Designing Work-Optional Lifestyles for Women & Couples with Dynamic Financial Plans | Financial Consultant for Executives & Business Owners in Sports & Tech | Financial Wellness Speaker

Most financial advice wasn’t made for women with full lives.
It was made for simplicity, and usually, for men.


The people I work with aren’t starting from zero. They’re earning well, making smart choices, and juggling a lot of moving parts - work, family, and future plans all at once.

Some make financial decisions on their own, others share them with a partner. Either way, they want to see how it all fits together and feel confident that the choices they’re making now won’t limit their options later.

I’m Renee Cohen, CFP®, founder of Nexa Wealth, a life-first financial planning firm for women in their 40s and beyond, and the partners who plan life alongside them.

I started Nexa because I was tired of watching capable women follow generic advice that ignored their real lives. Money touches every choice: career shifts, equity compensation, real estate, caregiving, stepping back or leaning in and each one deserves context.

My role is to be your steady partner in decision-making:

• To make complex choices feel clear and manageable
• To help you weigh trade-offs without judgment
• To keep your plan flexible enough for both now and later

Together, we build a living financial roadmap that evolves with you, so you can move forward knowing every dollar has direction and every decision has perspective.

My clients describe me as calm, direct, and easy to talk to. I’m here to help you think things through, not judge your past decisions or tell you what you “should” do.

Most of the people who find me don’t have the time or desire to become experts about money.
They just want someone they can trust to make sense of it all, explain things clearly, and help them make smart choices without turning it into a second job.

If that sounds like you, and you’d like a partner who helps you make confident financial decisions without putting life on pause, you can reach me here or at nexawealthplanning.com.

Renee Cohen, CFP®

My brain is still buffering.

Week one of 2026 is done.

I've opened the same email three times without reading it.
I wrote 2025 on a client wide message I sent yesterday.
My to-do list looked at me and laughed.

Somewhere along the way, we decided that "back to work" means "immediately performing at peak capacity."

That's not how humans work.

But I showed up. The work got done.
Just maybe not at full speed and that's okay.

If your first week back felt more "survival mode" than "CEO mode".  Same.

We made it. That counts.

Happy Friday. 💙

→ What's the most "week one" thing you did this week?

Renee Cohen CFP®

Financial planning that puts life first | Partnering with women and couples to make confident money decisions | Founder, Nexa Wealth

“Okay, maybe a dumb question…”


“Don’t you just make money off managing investments?”

She said it halfway through our intro call.

Fair question.
You’ve probably wondered it too.

I hear that all the time.
And I don’t blame you.

The industry hasn’t done a great job of explaining how this actually works.

So let’s break it down.

Financial advice has often been pitched as a “free perk” if you buy a product:

A mutual fund.
An annuity.
An insurance policy.
(Take your pick.)

But the advice?
It’s not really free.
It’s just buried in the fine print or baked into a commission.

So the real question becomes:

Was that advice truly in your best interest
or was it about meeting someone else’s sales quota?

That’s why I charge for advice first.

When you’re paying for a plan,
you know the recommendations are built around your life, goals, and values,
not what someone’s trying to sell you.

And yes, sometimes we implement investments or insurance too.
But that comes after the strategy is clear, not before.

And when we do place a product?
It’s because it fits your plan.
Not because there’s a bonus attached.
Not because it’s the “recommended option” from a brokerage firm.

Financial planning should feel like clear, unbiased guidance across all the pieces of your financial life.

If no one’s ever walked you through how this works, that’s not on you.

This industry hasn’t always been transparent.
But you don’t have to stay in the dark.

You deserve to know who’s truly in your corner
and who’s working off a commission.

📌 What’s one thing you wish you understood more about working with a financial advisor?

My nephew checking his inbox during the holidays.

Zero unread.
Full focus.
Very serious business.

I unplugged for the holidays, but my inbox didn't get the memo. 847 emails waiting.

Hope your holidays were filled with good food, good people, and maybe even some real rest.

The kind where you actually put the phone down and didn't feel guilty about it.

Now back to reality. 😅

But I'm back now and glad you are too. Happy 2026.

What does your inbox look like this week? Clean or chaos?

Financial planning for women | Real conversations about money for women in their 40s and 50s | Financial Planner + Founder, Nexa Wealth

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The biggest drain on your money usually isn’t what you’re spending.


It’s the mental load of carrying all the decisions at once.

Not the obvious, one-time choices.
The ongoing ones that never really turn off.

Should I change this now?
Am I missing something?
Is this still the right move given everything else going on?

What wears my clients down isn’t lack of discipline.
It’s having too many moving parts living in their head at the same time.

This week alone, that showed up in a few different ways.

One client is moving overseas.
Exciting, yes. But it comes with layers of decisions around what happens to her accounts, what can stay in the U.S., what needs to change, and how to handle taxes without creating problems later.

Another client has several big expenses coming up at once, all competing for the same dollars.
The question wasn’t whether she could afford them.
It was how to prioritize them without putting unnecessary pressure on cash or derailing what she’s building.

And another client inherited a large stock position years ago.
It’s now a big part of her net worth, right as she’s planning a major home renovation.
So we had to think through diversification, taxes, timing, and how to fund the renovation without everything feeling tangled together.

This is the part of money work most people don’t see.

It’s not one decision.
It’s how every decision touches several others.

A big part of my role isn’t telling clients what to do.
It’s helping them get everything out of their head and onto the table.

We look at how the pieces connect.
We talk through trade-offs.
And we make decisions in a way that fits their life.

That’s the kind of work I do with clients, and I don’t open it all the time.
I do have two spots for my 3-month planning work right now.

If you want to talk through whether it’s a fit, just DM me.

Some of the costliest money decisions don’t look risky when you’re making them.


They look reasonable.
It’s the choice that lets you move on and get back to your life.

When clients come to me, this is usually where they are.

They haven’t made some obvious “big” mistake. For the most part, they’ve been making “good moves”. 

But they’re carrying a lot of decisions at once, and decisions feels like it impacts five other things. 

Something that worked a few years ago may not be working the best now. 

Using cash for one thing changes what’s available later.

Moving investments affects taxes and timing in ways that don’t show up right away.

Because nothing feels wrong in the moment, it’s so easy to keep going as is. 

By the time we talk, they’re usually overthinking the same questions.
And wondering if they missed something.

This is the point where I slow things down.

I don’t start by fixing anything.
I start by separating the questions that have been competing with each other.

What needs attention right now.
What can wait without causing a mess later.
And what decisions would limit you in if you made them too soon.

Once those pieces are no longer tangled together, their decisions start to feel easier to make.

Because the client isn’t trying to solve her entire financial life in one conversation anymore.

She’s deciding the next right thing, with the bigger picture present.

Most of the time, there isn’t something wrong with your money.

You’re just carrying more decisions than you should have to on your own.

And that’s usually when money starts to feel reactive, instead of something you can actually see and steer.

“I know it’s dumb, but I still feel like I’m not where I should be.”

I hear this every week.
Usually from women with more money than they’ve ever had.

You may not have said it out loud.
But you’ve probably thought it.

“I should be further along by now.”

Further along than who?

An article that says you need $3M to retire?
A calculator that doesn’t know your life?
A coworker who talks big but has no real plan?

The goalpost keeps moving because it was never yours to begin with.

What’s usually missing isn’t money.
It’s a definition that actually fits.

Most people aren’t behind.
They’re measuring against someone else’s formula.

Instead of asking “Am I on track?”
Try asking, “What does enough actually look like for me?”

→ Anyone else feel this way right now?

In your peak earning years, this feeling is common.

You're earning more than you ever have.
And yet money doesn't feel simpler.

You thought higher income would bring relief.
More confidence.
A sense that you were finally "there."

Instead, the questions got harder to answer.

This is usually when money stops being a math problem and starts becoming a decision problem.

Every choice affects something else.
Saving affects spending.
Spending affects flexibility.
Work affects energy.

Nothing exists in isolation anymore.

In your 40s, you're often carrying more at the same time.

Career expectations.
Family needs.
Future planning.
Your own health and bandwidth.

So money isn't just about growth.
It’s about support.

And that shift can feel unsettling if no one names it.

Many women I talk to assume this discomfort means they're doing something wrong.
Maybe not saving enough.
Maybe not thinking far enough ahead.

But that's rarely the issue.

More often, it means your income has outgrown the way you're thinking about money.

You're using old questions for a much more complex season of life.

Clarity at this stage doesn't come from chasing the "right" move.

It comes from understanding what your money needs to do for this phase of your life and what it doesn't.

If money feels heavier now than it used to, that's not failure.

It's a sign that your growth requires a different perspective.

→ Anyone else feel like the questions got harder, not easier?

“New year, new me.”
(The lie we tell ourselves every January.)

I don’t really have a morning ritual.
No cold plunge. No 5am journaling. No vision board.
I just start.

Some years I hit January running.
Other years I’m still mentally on the couch, halfway through a Netflix binge.

This year, I’m somewhere in between.

I keep seeing every January:

The pressure to have it all figured out by week one is another way to feel behind.

I see it show up with money, too.

The urge to treat January like a hard deadline.
New goals. New systems. All at once.

One client finally started her business at 51.
She didn’t launch in January.
She launched in March after two false starts and changing her mind more than once.

Another client left her marriage and rebuilt her finances from scratch.
It took her until April to open her new accounts.

Most meaningful financial moves don’t always happen because the calendar flipped.

They happen when someone finally has the space to look at things honestly and decide what actually matters next.

January isn’t magic.
It’s literally a calendar page we assign a lot of pressure to.

The reset happens when you’re ready.
Not when the date tells you to be.

If you’re still easing back in this week, that’s fine.
If you’re already in full work mode, also fine.

There’s no right pace.
Just the one you’re actually in.

→ Are you fully back or still mentally on vacation?

You can think you’re “on track”
and still feel unsure where it’s headed.

At some point, “Am I on track?” stops being a yes-or-no question.

You’re doing what you were told was responsible.
And yet, something doesn’t sit right.

Most advice makes this feel simple.

Hit the number and you’re fine.
Miss it and you’re behind.

But a lot of women I talk to have solid numbers.
They still don’t feel settled about where things are going.

That’s because being “on track” isn’t really about how much you’ve saved.

It’s about where all of this effort is actually leading.

You can make good decisions for years
and slowly realize you’re building toward something you never really chose.

In your 40s, this gets harder to ignore.

Career decisions are more impactful.
Family needs change.
Time and energy matter more than they used to.

One reasonable choice quietly shapes the next.
And changing direction starts to feel more costly than it once did.

So maybe the more useful question isn't
"Am I saving enough?"

It's whether the way you're using your money is still supporting the life you want now.
Not just the plan you set five years ago.

One keeps the plan intact.
The other helps you decide if the plan still fits.

→ Does anyone else's 'on track' feel different than it used to?

If money hacks could make you rich, we’d all be millionaires by now.

There’s no magic financial tip waiting to “blow up” your wealth overnight.
If there were, everyone would already be using it.

It’s why so many women earning multiple six figures still wonder if they’re missing something.

The issue isn’t income.
It’s that most advice points you toward hacks instead of building a strategy that fits your life.

When you step back and create a plan that reflects your goals and values—
Your money stops feeling scattered.
And it starts working for you.

Here’s what that looks like in real life:
→ Big decisions feel easier
→ You’re in the right financial vehicles for growth
→ You keep more of what you earn
→ And you have breathing room to actually enjoy your money today

The “secret” isn’t another hack. It’s this:
→ Knowing where every dollar goes without feeling restricted
→ Choosing investments that fit your future, not someone else’s
→ Walking into tax season without the “what if I missed something” pit in your stomach

That’s what a strategy built around you delivers.

—

📌 What’s the best money tip you’ve ever received?

Making more money doesn’t automatically make you feel safer.


For many women in their 40s, it actually makes decisions feel more complicated.

By this point, your income is higher than it used to be.
You’re more established in your career.
You’re not starting from scratch anymore.

So there’s an expectation that money should feel simpler now.
Instead, decisions start to require more thought.

Not because anything is going wrong, 
but because each choice affects more parts of your life than it used to.

In your 40s, money decisions rarely live in isolation.
They touch your time, your energy, your family, your career flexibility, and the options you want to keep available later.

Changing direction (slowing down, stepping away, or reworking priorities) feels more consequential than it did before.

I hear this a lot from women in this stage:

“I have more money than I ever thought I would…
and I’m less certain about what I want next.”

So you find yourself standing at a point where the old path doesn’t quite fit anymore.

The risk isn’t making a bad decision.
It’s staying on autopilot because everything looks fine.
That’s how drift shows up in your 40s.

That discomfort isn’t a sign you’ve failed with money.
It’s a sign that the definition of “doing well” you built earlier in your career needs to be updated for where you are now.

Feeling secure in this season comes from understanding what your money is meant to support and what it needs to stay flexible for.

When that’s clear, decisions start to feel steadier and more intentional.

→ Anyone else in this phase right now?

You shouldn’t need to justify enjoying your money.

But somehow, every time you book the flight or splurge on the birthday dinner… guilt taps you on the shoulder.

This past weekend, I bought the $1,000 shoes I’ve been eyeing.
And for a split second, I hesitated.
Not because I couldn’t afford them,
But because that little voice whispered,
“Shouldn’t you be saving this instead?”

That voice doesn’t vanish when you start earning more.
Or when you “know better.”
Or even when you build financial plans for a living.

It sticks around when your money feels disconnected from your life.

Because enjoying your money and being smart with it shouldn’t feel like opposites.
But for a lot of high-earning women—it still does.

Not because they’re reckless.
But because they’re not 100% sure what’s already handled and what isn’t.

That’s where the doubt creeps in.
That’s where the overthinking starts.

What changes everything?

→ Knowing what’s going toward the future
→ Knowing what’s fueling the life you want right now
→ And knowing you’re allowed to enjoy both

That’s the kind of permission that doesn’t come from a budgeting app.
It comes from a plan that gets you.

Not just the numbers.
The way you want to feel when you spend, invest, save, and live.

If you’ve been earning well but still feel like you have to justify every “fun” purchase…
This isn’t a money problem.
It’s a strategy gap.

And that’s fixable.

“What should my financial goals be for this year?”

I get this question every January.

But I never answer it directly.

Instead, I ask:
“What do you actually want your life to look like in December?”

If you hesitated, that’s the point.

Most people set financial goals backwards.

Save more money
Max out my 401k
Pay off debt faster

These aren’t goals.
They’re tasks without a destination.

Here’s how I work through this with clients:

1. Start with the life (not the number)

Ask yourself:
→ What do I want to say YES to this year without hesitating?
→ What would I do if money wasn’t the thing holding me back?
→ What does my ideal Tuesday look like in five years?

Write it down. Get specific.

2. Work backwards to the money

Once you see the life clearly:
→ The lake house = X amount by Y date
→ The career pivot = Z months of runway
→ Early retirement = a real drawdown strategy

Now you have targets that mean something.
Not arbitrary benchmarks from an online calculator.

3. Identify what’s actually in the way

It’s not always “not enough money.”

It’s usually:
→ Cash sitting idle instead of working
→ Tax inefficiency quietly eating gains
→ No system connecting income → investments → real life goals

4. Build the bridge

Map the gap between where you are and where you want to be.
Then reverse-engineer the quarterly actions to close it.

That’s a financial plan.
Not “save more.”

Because “enough” is a moving target.
A number on a calculator.
A fear dressed up as math.

But:
Take my daughter to Portugal without guilt.
Leave this job by 50 on my terms.
Buy the vacation home.

Those are goals.

The number isn’t the goal.
The life is.

→ What’s one thing you want to say YES to this year?

Being gifted stock can quietly turn into a tax headache if you don’t know what you’re dealing with.

On the surface, it sounds like a win.
But the rules matter more than most people expect.

A lot of people assume gifted stock works like an inheritance. It doesn’t.

There’s no step-up in basis.
You get the stock and you also get all the built-in gains that come with it.

Most of the stress isn’t about the money itself. It’s the uncertainty.

You’re holding something valuable, but you don’t really know what it costs to use it.

That’s usually when it becomes clear this isn’t a simple decision.

If you sell everything without a plan, the tax bill can be massive.
And once that happens, there’s no undo button.

Most people come in asking, “Should I sell?”

I’m usually focused on what decisions are still open before anything is final.

That’s how I worked with a client who was gifted just under $4 million in a single stock, with about $2.5 million of gains.

We sold shares over time in years when her income was lower.
We used some of the most appreciated stock for charitable giving.
And we rebuilt the portfolio so it supported her goals, not just what she inherited.

Once she could see the path forward, it stopped feeling like a guessing game.

Sometimes the most important money decision isn’t earning more.

It’s knowing how to use what you already have without creating a problem you didn’t need.

If this is something you’re navigating, it’s worth talking through early, before taxes make the decision for you.


→ Did you know gifted stock works this way?

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MAKE SURE YOUR TRAINING IS EXCEPTIONAL.

Hi, I'm Julie Hruska. I'm a high performance executive coach and RTT® Therapist. I work with founders, family offices, and C suite executives to develop their executive edge, create high performance cultures, through mergers and acquisitions, IPO preparation, leadership transitions, and rapid scale. 

Combining personal trainings from Brendon Burchard, Marisa Peer, Baron Baptiste, and other world class mentors, I developed a style that merges mindset mastery with elite skillset execution, so clients excel under pressure with clarity, control, and consistency.

When pressure rises, most leaders don't lose skill. They lose signal. Clarity fractures. Execution turns into motion without alignment. Culture starts bleeding time, trust, and momentum.

This is the reset. I raise standards, create alignment, and install an execution rhythm that stops the chaos, restores control, and makes results consistent, measurable, and repeatable.

WHAT WE BUILD TOGETHER
• Emotional regulation and improved decision quality under pressure
• Strategic clarity that reduces second guessing 
• Executive presence and effective communication that steadies the room
• Influence, persuasion, and high stakes negotiation skills
• Conflict resolution that protects relationships and leads to results
• High performance culture built on standards, rhythm, and accountability
• Legacy alignment for long term impact

CLIENT IMPACT
Results look different by industry, but the pattern is consistent: clarity rises, accountability strengthens, execution accelerates, and business gains follow in profitability, retention, and revenue. Some examples include a 32% rise in EPS year over year, revenue scaling from 1.68B to 3.2B while sustaining margins near 41%, construction growth from about 22M to nearly 100M, and asset growth from 500M to 1B.

NOTABLE CLIENTS
JLL, Kimberly Clark, Edward Jones, MLB, Steve Madden, NCAA, Pregis, BNI, Van Andel Institute, Attivo Capital, Lorval Capital, Landry French Construction, MH Williams Construction, Las Brisas Property Management, Vitrum Glass, Apex Aluminum, and more plus additional confidential family offices 

RECOGNITION
High Performance Coach of the Year 2024. LinkedIn Top Voice. Forbes Contributor and Forbes Coaches Council. 50 Most Impactful People on LinkedIn.

Email me at Julie@powerfulleaders.com for more information
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Based in Asheville, North Carolina. Available in person globally.

Julie Hruska

LEADERS WHO NEVER PROTECT TIME TO THINK LEAD COMPANIES AND LIVES THAT EVENTUALLY IMPLODE.

I just returned from Southern France where I did something most executives rarely give themselves permission to do…

I stepped into a new environment, disconnected from the usual noise, and created space to reflect, refine, and reset.

And in that space, I cultivated heightened levels of clarity.

Every time I strategically step away, I am reminded that clarity is leadership oxygen. 

Without it, decision quality deteriorates, innovation erodes, and even the strongest organizations unravel from within.

Most executives believe they are leading strategically, but in reality many are consumed by noise.
→ 72% of an executive’s week is devoured by meetings and email.
→Fewer than 10% of leaders dedicate even one hour a week to reflection.
→Yet leaders who protect strategic thinking time improve the quality of their long-term decisions by 23%.

I see this pattern revealed every day with my high performance clients…

Brilliant leaders with incredible drive, but without space to think, their vision shrinks. 
Their impact weakens. 
Their energy drains.

And here’s where many get it wrong: they assume a family vacation or a golf trip with buddies counts as true restoration. But these trips, while valuable, are not the same as strategic time alone. 

High-performance leaders create intentional solitude, the space where big decisions crystalize, vision expands, and the next level of leadership emerges.

Here are the strategies I teach the world’s top executives:
→ Strategy Blocks: Guard 60 to 90 minutes every week for reflection with the same force you protect a board meeting.

→ Cognitive Rhythms: Structure work in 50 minute focus increments followed by 10 minutes of rest and renewal. This mirrors how the brain operates and accelerates retention and creativity.

→ Environmental Shifts: Step outside your usual space. Harvard research shows creativity rises by up to 60% when you change your environment.

→Journaling: Capture insights weekly to reduce cognitive overload and raise goal achievement by 25% 

→Mindfulness Training: Just ten minutes a day lowers cortisol, regulates emotions, and restores clarity under pressure.

Stepping away is NOT an indulgence, it IS a strategy. 

It is where the breakthroughs happen, where vision expands, and where leaders return sharper, stronger, and more effective.

I returned from France sharper, more focused, and more energized to conquer what lies ahead.

 Imagine what would shift if you gave yourself that same permission.

I’m curious…

~Where in your week will you create the time to think at the level your leadership and life demands?


#leadership #business #success

♦️Founders, Family Offices, & C-Suite Executives Hire Me to Elevate Executive Performance & Develop High Performance Cultures. 2024 HIGH PERFORMANCE COACH OF THE YEAR, RTT® Therapist, Speaker, Executive Advisor♦️

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WINNING DESERVES TO BE CELEBRATED.

Not minimized.
Not rushed past.
Not quietly folded into the next objective.

Winning is proof.
It’s earned authority.
It’s the receipt for the standards you live by.

High performers celebrate their wins.
They let success define how they operate going forward.
They allow it to raise the bar for what comes next.

Momentum is built when achievement is acknowledged and repeated. 

These are a few of the wins I’m celebrating this year, and I encourage you to take a moment to acknowledge your own.

• Partnering with founders, CEOs, and executive teams through IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, and enterprise growth representing more than $25 billion in enterprise value, revenue, and financial impact

• Supporting leaders as they sharpen execution, increase decision velocity, scale with vision, and lead effectively under pressure

• Delivering my strongest year yet as a high performance coach by prioritizing depth, precision, and measurable results

• Being honored with recognition for my leadership impact and influence on LinkedIn

• Celebrating my daughter’s graduation from NYU and the beginning of an exciting new chapter ahead

• Creating higher levels of equanimity in my life

• Traveling to many incredible new places like St.Lucia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Austria, Monaco, and Côte d’Azur 

I’m so grateful for this journey and it’s humbling to reflect on my wins. 

I invite you to take a moment to acknowledge and celebrate your wins as well. 

Give yourself permission to feel proud and
Let that positive momentum carry you forward into the new year.

I’m curious…

~What’s one win from 2025 that you’re the most proud of?


#future #motivation #inspiration

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IF YOU NEVER AUDIT YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOU’RE LEADING ON ASSUMPTIONS, NOT EVIDENCE.

Most leaders audit their teams.
 Very few audit themselves.

That’s exactly where performance starts to break down.

If you’re not evaluating your leadership regularly, you’re not leading with clarity…
 You’re leading with assumption.
 And assumption quietly erodes trust, alignment, and execution.

Let’s be honest:
→ You assume your communication is clear. 
→ You assume your team feels supported. 
→ You assume your standards are understood.

But assumptions are not strategies. 
 They’re shortcuts that weaken your influence and cost you results.

The world’s most successful leaders operate differently.
 They evaluate before there’s a breakdown.
 They ask better questions.
 They lead with intention, not ego.

Here’s how to lead with evidence instead of assumption:

✔️ Run a quarterly leadership audit focused on four pillars: Clarity. Communication. Consistency. Culture.

✔️ Send an anonymous pulse survey. Ask how your leadership is experienced, not just how your team is performing. And make it truly anonymous, if your people don’t feel safe, you won’t get honesty.

✔️ Choose one insight to act on. Build a simple, focused strategic plan. Track progress weekly and share wins with your team.

You cannot grow what you’re unwilling to evaluate.
And what you ignore in leadership always shows up somewhere, in retention, in morale, in your bottom line.

So don’t wait, evaluate.

I’m curious…
 ~If your team evaluated your leadership today, would it reflect the standard you expect from them?


#business #leadership #success

♦️Founders, Family Offices, & C-Suite Executives Hire Me to Elevate Their Impact & Dominate Their Industries. Creator of High Performance Cultures. HIGH PERFORMANCE COACH OF THE YEAR, RTT® Therapist, Speaker, Advisor♦️

Elite high performance coach, Julie Hruska, helps you thrive in business and beyond, to lead successfully with your legacy in mind. 

NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, YOU ALWAYS CONTROL YOUR ATTITUDE.

Last weekend, I went racing across the country to a hospital in Alabama, where my dad had been admitted with severe health issues while he was traveling to Florida for the winter.

After his immediate emergency passed, I was grateful to God for pulling him through and for my ability to stay calm amidst chaos. 

And as I drove home, I started thinking about what separates people who steady the room from people who fuel the storm.

In times of distress, your attitude becomes the difference between calm and chaos.
It affects every action you take and impacts every person you’re around.
The calmer you stay, the clearer you think.
When you focus on what’s required now, fear stops steering.

Having the right attitude is not only important for emergencies,
It’s important in everything you do.
Whether you’re stuck in traffic, having a difficult conversation, or making high-stakes decisions, your attitude is the difference between escalating the situation or elevating the outcome.

With all that’s happening in the world right now, you can feel the tension everywhere.
People are short fused.
Emotions are escalating faster.
And patience is thinner than it used to be.

All of this has a price.

Judgment gets cloudy at work and small mistakes become expensive.
Your tone gets sharper with people and anger erupts.
Stress becomes the default and your body pays the bill.
Impulse replaces strategy and all decisions suffer.

Your attitude is the choice that decides what happens next.

When someone cuts you off on the interstate,
Your attitude decides whether you arrive angry or steady.

When an injustice occurs,
Your attitude determines whether you carry poison or purpose.

When difficulties show up uninvited.
Your attitude decides whether you collapse into it or climb above it. 

The key is learning 
HOW TO CONTROL YOUR ATTITUDE NO MATTER WHAT YOU’RE FACING.

Here are some of the effective strategies I teach my high performance clients:

→ PRACTICE THE POWER OF THE PAUSE
Take one long, slow, deep breath before you speak, send, or decide.

→ ASK THE BETTER QUESTION
Instead of asking, “Why is this happening?” 
Ask: “What does this situation require of me now?”

→ SEPARATE FACTS FROM FEELINGS
Name what is true and label what you feel, then make a grounded decision. 

→ PROTECT YOUR FOCUS
Focus on solving the most urgent problem first. 

→ CHOOSE THE ATTITUDE THAT PROTECTS THE OUTCOME YOU DESIRE
Calm. Focused. Respectful. Direct.
Pick it, then maintain it throughout the situation.

→ TAKE THE NEXT ACTION OF INTEGRITY
Make the call.
Tell the truth.
Set the boundary.
Then take intentional action. 

And remember that: 
NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, YOU ALWAYS CONTROL YOUR ATTITUDE.

~Do you agree?


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SUCCESS IS NEVER OWNED, IT’S RENTED, AND YOUR RENT IS DUE EVERY DAY.

Most people miss the payment, then act surprised when life sends collections.

Your missed deadline drops your name off the short list.
A dodged conversation turns closeness into distance.
Skipped workouts leaves a gap pressure will punish.
Avoided finances put stress on your chest at 2 am.

SUCCESS IS NEVER OWNED, IT’S RENTED, AND YOUR RENT IS DUE EVERY DAY.

SO… Put in the work to pay your "rent" today or let life collect the debt.


#business #leadership #success

2026 CAN BE YOUR MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR IF…

YOU’RE WILLING TO DO THE WORK.

Have you ever felt like you’re a hamster on a wheel, going through the motions,
checking the boxes, doing everything you think you’re supposed to do
yet never achieving the level of success you know you’re capable of?

It’s not that you lack talent or ambition,
There’s simply a gap between your potential and your execution.

Unfortunately most people never close that gap. 

In fact, less than 8% of people actually achieve their goals
And over 80% of people abandon their annual goals by February. 

Isn’t that tragic?

It doesn’t happen because people suddenly lose desire,
It happens because nothing fundamental changes in how they operate.

Most people keep the same habits, standards, and excuses
Or try to change so many things at once, that nothing sticks. 
That’s how capable people spend years being busy, but ultimately unsuccessful. 

Fortunately, there’s a better way.

Here’s how I teach my high performance clients to achieve their highest levels of success: 

→ EXCAVATE LIMITING BELIEFS
Identify one belief that holds you back.
Determine where it’s creating a bottleneck through pressure, hesitation, or control.
Replace your limiting belief with an affirming belief that supports scale and enforce it through your behavior.

→ CREATE UNCOMPROMISING CLARITY
Define your annual goals, then reverse engineer them into quarterly, monthly, weekly, and daily targets.
Decide what no longer deserves your time, attention, or emotional energy.

→ DESIGN STRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS EXECUTION
Time block your highest-leverage work first.
Build weekly review rhythms to assess progress and to course correct as needed.
Your calendar should reflect your priorities, not other people’s urgency.

→ BUILD UNCOMPROMISING CONSISTENCY
Choose 3 priorities to execute on daily, regardless of mood or momentum.
Track your progress and adapt as needed to achieve success.
Consistency is how progress compounds.

→ SET HIGH STANDARDS AND NEVER LOWER THEM
Decide the standards you will operate from no matter what.
Standards create outcomes. Keep them high, live up to them, and ensure those around you do as well. 

Most people repeat the same year because their goals change, but their behavior doesn’t.

2026 will be defined by how you operate.
Will it be by random motion or by consistent momentum? 
By unrealized potential or by the highest level of execution you’re capable of?
That distinction determines your outcome.

I invite you to consider…

~What do you need to do differently now to make 2026 a victorious year?


#leadership #motivation #success

I’m a high performance coach who works with C suite executives, founders and family offices to help them create a vision and execute the plan to completion. I combine the latest neuroscience techniques with high performance tools to help my clients master their mindset and skillset to become unstoppable. Ready to be in the top 1%? Let's Talk. DM Me today for more. 

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