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Find Your North Star

1-Hour Workshop
July 15th, 2026
Live on Zoom

A free 1-hour workshop to help founders and business leaders define the one metric that brings focus to decisions, marketing, execution, and growth.

What Actually Defines Success?

Revenue. Leads. Traffic. Content. Sales calls. Email opens. Pipeline. Cash flow. Retention. All of it matters, but none of it defines success on its own. Without a clear North Star Metric, it’s easy for somebody doing it all to chase the wrong signals, waste time on the wrong work, and make reactive decisions. In this live workshop, we’ll help you identify a metric you can actually use to make clearer decisions. 

Why, "North Star?"

When everything feels important, it becomes hard to know what deserves your attention now. That’s where a North Star Metric helps. It gives your business a central point of focus. Not because it replaces every other metric, but because it helps organize them.

A strong North Star Metric helps you answer questions like:

  • Which opportunities should we prioritize?
  • Which marketing efforts are actually working?
  • What data indicates real progress?
  • Are we creating value, or just generating activity?
  • Where is the momentum we should build on?

The goal is to define the one thing that helps the rest of the business make more sense.

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How it works

Choosing the right metric is a vision-first, strategic decision-making exercise.

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    Step 1: Clear the Noise First

    Juliana Hamon, LMFT, will help you notice how stress, pressure, and reactivity shape the way you interpret business signals and make decisions.

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    Step 2: Create Space to See Clearly

     You’ll be guided through a short grounding exercise designed to help you pause, settle, and look at your business from a less reactive place.

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    Step 3: Define "North Star"

    Learn how a North Star Metric differs from normal KPIs and revenue goals, and why the right one helps the rest of your business make more sense

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    Step 4: Define Your North Star

    You’ll draft a North Star Metric for your business and test it against the four-part framework: easy to measure, directional, cultural, and balanced

Why This Combination Changes Everything

Most workshops teach you tools. Some help you build capacity. We do both, because your business cannot scale past your nervous system's ability to hold complexity—and your team cannot execute without a clear, measurable direction. (hover/tap to explore each focus area) 

 
 
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Who the Workshop is For

If any of these describe you, it's for you, specifically:

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You're capable and experienced, but ...
You're capable and experienced, but ... You second-guess yourself
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You're making big decisions, but ...
You're making big decisions, but ... Too many of them feel reactive
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You built something meaningful, but ...
You built something meaningful, but ... Growth feels heavier than it should
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You're working hard, but
You're working hard, but You feel like you're running in circles
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You have ideas and tools, but ...
You have ideas and tools, but ... How they connect and supplement each other is unclear
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You want momentum, but ...
You want momentum, but ... You're always in triaj mode

Meet Your Guides

In this workshop, Lucas Hamon will guide the North Star Metric strategy exercise, helping you connect your business model, customer value, and growth priorities into one clear metric.

Juliana Hamon, LMFT, will guide the founder clarity portion of the workshop, helping you understand how your internal state affects the way you make strategic decisions. She'll then help you reset and prepare for the North Star exercise.

FAQs

This is not a passive webinar. It's a live, intensive workshop where you'll learn and practice the exact regulation and alignment framework Catalyst uses to help founders move from reactive survival mode to clear, strategic execution.
Who is this workshop for?

This workshop is designed for founders and entrepreneurs who are ready to do the deep work necessary to grow their businesses. We're looking for committed participants who will bring full presence and engagement to a 1-hour intensive session focused on nervous system regulation and business clarity.

  1. You must be a founder, CEO, or solo business owner in the United States
  2. You're currently making business decisions while feeling chronically stressed, reactive, or stuck
  3. You're willing to explore the connection between your nervous system state and business outcomes
  4. You must commit to attending the full session with video and microphone enabled
  5. You're open to discussing your business challenges and vision in a group setting
  6. You must arrive on time and stay engaged throughout the workshop
Is this workshop really free? Yes. This workshop is completely free. Our goal is to help you understand how founder regulation and business alignment directly impact your growth—and to give you clarity on your next steps, whether that includes working with Catalyst or not.
What's the catch? No catch. We're transparent about our approach: we believe that sustainable business growth starts with a regulated founder who has clear strategic direction. This workshop delivers real value on its own. For some founders, it's exactly what they need. For others, it becomes the foundation for deeper partnership with Catalyst.
How long is the workshop? The workshop runs for 1 hour.
Will there be a replay? No, but we will run the workshop again in the future. the real value comes from live participation. This is a working session where you'll practice regulation techniques and clarify your business direction in real time. A pre-recorded replay would be a disservice to you :)
Do I need prior experience with nervous system regulation? No background in neuroscience or wellness is required. We'll explain the biology in plain language and guide you through practical exercises. This workshop is designed for founders who are new to nervous system work and want to understand how their physiological state affects their business decisions.
Do I need to prepare anything? Come as you are. Bring your current business challenges, your honest assessment of where you feel stuck or reactive, and an open mind. We'll guide you through the rest. Be ready to engage fully—this is interactive, not passive learning.

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  • When: 7/14/26
  • Length: 1 hour
  • Cost: FREE

Participation: This is an interactive working session. We will be sharing our screen and distributing AI tools that will aide us in the discovery process. You will get the most value if you show up ready to think, reflect, and work on your business in real time. Make sure you're in a quiet, private space, free of distractions, with camera and mic hot.