296. Why Success Is Lonely, Even When Everything Is "Working" | Colette Davenport

296. Why Success Is Lonely, Even When Everything Is "Working" | Colette Davenport

January 28, 2026 · 1h 10m · Episode 296

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Colette Davenport discusses the loneliness of success and the internal collapse faced by high-caliber leaders.

Why success is lonely. It’s often not for the reasons you think. Many high-caliber leaders find themselves in periods of collapse and losing their mojo. It’s rarely talked about at the top. Yet, it’s increasingly common. In this episode, Colette Davenport, a private metaphysician to high-caliber leaders and power players, joins Julian Hayes II for a raw, expansive conversation on what happens when the strategies, identities, and systems that once drove success suddenly stop working. Colette describes what she calls the void: an internal collapse that can’t be solved by hustle, intellect, therapy, or even peak performance tools. Drawing on her own experience and her work with high-level leaders, she explains why these moments aren’t failures but, instead, evolutionary thresholds. Together, they explore why ambition eventually turns inward, how identity quietly shapes success and isolation, and what it really takes to rebuild from a place deeper than strategy. This episode reframes burnout, success, and power, not as problems to fix, but as invitations to transform. This is a grounded, honest conversation about wealth, health, identity, and what leaders unknowingly pass on, unless…

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