You’re successful. You’ve reached milestones. You’ve created a life that looks like what you thought you wanted.
Yet something feels off. This is your invitation into something deeper.
I worked with a client who spent most of her career in big tech. Her credentials were impeccable—senior roles at top firms, a vast network, a reputation that opened doors. On paper, she had “made it.” But inside, a quiet question kept surfacing: Is this really it?
She wanted her next chapter to align more deeply with her values—so she made a bold shift.
She became CEO of a cooperative supporting artists, acting as a bridge between big brands and small purveyors. The legal structure changed. The spirit of the work changed. The impact changed. And while she technically “stepped down” in scale, she expanded in meaning.
That’s what this conversation is really about—the shift from:
- Endless ambition to meaningful alignment
- Achievement for its own sake to purposeful contribution
- Success to significance
The Problem with Chasing the Next Thing
So many high performers thrive on momentum—what’s next, what’s better, what’s more. You meet the goal and immediately set a bigger one. You hit the milestone and barely pause to breathe before pushing forward.
But for more and more leaders, something’s shifting. Checking the boxes without a sense of deeper meaning doesn’t scratch the itch anymore.
If you’ve found yourself wondering why you feel disconnected when you’ve done everything ‘right’, there’s nothing wrong with you. It makes perfect sense.
We all reach points in life and leadership where achievement alone isn’t enough. The pressure and the pace—especially these days—wears thin when it’s not anchored in purpose.
Leadership Isn’t Always Lit Up—and That’s Okay
Let me be real for a moment.
In addition to being a speaker and coach, I’m the CEO of a landscape design, build, and maintain company. It’s not something I ever thought I’d be doing. On the most challenging days, I wonder if it’s even what I want to be doing. Yet when I take a breath and ask myself, “What am I doing this in service of?” the answer changes everything.
I’m in service to my family. To a business my husband founded that grew exponentially in 2020 and needed my leadership. To a company that values planting more beauty, sustainability, and creating inspired places for outdoor living.
I’m here for my husband and our team, for climate-conscious design, and for the financial stability that supports our family of six, and enables me to contribute to my community in meaningful ways.
I’m not always ‘lit up’…a feeling we’ve been overly encouraged to chase. I’m playing a bigger game than just my momentary desire for inspiration. Quiet purpose can be just as powerful as bold ambition.
Fulfillment doesn’t always look or feel exciting.
Sometimes it looks like contraction before expansion.
Sometimes it looks like changing the diaper—not because you love it, but because you’re committed to the child.
What Real Alignment Looks Like
This isn’t about abandoning success. It’s about integrating your success with who you actually want to be on this planet.
It’s about creating space to reconnect your leadership with your values—so that what you build on the outside reflects what you care about on the inside.
That might mean making a radical career move. Or it might mean finding new meaning in what you’re already doing.
It might mean staying, but staying for a different reason.
The Power of Being “Gotten”
Here’s the part most high-achieving leaders don’t talk about: it’s hard to make these shifts alone.
That’s why community matters. Not just any group—but peers who get your experience.
We need people who remind us we’re not crazy. That we’re not alone. That there’s more available—not by doing more, but by aligning more.
If you’re not already surrounded by people who truly get you—and who can hold space for the deeper questions you’re asking—it’s time. The return on that kind of support is immeasurable. There’s too much at stake to settle for anything less.
Success might look like the finish line. But for many of us, it’s actually the doorway to something deeper.
The Room You’ve Been Looking For…
If you’re craving a space where your ambition and your heart can coexist—where you don’t have to prove anything, but you’re still called into your highest expression—Transformational Leadership Circle may be exactly what you’ve been longing for.
This isn’t about more information or one more thing to achieve.
It’s about finding your people—the right people—and being deeply seen.
When you’re surrounded by a small, intentional group that gets you at a soul level, everything shifts.
You breathe deeper. You think more clearly. You remember who you are.
The ROI of that kind of connection? It’s beyond what most leaders expect. But once you experience it, you’ll never want to go without it.
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