"People keep touting me as their role model. But why? I can’t even find time to call a plumber to fix a leaky faucet (going on 3 months now)."
"Every time my phone rings and it's a client, it takes everything I have to not let the resentment I feel towards them show."
"I thought being promoted to partnership would feel better. If anything, I feel more like an impostor than ever. And trying to pretend I have it all together is exhausting."
These are real statements by incredibly ‘successful’ people.
People others looked up to, who were touted as success stories... And yet they felt trapped by the success they’d worked so hard for.
What’s worse is what was making them feel so stuck: their own thoughts.
Thoughts about:
Do you ever feel this way, too (or know someone who does - or might)?
Here's what to know, Friend:
#1: Two things can be true at once.
You can be incredibly grateful for your opportunities and everything you have accomplished while also feeling trapped.
One doesn’t negate the other.
#2: You have a right to your feelings.
They exist. The worst thing you can do is to ignore them.
Because they will come back to bite you later. And also: they are impacting your decisions and behavior now (in ways you don't even realize).
What should you do if you’re in this place?
That is what today’s episode of the Life & Law Podcast is all about. Listen here to learn what to do when you feel trapped by your own success.
There is an answer. You can get to a better place.
XO,
Heather
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