Tara LaFon Gooch

Hi Reader, This weekend, my family and I flew to Philadelphia to watch my client Priyanka Venugopal, MD step onto the TEDx stage — a dream she'd had for six years. For a long time, Priyanka didn't know where to start. She figured TEDx was for other people... the ones with the big platforms, the ones who already had celebrity status. Then she asked her friend Amna Shabbir, MD one simple question: how did you get your TEDx talk? Amna referred her to me for coaching. That's the part I don't...

Hi Reader, What's the one dream you've been carrying around for years, quietly waiting for the "right time"? Hold that thought. I want to tell you about someone who carried hers for six years. The dream she almost kept waiting on Priyanka Venugopal, MD is a board-certified OB-GYN who now helps high-achieving women burn stress and lose weight. For six years, she dreamed of standing on a TEDx stage. She had the expertise and the passion. What she needed was to decide that the time was now. Once...

Hi Reader, In 2022, I was sitting at my desk in a corporate job that looked good on paper. Steady paycheck, respected title, company car, and a career I had worked hard to build. And every morning, I felt a little more of myself slip away. It wasn't dramatic. There was no single bad day that pushed me out the door. It was quieter than that. It was the Sunday night dread. The meetings where I nodded along while my mind drifted to the work I actually wanted to do. The slow realization that I...

Hi Reader, Yesterday I spoke to a room full of entrepreneurs about how to play bigger and achieve success without it crushing you in the process. There was one line from the talk that people were still texting me about on my drive home... 👇 Read that twice. Whichever path you're on, the days look identical from the outside. The difference is what's happening underneath. I've worked with well over 100 founders, I've spoken to thousands of people, and I've interviewed 5 billionaires on my...

Hi Reader, Last week I told you about my client Nia; the one who went for her dreams and absolutely crushed every goal she set out to accomplish. She did a TEDx talk, she landed a book deal, and this week, she made her first-ever TV appearance! Nia sat down at our partner station in New Mexico for her debut media interview; the segment aired on Fox News, The CW, and KRQE News 13. She got to go deep into her expertise in cybersecurity and talk about her new book, Trust Hacked: What Firewalls,...

Hi Reader, Nia Luckey and I just sat down for the third time on the podcast. And this one hit different. Her first two episodes, we talked about her story, her growth, her wins. This time, we went somewhere we hadn't gone before; inside the actual coaching relationship itself. Two years of working together! During that time, Nia has landed a TEDx talk, grew her personal brand, spoke at conferences as a keynote speaker and panel expert, was invited on podcasts, had a major career promotion,...

Hi Reader, Friend, Take a breath with me for a second, because what I'm about to share has been sitting on my heart for weeks. I stepped down as CEO of my company. Let me take you back for a second. This company started as a dream back in June of 2020, in the heart of the pandemic, while I was still in a corporate job, wondering if there was more for me than the life I'd built for everyone else's approval. I didn't have a roadmap, funding, or any idea what I was doing. I just had a feeling I...

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Hi Reader, I'm excited to share that Dr. Susie Hansley's TEDx talk is officially live! Here's a snapshot of her talk. 👇 We've all been taught that emotions are a sign of weakness; that real strength means pushing through, staying in control, and never letting anyone see you sweat. In this talk, Susie makes the case that this belief is exactly what's keeping so many of us stressed, disconnected, and burned out. Drawing on neuroscience and evolutionary biology, she breaks down why suppressing...