Opening the Next Door: Saying Yes to Possibility, Intuition, and Flow

What happens when you stop waiting for the perfect plan and simply say yes to the next opportunity that sparks your curiosity? In this episode, Kristine shares three unexpected experiences from her own “summer of yes”; returning to rowing after nearly four decades, joining a flash mob just for fun, and launching a podcast before she felt completely ready. Through each story, she explores how small decisions can open doors to new experiences, relationships, confidence, and possibilities we could never have planned in advance. This episode is an invitation to trust your curiosity and intuition, make room for fun, and remember that you don’t have to commit to the entire journey. Sometimes, you only need to say yes to the next step and see where it leads. **The Shift Beneath the Words:** - You don’t need the whole plan before you begin - Small yeses can lead to unexpected opportunities - Fun is valuable in its own right - Growth often requires acting before you feel ready - Trusting your intuition becomes easier with practice You don’t have to commit to an entire journey when something sparks your curiosity. Opening the next door gives you information, experience, and possibilities. You can always decide later whether to continue, change direction, or choose something else. **Join the Salon to take part in the 100 day experiment:** https://kristine.substack.com/subscribe **Free Gift: The Next Door Experiment** Ready for your next invitation and opportunity to say yes? This guide will lead you through two short experiments to help you find possibilities, follow your intuition, and surf your edge in exciting directions. Link: https://tinyurl.com/nextdoorexp **About the Host:** Kristine Goad is endlessly curious about the moment when “I could never” becomes “What if I tried?” As the Surfing Your Edge Coach, her work centers on transforming our relationship with fear, trusting ourselves more deeply, and creating lives that feel bigger, bolder, and more fully our own. Her approach blends coaching, mental fitness, adventure, experimentation, and wonder—shaped by a life that has included bicycling across America, writing a memoir, building a business, and taking surf lessons to overcome her fear of open water in her late 40s. She is less interested in fearless living than in what becomes possible when we get curious about the things that scare us. **Connect with Kristine:** Substack: kristine.substack.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/kristinegoad LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kristinegoad Instagram: www.instagram.com/kristine.goad YouTube: www.youtube.com/@KristineGoad Website: kristinegoad.com Download your free gift: ***Surf Your Edge: From Fear to Freedom*** This complete chapter from *Confident You: The Raw Conversations* traces two adventures, twenty years apart, and explores fear, identity, and why the real work of a life-changing experience begins after you come home. Link: https://tinyurl.com/SYEgift The Surfing Your Edge Podcast is proud to be on the **Inspired Speaker Network**. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Don’t forget to follow, rate & review. It helps us reach more people who want to create positive change in the world, like you. **Check out More Shows** from the Network at https://inspiredspeakernetwork.com Music from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/dan-phillipson/moments License code: 5YJ8DYBGGEBGSXMY Music from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/kurtz-martin/a-better-world License code: 68OSWEGXI8YJBDMR **Visit our GIFT VAULT - updated weekly** for more gifts from other guests on this podcast and other podcasts in our network. https://network.inspiredspeakernetwork.com/vault