The Goal Getter Guide with Jen Laffin

How to Go Into Summer Ahead of Your Competition (& an Important Announcement!) {5.20.26}

Every June, something predictable happens to women in business. The momentum they spent all spring building quietly starts to slip -- not in one big moment, but in a hundred small, completely justified ones. "I'll pick this back up after vacation." "This week is weird. I'll reset next Monday." "I just need to enjoy the summer." Each decision sounds reasonable and that's exactly the problem. In this episode, Jen breaks down why summer business drift happens to even the most driven entrepreneurs, what it actually costs at the level you're working toward, and why making a plan before June starts is the one move that separates the women who come out of summer ahead from the ones who spend September trying to catch up. She also shares details about the Summer Strategy Workshop -- a 90-minute live session on June 10th where you'll build your actual summer plan. What You'll Hear in This Episode * Why summer drift happens in small, justified decisions -- and why that makes it so hard to catch * The real cost of going quiet during summer at the level you're scaling toward * Why your competition will most likely be checking out this summer -- and what that means for you * The Comfort Cave and how the primal brain disguises a standards problem as flexibility you deserve * What the Summer Strategy Workshop actually does (the 80/20 framework, time-blocking, Parkinson's Law, and the Self-Trust Bank) * How the choices you make between now and September 1st determine how that day feels Resources Mentioned Summer Strategy Workshop -- June 10, 2026 A 90-minute live session where you'll identify your 20% needle-movers, build a time-blocked summer calendar, and go into June with a real plan -- not a vague intention. Register here: jenlaffin.com/ssw [https://www.jenlaffin.com/ssw]  Connect with Jen * Website: jenlaffin.com [https://www.jenlaffin.com] * Substack: https://substack.com/@jenlaffin [https://substack.com/@jenlaffin] * LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jenlaffin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenlaffin] * The Momentum Room: jenlaffin.com/tmr [https://www.jenlaffin.com/tmr] * Action Accelerator (private 60-min session): jenlaffin.com/action-accelerator [https://www.jenlaffin.com/action-accelerator] About the Podcast The Goal Getter Guide with Jen Laffin is a podcast for women entrepreneurs who are done with avoidance and ready to move. Episodes run about 10 minutes -- focused, direct, and built around helping you take intentional action in your business without the drama, pressure, or burnout. Thank you for listening! Follow the Show ~ If you enjoyed today's episode,  please follow The Goal Getter Guide Podcast so that new episodes are delivered automatically to your favorite podcast feed. Want more?  * Join The Momentum Room, Jen's small group program for service-based small business owners who want to turn their avoidance into action. Learn more here [https://www.jenlaffin.com/tmr]. * Looking for 1-to-1 support? Jen works with a few high-level entrepreneurs at a time. Schedule a time to chat with her here [https://calendly.com/jen-laffin/consultation]. * Visit Jen's website by clicking here [https://www.jenlaffin.com/].

Energy Audit: Clearing What's Making Your Business Feel Heavy {5.13.26}

You're showing up. But something feels off, and you can't quite name it. It's the weight of what you haven't looked at yet -- the thing you're dreading, the decision you keep circling, the situation you've been tolerating longer than you should.  None of it is loud. But all of it is costing you. In this episode, I'm walking you through a 15-minute energy audit I run with my clients and on myself. Because here's what I've found, every single time: when you're carrying unaddressed energy drains, everything downstream gets harder. Decision-making slows. Momentum feels forced. You use a portion of your focus just to keep the weight of what you haven't dealt with from surfacing. And eventually, that starts to feel normal. This episode is about interrupting that. Not by solving everything -- but by being willing to see it. In this episode: * Why energy drain shows up quietly and why that makes it harder to catch * The one rule that makes this audit actually work (and why your brain will try to talk you out of it) * Why the first answer matters more than the polished one * What changes when you stop pretending the weight isn't there Ready to build momentum? The Momentum Room -- jenlaffin.com/tmr [https://jenlaffin.com/tmr] Jen Laffin is the Chief Momentum Officer for women entrepreneurs and the creator of Accountability Without the Angst™. She helps women business owners build consistent follow-through and self-trust through The Momentum Room and private coaching. Thank you for listening! Follow the Show ~ If you enjoyed today's episode,  please follow The Goal Getter Guide Podcast so that new episodes are delivered automatically to your favorite podcast feed. Want more?  * Join The Momentum Room, Jen's small group program for service-based small business owners who want to turn their avoidance into action. Learn more here [https://www.jenlaffin.com/tmr]. * Looking for 1-to-1 support? Jen works with a few high-level entrepreneurs at a time. Schedule a time to chat with her here [https://calendly.com/jen-laffin/consultation]. * Visit Jen's website by clicking here [https://www.jenlaffin.com/].

The 9-to-5 Habit That's Secretly Stalling Your Business {5.06.26}

There's a version of "doing the research" that's actually just postponing a decision you already know you need to make. In this episode, Jen shares the moment in her own business when she realized she wasn't waiting for more information — she was waiting for someone outside of herself to confirm what she already knew.  And the longer no one did, the more she doubted it. She unpacks why this pattern is so common for women entrepreneurs, how the habits of an employee mindset follow us into business ownership, and why results — even the ones that don't go as planned — are just data, not proof that you can't be trusted. If you've been sitting on a decision longer than feels reasonable, this episode is worth your time. This week's question: Are you waiting for more information, or are you waiting for permission? Ready to stop waiting and start moving? The Momentum Room [https://www.jenlaffin.com/tmr] is built for exactly this. Calm accountability, no angst, and a community of women done letting hesitation run the show. Learn more at www.jenlaffin.com/tmr [http://www.jenlaffin.com/tmr]. Episode 44 Air Date: 5/06/26 Thank you for listening! Follow the Show ~ If you enjoyed today's episode,  please follow The Goal Getter Guide Podcast so that new episodes are delivered automatically to your favorite podcast feed. Want more?  * Join The Momentum Room, Jen's small group program for service-based small business owners who want to turn their avoidance into action. Learn more here [https://www.jenlaffin.com/tmr]. * Looking for 1-to-1 support? Jen works with a few high-level entrepreneurs at a time. Schedule a time to chat with her here [https://calendly.com/jen-laffin/consultation]. * Visit Jen's website by clicking here [https://www.jenlaffin.com/].

Need to Burn Your Boats? Here's How I Unexpectedly Burned Mine {4.29.26}

The Goal Getter Guide with Jen Laffin | Air Date: 4.29.26 When I left teaching after nine years, I held a rummage sale in my classroom and sold everything I'd built -- laminated anchor charts, handmade manipulatives, carefully organized binders -- for fifty cents and a dollar apiece. A janitor stopped and asked if I'd regret it someday when I wanted to come back. I looked him in the eye and said, "I'm not coming back." But his question stayed with me.  I didn't doubt my decision, but I realized those boxes weren't just full of supplies.  They were full of proof that I was good at something. Proof that I'd earned my place. Proof of an identity I'd spent nearly a decade building. And selling it all for fifty cents felt like more than a transaction. In this week's episode, I talk about what that rummage sale taught me about identity, the primal brain's grip on who we used to be, and why you can't fully step into who you're becoming while you're still holding onto who you were. If you've ever caught yourself measuring your worth by old metrics, clinging to a title or career that no longer fits, or keeping a "just in case" plan in your back pocket -- this one is for you. Ready to build momentum? The Momentum Room is where it's done. Learn more at https://www.jenlaffin.com/tmr [https://www.jenlaffin.com/tmr] Jen Laffin is the Chief Momentum Officer for women entrepreneurs and the creator of Accountability Without the Angst™. She helps women business owners build consistent follow-through and self-trust through The Momentum Room and private coaching. Learn more about Jen at https://www.jenlaffin.com [https://www.jenlaffin.com].  Thank you for listening! Follow the Show ~ If you enjoyed today's episode,  please follow The Goal Getter Guide Podcast so that new episodes are delivered automatically to your favorite podcast feed. Want more?  * Join The Momentum Room, Jen's small group program for service-based small business owners who want to turn their avoidance into action. Learn more here [https://www.jenlaffin.com/tmr]. * Looking for 1-to-1 support? Jen works with a few high-level entrepreneurs at a time. Schedule a time to chat with her here [https://calendly.com/jen-laffin/consultation]. * Visit Jen's website by clicking here [https://www.jenlaffin.com/].

The Accountability System That Failed Me (So I Built A Different One) {4.22.26}

Before the Momentum Room existed, Jen struggled with accountability programs because, for many high achievers like her, the fear and shame of showing up without a commitment finished was worse than the money she lost from abandoning a program. These accountability systems that the programs ran on did not take into account the person behind the goals and how self-doubt affects momentum. So Jen decided to build a program that did. It's called The Momentum Room. In this episode, she traces the real origin story of the Momentum Room: from a classroom full of kids who needed to be seen as people, not checkboxes, to the moment she learned about the primal brain and understood why follow-through is really a self-trust problem -- and what happened when her own brain tried to talk her out of building something different. * Shame-based accountability doesn't push high achievers forward -- it pushes them out the door entirely * Nine years teaching elementary school was the first draft of Accountability Without the Angst™ -- high expectations and human curiosity are not opposites * The primal brain isn't trying to sabotage you; it's trying to keep you safe -- understanding that changes everything about how you approach follow-through * Accountability is not a nice-to-have. It's infrastructure -- and treating it that way is what helped Jen move past her own doubt and build the Momentum Room * Building The Momentum Room meant living the methodology before it was finished -- testing, iterating, and taking action before feeling ready * The entrepreneurs who struggle most aren't the ones who don't know what to do. They're the ones who know exactly what to do and still can't seem to do it. If last week's episode made you recognize yourself in the gap between knowing and doing, this one explains why that gap exists -- and why the Momentum Room is built the way it is.  Visit www.jenlaffin.com/tmr [http://www.jenlaffin.com/tmr] to learn more and schedule a conversation with Jen. Thank you for listening! Follow the Show ~ If you enjoyed today's episode,  please follow The Goal Getter Guide Podcast so that new episodes are delivered automatically to your favorite podcast feed. Want more?  * Join The Momentum Room, Jen's small group program for service-based small business owners who want to turn their avoidance into action. Learn more here [https://www.jenlaffin.com/tmr]. * Looking for 1-to-1 support? Jen works with a few high-level entrepreneurs at a time. Schedule a time to chat with her here [https://calendly.com/jen-laffin/consultation]. * Visit Jen's website by clicking here [https://www.jenlaffin.com/].