🎙️ Today’s Conversation

To open 2026, I step back from the headlines and into something more personal. After multiple false starts recording this episode, I landed on the three internal priorities I want to center this year: letting go, being accountable, and asking for help—and how each one is reshaping the way I move through my work, relationships, and community.

🧭 The Three Priorities I’m Carrying Into 2026

* Letting go — Learning the difference between reflection and dwelling, and releasing shame, guilt, and self-limiting narratives that no longer serve me

* Being accountable — Moving past recognition into repair, listening more than reacting, and doing the work without centering myself

* Asking for help — Unlearning “fake it till you make it” as a default and choosing authenticity, curiosity, and collaboration instead

🪴 Mentioned in This Episode

* Follow D$ Money podcast — Conversation with Anthony Murdock II (on dwelling vs. reflection)

* Episode 004

* Episode 009

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