Every year, I speak with prospective clients and friends who find themselves asking, “Is this it?” They’re high-performing leaders, entrepreneurs, and influencers who’ve spent years in motion, hitting milestones and achieving outward success. Yet, beneath the surface, they feel something essential is missing—a quiet, unshakable sense that…
"If you think you're enlightened, spend a week with your family" —Ram Dass Returning to the place you grew up is always layered with complexity. As the journey nears, anticipation and trepidation may build—excitement mixed with nostalgia, or perhaps a sense of dread shadowed by…
I’ve spent most of my career hiding as an individual contributor, afraid to fully step into leadership and unsure of my own power. In the first half of my career, I worked behind the scenes on high-performing teams at Microsoft and The Kraft Group. Later, in venture capital, I…
Yesterday, the Downshift team gathered for our first off-site in Beacon, NY, with the crisp fall breeze and the mountains turning shades of yellow and orange behind us. The leaves crunched underfoot, and the sun cast a warm glow through the cool October air. It was the perfect setting to…