who love us most.

You’ll discover why growth can feel uncomfortable, how to recognize the voices encouraging you to stay safe, and why it matters to question the rules and assumptions shaping your choices. If you’ve ever felt torn between who you’ve always been and who you’re becoming, this episode will encourage you to keep surfing your edge, navigate uncertainty, and seek out people who believe in what is possible for you.

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The Shift Beneath the Words:

• Life and society encourage us to "play it safe."
• Growth often happens at the edge of your comfort zone.
• Other people can unintentionally limit what feels possible.
• Question the rules and expectations around you.
• Find people who support your growth.

Moving through life’s obstacles isn’t about avoiding discomfort. It’s about learning which voices and expectations deserve your attention—and continuing to choose growth even when the people and world around you don’t fully understand where you’re going.

About the Host:

Kristine Goad is endlessly curious about the moment when “I could never” becomes “What if I tried?” As the Surfing Your Edge Coach, her work centers on transforming our relationship with fear, trusting ourselves more deeply, and creating lives that feel bigger, bolder, and more fully our own. Her approach blends coaching, mental fitness, adventure, experimentation, and wonder—shaped by a life that has included bicycling across America, writing a memoir, building a business, and taking surf lessons to overcome her fear of open water in her late 40s. She is less interested in fearless living than in what becomes possible when we get curious about the things that scare us.

Connect with Kristine:

Substack: kristine.substack.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/kristinegoad

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kristinegoad

Instagram: www.instagram.com/kristine.goad

YouTube: www.youtube.com/@KristineGoad

Website: kristinegoad.com

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Surf Your Edge: From Fear to Freedom

This complete chapter from Confident You: The Raw Conversations traces two adventures, twenty years apart, and explores fear, identity, and why the real work of a life-changing experience begins after you come home.

Link: https://tinyurl.com/SYEgift

The Surfing Your Edge Podcast is proud to be on the Inspired Speaker Network.

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