Hey Reader,

Welcome to a special edition of The Next Chapter, a career planning newsletter for LGBTQ+ professionals.

This week, I'm pulling back the curtain on my coaching practice to share what I've been working on, what's coming soon, and why you haven't heard from me in a while.

I fell off the wagon.

It's been a few months since I last sent my weekly newsletter. Oops.

As you may know, I split my time between coaching and consulting—two very different worlds and two very different ways of doing business. At a certain point, all the context-switching fried me, and I felt I had lost the plot.

In both my work and my personal life, my theme for 2026 is to let go. I've spent the last several months quietly simplifying, stepping back, and giving myself space to breathe and evaluate.

The newsletter was a casualty in that process—not because I don't enjoy writing it and hearing from the lovely folks who read it, but because I'd started to feel a bit aimless.

So as the summer approaches, I'm excited to share a few updates.

The newsletter is back.

I'm shifting to a biweekly cadence in the spirit of sustainability.

I love an opportunity to be helpful, and this newsletter has been a great place to share resources and tips with people who want and need them. Social media algorithms change every eight seconds and make it hard to reach the people who actually want to connect with you.

A more consistent, biweekly newsletter means I can be a bit more intentional rather than scrambling to pull together ideas at the last minute.

My coaching practice has been transforming.

The more clients I work with, the more I've seen what works and what doesn't. I spent the last few weeks looking at every aspect of my practice with one question in mind: where am I creating friction instead of clarity?

I started by mapping the entire client experience—from the initial consultation through post-engagement check-ins—to understand where I was creating unnecessary complexity (my Achilles heel).

The biggest change is the introduction of the digital workbook. I’m pretty excited about it.

Rather than sending exercises one at a time, all clients now have access to 20+ exercises and resources from the start. I’ve completely revamped and bound everything into a single workbook. Each client will focus on the pages most relevant to their goals, and all the rest are extras to keep for future career planning.

Onboarding is smoother. I've restructured how I open and close sessions. I've clarified my success metrics. I added an important wrap-up step to help clients reflect on their growth.

I've rolled out the new experience with my newest clients and am sharing updates with current clients. I'm grateful for everyone who's shared what's been most impactful and what could be better. This evolution wouldn't be possible without that level of collaboration.

Lastly, there's a mountain of other behind-the-scenes changes I've made to operations, sales, and marketing to streamline everything and make it easier for me to do my best work.

Coaching is my primary focus now.

I want to say something about my business name.

A few years ago, I chose Boundless Arc because I was motivated to break down barriers that prevent people from building the careers they want, need, and deserve. I've had many types of jobs over the years, and I've always been driven by access to opportunity.

After a lot of brainstorming, researching, and consulting with friends, I landed on this name because I wanted to remind people that our stories—like character arcs—have limitless possibilities. We live in a society that is not only inequitable, but it preaches very narrow definitions of what careers can and should be.

That philosophy is reflected in my logomark: the squiggle is a stylized BA and a visual representation of how our careers are rarely linear.

I find deep joy in supporting people through the messy moments of work. Not office politics and drama, but the art of making choices in a world that's constantly changing and challenging our sense of certainty. It's a privilege to help people find the way forward.

You deserve a career that honors who you are and what you need. That's the ethos I work from.

I'll continue my people strategy consulting with organizations because it’s engaging and gives me valuable insight into the workplace. But coaching is where my heart is today.

I have a zillion ideas for new resources to develop, and I've never felt more energized to bring them to life.

Let's work together.

If you're feeling stuck in your current role, planning a meaningful career shift, or actively searching for the next thing, I'd love to meet you.

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