Journal to Growth

Sabrina Whittaker•www.sabrinawhittaker.com

Welcome to Journal to Growth, a podcast where Sabrina Whittaker explores the intersection of creativity, strategy, and iterative development. Rooted in the Journal to Growth framework — Sabrina’s signature two-notebook system — this podcast is a space for refining ideas, making thoughtful observations, and building sustainable success in business, technology, and personal development. Each episode features engaging reads from Sabrina’s newsletters and blogs, along with short, insightful discussions on web design, business analytics, AI-powered tools, and the cultural forces shaping our digital world. Whether you’re an ambitious professional looking to refine your workflow or an entrepreneur navigating the evolving tech landscape, Journal to Growth offers the clarity and structure to turn your ideas into impact. Tune in for episodes that help you think, create, and grow; one iteration at a time.

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Episodes

Build a System That Works [extended cut]

In this episode of Journal to Growth, Sabrina shares a conversation originally recorded in March 2025 and published to the Future Focused podcast in May 2025. During this powerful chat, Sabrina and the hosts offer a no-fluff explanation as to why traditional goals fail, the benefits of aligning goals to values, not KPIs, and being accountable to yourself. 🎯 In this chat, you’ll hear about: - How to align goals with your values, not just your KPIs - My two-notebook system for tracking progress w...

Jun 12, 2025•39 min

From Corinthians to Rhonda

In this journal entry, Sabrina sends a message to her cousin as she (Rhonda) prepares to speak publicly about lessons to be learned from 2nd Corinthians chapters 1 - 5. Inadvertently, I recorded a reply to 1st Corinthians while sitting on my patio, so you can hear birds chirping in the background. The sound of birds brings me so much joy that I uploaded the clip raw. Despite being a different passage, we wanted to share it anyway. We encourage you to listen to or read this passage for additional...

Jun 06, 2025•15 min

Start Where You Are [extended cut]

We're re-releasing this interview with Motivational Speaker and Mindset Coach, Kimberly Michele, who discusses Limiting Beliefs with the founder of Orchids Octopi, Sabrina Whittaker. Kimberly, who specializes in guided meditation, shared her expertise in an overview of lessons learned from Marie Forleo's Everything is Figureoutable, our multimedia club's featured book for October 2023. If you're interested in learning more about Kimberly Michele, follow her on Instagram at @kimberly_michele1111...

May 06, 2025•32 min

Implementing Structure for Creatives

In this brilliant excerpt from a Coffee Chat with AC, The Ops Queen, Sabrina Whittaker discusses the impact of AI-Powered Workflows on professional consultants. We demo a Milanote template used as part of our proprietary Journal to Growth framework. You'll enjoy this podcast (video on YouTube) if you're looking to get organized and save time with less effort than it takes to get through your day now. The template mentioned within this episode is now available for purchase.

Apr 25, 2025•13 min

Our Values and Approach

We want you to consider Orchids Octopi's Journal to Growth framework as a system and library of resources to support you in online spaces and to make having a website as rewarding as possible.

Feb 22, 2025•10 min

What's Journal to Growth?

"Journal to Growth" is the name of Sabrina Whittaker's planning and quality review system for iterative development and a related suite of products/services/resources from Orchids Octopi. In its most basic form, the framework is a collection of brain dumps undergoing the process of refinement. When applied to web design, business analytics, or society & culture, it's a means for writing thoughtful and impactful commentary. The framework is centered around the idea of maintaining two distinct...

Feb 16, 2025•8 min

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