ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Trail Talks is your weekly dose of growth, purpose, and mindset mastery.
Hosted by Kelly Kruger, life and leadership coach, speaker, and owner of Kelly Michele Coaching, LLC, and creator of the Buffalo Trail Coaching Program, this show helps you rise stronger, think deeper, and lead better - in work, relationships, and life.
No fluff. No filters. Just real talk about growth, emotional intelligence, and self-leadership for people who want more than motivation - they want transformation.
Step into growth. Step into purpose. Step onto the trail.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 13 days
Average audio length:
44 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
28 episodes
since Oct. 19, 2025
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
What if the very habits that made you successful are now limiting your growth?
In this episode of Trail Talks, Kelly and Terra dive into one of leadership's biggest paradoxes: what got you here won't necessarily get you there. They explore the hidden success traps that can keep leaders st…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
What if the difference between where you are and where you want to be comes down to a few simple principles?
In this episode of Trail Talks, Kelly and Ericka dive into their favorite lessons from John Maxwell’s The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth. Rather than covering all 15 laws, they each share the …
This week on Trail Talks, Kelly and Terra are talking about what actually makes teams work.
Using Google’s Project Aristotle as the foundation, they walk through the five key factors of high-performing teams: psychological safety, dependability, structure and clarity, meaning, and impact. 🧭
This co…
In this episode of Trail Talks, Kelly sits down with Jason Ham, Air Force Chief Exercise Physiologist and longtime human performance expert, for a conversation that goes way beyond push-ups, run times, and checking the fitness box. 🏃♀️💪
They talk about the difference between a culture of testing a…
🌀 What happens when a team talks about the same problem over and over… but nothing actually changes?
In this episode of Trail Talks 🎙️, Kelly officially welcomes Vanessa Valdez as co-host as they unpack why teams, workplaces, and even friendships can get stuck in the same cycles.
Through leadership…
In this episode of Trail Talks, Kelly and Terra are joined by counselor Jill Defayette for a powerful conversation on leadership addiction. 🎯
What happens when your title becomes your identity? When work replaces purpose? When control feels safer than connection?
Together, they unpack the psycholog…
After a heavy conversation on toxic leadership and silent bullying, this episode brings it back to what actually matters.
Because here’s the truth: Leadership isn’t complicated… it’s uncomfortable. And too often, we avoid the very things that make leadership effective.
In this episode of Trail Talk…
In this episode of Trail Talks, Kelly and Terra are joined by Sue and Heather for a real conversation about a form of workplace toxicity that often goes unrecognized—silent bullying.
This isn’t about obvious conflict or explosive leaders. It’s about the behaviors that happen quietly:
Avoiding har…
Not all harm in leadership comes from what’s said.
Sometimes… it’s what isn’t said.
In this solo episode, I talk about a form of leadership that often goes unnoticed—silence that breaks trust. The moments where leaders stay quiet when something needs to be addressed. When people are treated poorly,…
Most people think change comes down to discipline.
Trying harder. Being more consistent. Having more willpower.
But what if that’s not the real problem?
In this episode, we explore a powerful leadership and personal growth truth inspired by John Maxwell’s Law of Environment:
Your environment shapes…
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