The higher you climb, the harder it gets to admit you’re struggling.
If you’ve ever felt like you can’t fall apart because everyone relies on you, this one’s for you..
We’re sold this idea that success will make everything better.
More validation. More freedom. More ease.
But in real conversations with high-performing founders, creators, and leaders,
I hear something different.
“I have no one I can really talk to.”
“If I say I’m overwhelmed, people will think I’m ungrateful.”
“Everyone expects me to have it figured out.”
What no one tells you is that success can be isolating.
Because when you’ve made it (whatever that means),
you become the one people look to, not the one people check in with.
The pressure to hold it all together grows.
You don’t want to worry your family.
You don’t want to shake your team’s confidence.
You definitely don’t want to admit it to yourself.
So you smile. Keep showing up. Keep delivering.
And slowly, quietly, you start to disappear behind the version of you that gets applause.
The version that’s okay.Capable. Controlled.
Even when inside, you’re not.
I’ve seen this pattern in the room at The Breakthrough Weekend more times than I can count.
People who have built remarkable things, but feel like they’re holding it all alone.
And the breakthrough comes not from fixing it.
But from realizing they were never meant to carry it alone in the first place.
The moment someone finally says,
“I’m struggling, and I don’t want to pretend anymore,” is the moment something shifts.
Because the performance ends. And real connection begins.
You don’t need more strategy. You need spaces where you can stop performing and start being human again.
