Colene Elridge — known to many as Coach Colene — is a speaker, writer, and success coach on a mission to help people and organizations create better work and better lives. She and I met 10 years ago at a conference we both spoke at, and have been good friends ever since. Our conversation was a blast!

PEBBLE

Colene's Monday Morning Pep Talks are in the same vein as Ripples, and I'm telling you, they are awesome! They are the only other weekly email that I consistently save nuggets from! You can sign up for them at her website.

To sign up for Coach Colene’s Monday Morning Pep Talk emails, visit her website.

Her book is pretty awesome, too: Read This When...: Pep Talks For When You're (Barely) Holding It Together

BOULDER

Here’s the question that Colene spends 45-ish minutes journaling each quarter:

“If I were my Best, Most Empowered, Happiest Self, what would I be doing?”

PONDER:

She mentioned two books that have had a profound impact: Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, and Sharon Creech's Walk Two Moons

We also talked about the Just Record app for iPhone/Apple Watch/MacOS. (Yes, it's $4.99. Yes, it's worth it!)

Here are the conversations decks that I pulled questions from:

Holstee Reflection Cards


Basecamp Cards (apparently no longer available)

BoredWalk Delve Deck

BestSelf Conversation Decks

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Sherry Belul is a writer, gift maker, and life coach who gets excited about helping people find creative, intentional, and impactful ways to celebrate life and to express love for family and friends. Among her many gifts to the world, Sherry is the author of Say it Now: 33 Creative Ways to Say I Love You to the Most Important People in Your Life, and most recently, The Love List of a Lifetime: Your Essential End-Of-Life Planner.

We also mentioned Postagram.

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Enjoy this replay of the February 2026 Zoom talk with the Team Ripples Patreon Community.

We followed our usual format:

pebble (a resource that I've found useful in my work or life)

boulder (and activity I'm using personally or professionally)

ponder (a collection of information and ideas I've been pondering)

You can also watch the video replay here.

Pebble: Ezra Klein Podcast Episode: This Question Can Change Your Life: WHAT IS THIS?

Boulder: Three Questions

What is it time to let go of?

What will be important to hold on to?

What might be useful to look forward to?

Ponder: Thrive Loop s

Virtuous Cycle of Flourishing: our thoughts support us, our emotions energize us, and our actions align with our values

Vicious Cycle of Floundering: our thoughts undermine us, our emotions drag us down, and our actions miss the mark—or don’t happen at all

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