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Ep 1: Why Your Brain Hates Change

By Athena Captain / September 1, 2026

Rubber Meets the Road: Here’s how to work with the brain instead of against it: 1. Name the Threat, Don’t Just Announce the Change Say out loud what people might be afraid of losing — control, competence, status. Naming it lowers the alarm. 2. Slow the Reveal Big changes dropped all at once spike resistance.…

Walking Through the Fire 

By Athena Captain / September 1, 2026

For two and a half years, our family lived inside something most people never have to: seven months of hospice, a final seven days none of us will fully recover from. My daughter Savannah was twenty-one, and a few weeks ago we said goodbye to her body, though never to her…

Ep 8: To The One Who is Still Standing with Jerry Captain

By Athena Captain / August 25, 2026

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Who do you call when you’re the one everyone else calls?

By Athena Captain / August 25, 2026

There’s a specific kind of loneliness that comes with being the person everyone leans on. It’s not the loneliness of being isolated or left out. It’s almost…

Ep 7: The Hardest Yes I Ever Said with Jerry Captain

By Athena Captain / August 18, 2026

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I didn’t learn resilience in a boardroom 

By Athena Captain / August 18, 2026

One of the things I love to talk about most is resilience in business. Not because it’s a feel-good topic, but because…

Ep 6: What Savannah Taught Me with Jerry Captain

By Athena Captain / August 11, 2026

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What to do when your brain turns against you 

By Athena Captain / August 11, 2026

You know exactly what needs to happen. You’ve known for days. The call needs to get made, the proposal needs to go out, the conversation needs to happen. And yet you…

Ep 5: What Resilience Actually Costs with Jerry Captain

By Athena Captain / August 4, 2026

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What happens when nothing on your list has  a time?

By Athena Captain / August 4, 2026

When structure is missing, the day decides itself.

Many leaders end the day feeling they were busy the entire time and are still behind. The inbox got cleared. The meetings happened. The fires got put out. But…