When Success Still Makes Sense, But Something in You Wants More Room
About this episode
Leslie Gaudet explores the tension between societal definitions of success and personal fulfillment in this reflective episode.
Join Leslie Gaudet for a reflective conversation about the moment when the life you built still works on paper, but something in you begins asking whether it still fits the life you want to live. In this episode, Leslie closes out the June series on Building an Extraordinary Life by exploring why extraordinary can’t be reduced to one image of success. Through her guest conversations around career, home, support, business, service, freedom, and quality of life, she looks at the tension between admiring someone else’s version of success and telling the truth about what would actually feel true for you. Leslie also shares the question this series brought up in her own life as she continues building her coaching business, her podcast, The Faceless and Nameless Gatherings, her collaborations, and the work she feels called to do: not only what am I building, but what is this building making room for? This conversation is for the woman whose life still makes sense, whose responsibilities are real, and whose accomplishments matter, but who has started noticing that functioning is not the same as fit. Nothing has to be falling apart for her to realize that the life she has built may be…
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Host: Leslie Gaudet
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