When Your Body Stops You Because You Won’t Stop Yourself
What Acute Pancreatitis Taught Me About Identity, Output and the Belief I Still Haven't Fully Released I had been yellow for a while. Not metaphorically. Actually yellow. My skin. My eyes. My system was shutting down and sending every signal it had. Constant stomach...
Money Beliefs Are a Daily Ministry — And Most of Us Miss the Daily Part
I catch myself doing it still. Someone posts about their new house, their private flight, their record revenue month. And somewhere in the back of my mind, before I can stop it, a thought slips through. Must be nice. I wonder what they had to sacrifice for that. I...
How Long Can You Stay Silent?
The conversations I am having all include, at some point, a version of these questions. Should I get involved? Can I speak up without becoming political? How do I take a stand without inviting backlash and avoid being cancelled? Is it okay to speak up and share my...
Don’t Die at Your Desk – The Cost of Being “Good at It”
You want to love your work. After all, you spend so much time there. And when we find someone who says they love what they do, we call them lucky. They never work another day in their life. But there is an assumption we rarely interrogate: that loving your work is...
The Moment Things Go Well — and Why That’s When Leadership Is Tested
When success invites relaxation There is an assumption many leaders carry without examining it: when things are going well, we can relax. Revenue is up, momentum is strong, and energy feels aligned. The effort feels earned, even deserved. It’s a moment that appears to...
The Question That Feels Natural — and Costs More Than We Realize
“Why is this happening?” is often the first place the mind goes when control disappears. It sounds reasonable. Even intelligent. It feels like meaning-making. But what I’ve come to see — personally, professionally, and most recently through a conversation on my...
When the Body Interrupts the Narrative
I thought the fire anniversary was enough. Some weeks arrive already carrying weight. Memory. Grief. A quiet accounting of everything that was lost and everything that somehow survived. I assumed that was the work of the week — to hold that, to move through it with...
2026 May Still Be a Trying Year — So Train Your Mind
People like to say the ones who win are the ones with the most resources. I’ve never been comfortable with that word. It feels competitive. Binary. Like life is something you dominate or lose. There is nothing in between. And sitting here in a hospital room after...
Wear Your Grandmother’s Pearls: Redesigning Success Before It Burns You Down
There’s a question I’ve been circling for years—long before the fire, before the losses, before the surrender. How do you build a legacy that works on the outside without destroying you on the inside? A business that creates money, freedom, and opportunity—without...
Beate Chelette
Some years don’t just pass. They mark you. 2025 was one of those years. It began with joy. On January 3, I got married. We were on a spiritual journey and surrounded by people we cherish. Love was everywhere. When Everything Burned to the Ground Just days later, while...
Looking Back with Gratitude: My Top 5 Most-Read Articles of 2025
As 2025 comes to a close, I’ve found myself reflecting not just on what I wrote this year, but on why certain pieces resonated so deeply. Writing has always been my way of thinking out loud—making sense of leadership, identity, resilience, and growth in real time. But...
I Thought Giving Was the Point—Until Life Took Everything and Taught Me How to Receive
There are moments in life that split time in two. Before… and after. This year did that for me. When you experience a moment like I did, everything takes on a different meaning—especially during the holidays. Hanukkah candles flicker. Christmas lights glow. And...
What If the Success You’re Chasing… Is Waiting for YOU to Show Up?
Here’s the truth most of us don’t know—because once we see it, we cannot unsee it: Most of us are trying to build a business from an identity that was never truly ours. We were raised to believe that success lives somewhere “out there”—in the next milestone, the next...
Honored to Be Recognized: My Journey to the WiTH Mentor & Champion Award
Women in Technology: Hollywood (WiTH), sponsored generously by Amazon Web Services (AWS), honored me with the Mentor & Champion Award at this year’s annual Southern California Women’s Conference —an award that recognizes leaders who uplift others, build community,...
Is the Little Voice in Your Head Running Your Business?
Because here’s what it’s been trying to tell you… We all have that little voice in your head. Sometimes it whispers and sometimes it’s yelling. You know the one. The voice that shows up right after a client responds, when you’re not sure why the prospect didn’t say...
What Personality Types Most Likely to Burn Out (And How to Stop Before It’s Too Late)
What creates this feeling of burnout? Most entrepreneurs, coaches, and leaders burn out because they care too much, need to control too much, and subsequently work too much. They care about their clients, their mission, their team, their reputation. They care about...
The Reason Your Team Isn’t Following You
Touchy subject alert. Most leaders believe they’re setting an example they believe inspires their team. Maybe it’s showing up early, working late, and focusing on KPI’s and driving results. Perhaps that proves commitment. But do people follow the burnout cranky boss?...
AI Won’t Replace You – Stop Acting Like a Machine
There’s a lot of excitement amongst entrepreneurs. Everyone’s talking about AI. What to optimize, content to put out the tasks it will do for us. Very few people are talking about what AI will be doing to us. The pressure to implement AI is real. As a business owner,...
