Why Success Stopped Feeling Like Success (And What Replaced It) | Ep. 379
Mon Feb 02 2026
No one tells you this part.
The part where you get the life you worked for…and instead of fireworks, something inside you quietly lets go.
In this vulnerable solo episode, Ashley speaks to the moment after achievement. When success stops giving you dopamine, ambition goes quiet, and the identity that once kept you safe no longer fits.Not because anything went wrong, but because something finished.This episode isn’t burnout, or ingratitude, or even “losing your edge.”
It’s about grief.
The kind no one names.
The grief of outgrowing the version of you who needed success to feel safe.Inside Ashley shares all about:
✨ Why success often functions as an identity, not a goal
✨ The unnamed grief that comes when ambition stops driving your nervous system
✨ How motherhood exposes what achievement was really doing for you
✨ Why neutrality can feel scarier than struggle for high-performing women
✨ The moment success shifts from something you pursue to something you embodyThis episode is for the high-achiever who’s confused by her own neutrality.
The woman who thought she’d feel happier here.
The leader quietly wondering who she is without the chase.Press play if you’re ready to stop chasing who you were and meet who you’re becoming.
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No one tells you this part. The part where you get the life you worked for…and instead of fireworks, something inside you quietly lets go. In this vulnerable solo episode, Ashley speaks to the moment after achievement. When success stops giving you dopamine, ambition goes quiet, and the identity that once kept you safe no longer fits.Not because anything went wrong, but because something finished.This episode isn’t burnout, or ingratitude, or even “losing your edge.” It’s about grief. The kind no one names. The grief of outgrowing the version of you who needed success to feel safe.Inside Ashley shares all about: ✨ Why success often functions as an identity, not a goal ✨ The unnamed grief that comes when ambition stops driving your nervous system ✨ How motherhood exposes what achievement was really doing for you ✨ Why neutrality can feel scarier than struggle for high-performing women ✨ The moment success shifts from something you pursue to something you embodyThis episode is for the high-achiever who’s confused by her own neutrality. The woman who thought she’d feel happier here. The leader quietly wondering who she is without the chase.Press play if you’re ready to stop chasing who you were and meet who you’re becoming. ASHLEY ON THE WEB ASHLEY ON INSTAGRAM DOWNLOAD THE BIG COACH ENERGY TOOLKIT APPLY TO THE QUANTUM COACHING ACADEMY JOIN QUANTUM COACH CATALYST LISTEN TO ASHLEY’S EXCLUSIVE PODCAST SERIES, BECOME THE BEST COACH VISIT THE BIG COACH ENERGY SHOP