288: How to Recognize Your Success Wound and Heal It

Finding Brave

Do you ever get the sinking feeling that, no matter how hard you work or what you do, it’s never enough? Our culture is stuck in an old paradigm that views success as a destination rather than a journey, attainable by only the lucky few at the top. But what if there was another way?

For insight into her “new paradigm of success,” we are joined by Brooke Taylor, a Transformational Career Coach for women, former Marketing Lead at Google, and global expert in a phenomenon she has coined the Success Wound, which is the pain high-achievers experience when they mistake their success for self-worth.

In this episode, Brooke breaks down some of the most common misconceptions that high-achievers have about success and shares her game-changing methodology to create a powerfully aligned life on your own terms and transform your relationship with success forever.

Tuning in, you’ll learn about the five types of unfulfilled achievers, how your Success Wound might be driving your “success ideal,” and actionable steps you can take to begin to heal. If you’re ready to build a dream career (and an even better life), this episode is for you!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Defining the Success Wound and how it manifests differently in men and women. [04:57]
• What your success ideal might look like when it’s driven by your Success Wound. [11:16]
• Common misconceptions about success and the five "unfulfilled achiever” archetypes. [14:16]
• How to identify whether you’re operating from your wounding or your wholeness. [18:40]
• The sometimes unseen impact of paradoxical expectations of success for women. [23:25]
• Inherently patriarchal capitalistic cultural notions that inform our success ideals. [27:33]
• Why we need to shift our being, working, and thinking to heal the Success Wound. [28:52]
• What a state of aligned ambition looks like and why it’s so important. [32:09]

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Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

To discover what 1% of female leaders know that you don’t, sign up for Brooke’s Finally Fulfilled Group Coaching Program!

Get proven steps to reclaim your fulfillment, self-worth, and career clarity with her Healing the Success Wound Mini-Course.

What type of unfulfilled achiever are you? Find out with this quiz.

Read ‘Successful Women Share Advice on How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome at Work’.

Check out the ‘Top Career Coaches For Women’, featuring Kathy and Brooke!

Understand what motivates you to take action with Kathy’s Dominant Action Style Quiz.

Watch 'America Ferrera's Iconic Barbie Speech'.

Get your copy of Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic – and What We Can Do About It by Jennifer Breheny Wallace.

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