THE CEO SAGE

What if the anger and resentment you think you're supposed to keep is actually what's keeping you trapped?

Kris is on a walk thinking about grief, anger, loss, and what we do with it. 2026 has han...

The only thing separating you from what you want is belief.

Kris is in the car on her way to pick up her daughter from the airport during peak rush hour traffic on the Bay Area bridge. She hates t...

If the pattern keeps repeating, it's time to turn up the heat.

Kris has spent her entire career helping other people get what they want. And she's watching women do the same thing. Pouring everyth...

You built something incredible. You made a thing that didn't exist. You're running a multi-million-dollar business, and yes, that's magic.

But somewhere along the way, the dream you chased became ...

Here's the thing people get wrong. When you see someone doing well, the instinct is to copy what they do. That job they have, that approach they take, that course they're selling. If it works for t...

If you followed Leadership is Feminine, this is going to feel different. Better, actually. Kris takes a beat to explain why she needed to hit pause on the podcast, why she's back, and why the conve...

What if the bravest act of leadership is knowing when it’s time to pause?
In this deeply personal episode, Kris invites listeners into the raw, honest crossroads she’s currently  navigating—one m...

We love the idea of accountability—until it gets uncomfortable. Until it requires us to tell the truth and stop making excuses for what we’ve been tolerating. In this powerful episode, Kris Plac...

In this week’s episode of Leadership is Feminine®, Kris speaks straight to the hearts of high-achieving women who are carrying so much—the businesses they run, the households they manage, the pe...

Kris is back with another round of the pet sitting saga—but this time, it’s about more than just unreliable pet sitters. It’s a story about accountability, boundaries, and leadership. Through a ...

This week on Leadership is Feminine, Kris Plachy and her Director of Operations, Michelle Arant, sit down for an unscripted conversation that captures leadership in its most human form. What sta...

What if your mind needed the same care as your home? In this episode, Kris introduces the concept of brainkeeping—a leadership practice as vital as housekeeping. Just as we tidy our physical spa...

As we head into the final quarter of the year, Kris invites you to shift your focus—from running the business to owning the business. She challenges high-achieving female founders to stop oper...

What does it feel like to finally stop overworking, over-explaining, and over-proving—and instead lead from a place of grounded confidence? In this episode, Kris shows us what life and leaders...

What if your worth wasn’t tied to your revenue, your output, or anyone else’s approval? In this episode, Kris takes us deeper into the heart of worthiness and why so many high-achieving women ...

Why can you trust yourself to build a multimillion-dollar company—but not to have one hard conversation? In this episode, Kris pulls back the curtain on the anatomy of self-trust. From visiona...

Why do so many accomplished women still doubt themselves—even after building extraordinary lives and businesses? Kris continues her Self-Trust & Self-Worth mini-series with a powerful explorat...

Kris launches a brand-new mini-series with a masterclass on Self-Trust and Self-Worth for Female Founders. And she encourages us to ask: Why do we trust ourselves to build entire businesses—bu...

What’s your plan for the business you’ve worked so hard to build?

After walking through all seven transitions in the Beyond the CEO series, Kris is turning her focus to what comes next: the t...

Go, wait

GIVE, receive

If I know you.

Your default operating style is

GO

GIVE

You’re not great with WAIT (ie; patience)

And pretty bad at RECEIVE (the art of allowing others to give to yo...

Are you willing to release control and trust others with what you’ve built

In this episode, Kris closes out the Beyond the CEO series by walking through the final transitions that take you fr...

You’re not stuck.

You’re just a human.

You’re not broken.

You’re just… a human.

Humans aren’t supposed to be any which way.

No matter what your mind tells you.

You.

Just you.

Are you....

The Sound of Social Media Silence

Do you know what happens when you don’t go on social media? Nothing.
Your life doesn’t fall apart. You don’t lose touch with the people you love.
The only thing that...

Have you been intentional about what stays in your life—and what goes?

If you’ve been following this special Beyond the CEO mini-series on the seven transitions every founder must face, you k...