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Tales From The Lane

Welcome to Tales from The Lane—the podcast for high performers who are ready to build a life that"s not just impressive on paper, but deeply fulfilling. I"m your host, Kate Kayaian—former professional cellist turned writer, coach, and strategist for people who"ve already achieved a lot… and are now asking, What"s next? Each week, we dive into the mindset, habits, and strategies of high-achieving creatives, entrepreneurs, athletes, and leaders who are committed to playing at the top of their game

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Episode 133: What Really Happens When You Reach a Big...

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2026/10/05

The Creators Leadership Mastermind, my 9-month guided mastermind group for people ready to finally move a meaningful goal from idea to reality, is open for enrollment through October 11th. If you're ready to find out what completing your big thing could set in motion, book a call with me today to get the conversation started. We spend an enormous amount of time talking about how to reach our big goals. But what actually happens after you do? In this episode of Tales from The Lane, I'm looking at

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Episode 132: How I'm Spending the Last 100 Days of...

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2026/09/28

***The Creators Leadership Mastermind, my 9-month guided mastermind group for people ready to finally see their biggest goals come to life, is open for enrollment through October 11th. Book a call today to get the conversation started*** There are exactly 100 days left in 2026. And when I realized that while planning this week's episode, I couldn't resist turning it into a planning exercise. But this isn't a "100-day challenge," and I'm definitely not interested in squeezing every possible drop of

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Episode 131: How to Try Again (Differently) with...

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2026/09/21

What happens when something you really, really wanted doesn't work out? You don't get tenure. The business fails. The career you spent decades building no longer fits. A relationship ends. Or maybe you simply realize that the version of success you've been working toward isn't something you want anymore. For high achievers, failure can become tangled up with identity surprisingly quickly. We know how to work harder. We know how to persevere. But what happens when trying harder isn't actually the

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Episode 130: How to Build Your Next Chapter While...

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2026/09/14

You want to write the book. Build the business. Prepare the audition. Launch the festival. Make the career pivot. There's just one problem: your current life is already full. A lot of deep-work advice assumes that you have three or four beautiful, uninterrupted hours available to disappear into your studio, office, or writing room. But what happens when you're trying to build something new while still working your current job, raising children, caring for parents, leading a team, maintaining

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Episode 129: My Favorite Back-to-School Rituals for...

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2026/09/07

Remember the thrill of a brand-new Trapper Keeper, freshly sharpened pencils, new clothes, new classes, and walking into school knowing you were officially one grade older? Why did we stop getting that feeling just because we grew up? In Episode 129 of Tales from The Lane, Kate takes a playful look at the internet's obsession with "September resets" and asks what back-to-school season could look like for those of us whose lives require slightly more maintenance than washing the duvet cover,

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Episode 128: How to Design Your Calendar for the...

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2026/08/31

What if you could predict where you'll be six months from now simply by looking at your calendar today? In this episode of Tales from The Lane, Kate walks through four common ways we manage our calendars, from allowing everyone else to determine how we spend our days to creating wildly ambitious schedules that leave no room for being human. Then she shares a practical framework for building a calendar around the results you actually want: WHO: Who needs your time and attention? WHY: Why do you want

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19:25

Episode 127: The Success Cycle: When to Invest, When...

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2026/08/24

Are you supposed to be hustling right now...or resting? Should you be launching something, learning something, or stepping away for a while? Spend enough time watching other successful people online, and you'll find completely contradictory advice. One person is pulling all-nighters during a massive launch. Someone else is spending the summer at the lake house while their business runs without them. Another successful creator disappears for months, only to emerge with a new book, project, or idea

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Episode 126: What Nature Can Teach Us About How We...

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2026/08/17

This week on Tales from The Lane, I'm joined by speaker, facilitator, and transformational leadership guide Mary Cay Durrant, whose work has touched thousands of senior leaders at more than 100 organizations, including Deloitte, Pepsi, KPMG, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, and Seattle Children's Hospital. Mary Cay spent years succeeding inside the corporate world while privately realizing that something was missing: joy, wonder, and a sense of being fully alive. An unexpected experience with horses

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Episode 125: What Waiting One More Year Really Costs You

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2026/08/10

What if waiting one more year to pursue the thing you really want isn't as harmless as it seems? Most people don't consciously give up on their dreams. They postpone them. Work is busy. The timing isn't ideal. The kids need them. The economy feels uncertain. Maybe next year will be better. But one year has a funny way of becoming five. In this episode of Tales from The Lane, Kate explores the hidden costs of postponing the projects, career moves, businesses, books, creative ideas, and life changes

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Episode 124:

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2026/08/03

Ep. 124: The Projects That Change Your Life Rarely Have Deadlines Why is it so easy to finish work for someone else... but so hard to make progress on the projects that matter most to us? In this episode, I share a story from my years as a freelance musician in Boston. On paper, everything was going well. I had a thriving career, incredible opportunities, and a full calendar. But tucked away in a notebook were dozens of ambitious ideas that never became reality. Then, in March of 2020, one idea

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Episode 123: Why Smart People Stay Stuck for Years

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2026/07/20

Have you ever looked around at your life and thought... "Everything is fine... so why do I feel so stuck?" This week, we're exploring one of the most common challenges I hear from high-achieving professionals. They have successful careers, strong reputations, and lives that look great from the outside, but inside, they can't shake the feeling that they've been standing still. In this episode, we explore why smart, capable people often stay stuck for years, even when they know they're meant for

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Episode 122: What Could Change in the Next 90 Days?

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2026/07/06

Most people think planning season happens in January. I disagree. July might be the most powerful planning month of the entire year. By now, we have six months of evidence. We know what's working, what's draining us, and which goals still matter. Instead of waiting for another New Year, this is the perfect time to pause, reflect, and intentionally design the next 90 days. In this episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on my own Q3 plans and sharing exactly how I approach quarterly planning. You'll

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Episode 121: What Eight Days in Idaho Taught Me About...

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2026/06/22

I just returned from my first-ever Craft + Commerce conference in Boise, Idaho—and I came home with far more than a notebook full of quotes. In this episode, I share the biggest lessons I learned from spending eight days, twelve flights, and countless conversations with creators, entrepreneurs, speakers, authors, and friends whose work has shaped my own. We'll talk about: Why I almost didn't go The metrics everyone was (and wasn't) talking about Lessons from Simon Alexander Ong, Jay Papasan,

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Episode 120: You Don't Have to Do it All Alone!...

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2026/06/15

What does it actually take to create an event that people remember for years? Whether you're dreaming of hosting a conference, retreat, concert series, fundraiser, festival, or community gathering, there's a lot more happening behind the scenes than most people realize. Successful events require vision, strategy, leadership, budgeting, marketing, logistics, and perhaps most importantly, a deep understanding of the people you're bringing together. In this episode, I sit down with Ginger Taylor,

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Episode 119: The Summer Success Blueprint, Part 3: Who?

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2026/06/08

Two episodes ago, we talked about choosing your One Big Thing, Two Small Habit Tweaks, and giving yourself Three Months to make meaningful progress. Last week, we talked about how to stay focused when motivation fades. And this week, we're talking about something that matters even more than the goal itself: The Who. Because despite what the self-help industry often tells us, meaningful growth rarely happens in isolation. Behind every major accomplishment, career change, creative project, business

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Episode 118:The Summer Success Blueprint, Part 2:...

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2026/06/01

Last week, I introduced my 1-2-3 Summer Framework: One Big Thing. Two Small Habit Tweaks. Three Months to see what happens. This week, we're tackling the question that determines whether any of it actually happens: How do you follow through? Because most people don't struggle with setting goals. They struggle with June 14th. The day the excitement wears off. The day life gets busy. The day the plan collides with reality. In this episode, I share practical strategies for building momentum, creating

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Episode 117: How to Design a Summer That Expands Your...

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2026/05/26

Memorial Day marks the unofficial beginning of summer, and while many of us still think of summer as a season of possibility, adulthood has a way of turning it into little more than a blur of logistics, obligations, and unanswered emails. In this episode, I share a simple framework for creating a summer that feels expansive, intentional, and deeply satisfying. Rather than chasing another massive reinvention project, I invite you to focus on: ✔️ One Big Thing that would make your life feel larger,

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Episode 116: Emotional Time vs. Physical Time

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2026/05/18

Why does one difficult email feel like it will consume your entire day… only to take six minutes once you finally send it? In this episode of Tales from The Lane, we explore the difference between physical time and emotional time, and why so many high performers feel overwhelmed by tasks that objectively do not take very long. Drawing from psychology, neuroscience, and her own life, Kate explains how emotional intensity distorts our perception of time, why avoidance makes tasks feel bigger and

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Episode 15: How to Take the "Ick" Out of...

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2026/05/11

In this episode of Tales from The Lane, Kate is joined by sales and strategy coach Steph Crowder for a conversation about entrepreneurship, selling, courage, and building a business that actually supports the life you want to live. Steph is the host of the Courage and Clarity podcast, a former Director of Sales Training at Groupon, and the founder of Sold Out Group Programs, where she helps entrepreneurs start, sell out, and scale group programs with more courage, clarity, and confidence. In this

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Episode 114: If You're Already Enough, Why Grow?

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2026/05/04

There's a conversation happening everywhere right now: "You're already enough." "You don't need to improve." "You don't need to be better." And while all of that is true… it's also incomplete. Because most high-achieving, thoughtful people don't actually want to stay exactly where they are. They want to grow, expand, and explore what they're capable of. So what does that mean? If you're already enough, why grow? And if you want to grow, does that mean you think you're not enough? In this episode of

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