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Writing on founders, pressure, and what holds.

Carla Royal is a private coach for founders and CEOs. She writes about the person carrying the company, and the questions strategy cannot answer.

This week, I offer you three videos + transcripts to help you deal with the difficulties we find ourselves in these days. I...

Want to Enjoy Life More? Here’s How In this video, I share a compelling quote from a Mary Oliver poem and I talk about how you...

I don't know about you but when I mess up, I can go right into a stressful thought storm. Once in that storm, I become...

Life is a roller coaster. We know this but sometimes we believe it shouldn't be so. In this video, I give you some tips about...

It's not easy standing up in this crazy world right now. It's not easy having your voice. There is so much noise and meanness...

There is a lot of noise out there right now and that noise tends to divide us. I believe that solutions will be found only as we...

What do you believe it means to be your best self? In this video, I describe a misunderstanding about what it means to be our...

I used to suffer from clinical depression and anxiety. My personality lends itself to being overly analytical, and when you add...

I recently started a series of short video inspirations. I had been wanting to do something like this for months, if not years...

How are you doing? I imagine, like me, many of you are feeling a tad off-balance. I want you to know that it’s OK. It’s...

I was standing at the back of the room during my business conference taking a break. As I gazed out the window. I saw a woman...

I live on the west coast of Florida. Weather changes quickly, often offering little warning. We are used to it here. Storms come...

If the way you've been operating has started to take more than it returns, start here.

The first call is to see if this is a fit, not to sell you something.