We talk a lot about wealth in terms of money. But as I turn 46 this month, the wealth I find myself most grateful for goes far beyond any number in a bank account. It has everything to do with how I feel when I wake up. How present I am in my own life. How much energy I have to give to the work, the people, and the purpose that matter most to me. Over the years — through burnout, a gallbladder surgery, a career reinvention and a lot of inner work — I've come to believe that true wealth lives...

I never expected my inner work to have made me a better CFO. But that’s exactly what happened. For most of my corporate career, I operated in the way most high-achieving profession als do — on competence, performance and results. I was good at my job. I hit the KPIs. I led my teams. I delivered. But if I’m honest, there was a version of me in those boardrooms that was performing . Not lying — but not fully present either. Showing up as the version of myself I thought was expected. Polished....

I recently met up with my mentee from The Purposeful Circle. It was our first proper one-on-one. But quickly, we started noticing the threads we had in common. Not the surface things — not job titles or credentials or shared acquaintances. Deeper than that. Both of us had lost a parent. Both of us had let that loss quietly shape the decisions we made — the careers we chose, the risks we took or didn't take, the lives we built around a grief we never fully named. And both of us had been, at...