Redefining Success™ Podcast

A chance conversation at the Apple Store turned into the episode so many high achievers have been waiting for.

Laura was picking up a new iMac when Jillian, the woman helping her, asked about her two businesses. They got talking. And then Jillian shared that she was going back to school to become a Physician's Assistant and quietly wondered if doing that was taking something away from her daughter.

Laura has heard that question und...

It's July. Half the year is behind you. And if you're honest, you're probably in one of two places right now.

You're behind on your goals and quietly avoiding them because looking at them feels worse than ignoring them. Or you're ahead on paper and completely exhausted, running so hard you haven't stopped to ask if the direction you're running in is still the right one.

Either way, this episode is for you.

Laura just sold her comme...

What This Episode Is About

Success is always changing you.

The question is whether it's changing you into the person you want to become.

We talk about what success gives you. We talk about what it costs you. But we almost never talk about what it does to you,  how it quietly reshapes your habits, your relationships, your identity, and your sense of self. Often without you noticing.

This episode is an invitation to stop and loo...

Have you ever told yourself, "I'll be happy when I hit that revenue goal"? Or "Things will be better when the team is finally in place"? If so, you're not alone and you might be caught in the most common trap high achievers fall into.

In this episode of the Redefining Success® Podcast, Laura Flood breaks down the "I'll Be Happy When" trap: the pattern where every milestone brings happiness that lasts about 48 hours before the next ...

More Success. More Fun. | When Did Life Become So Serious?

At some point, many successful people become incredibly good at handling responsibilities.

The business grows. The calendar fills up. More people depend on you. Before long, you've become the person who can manage just about anything.

Somewhere along the way, fun quietly slips to the bottom of the list.

You keep telling yourself you'll slow down after the next project, the ...

Have you ever spent weeks or even months thinking about a decision, conversation, or situation that could have been addressed in far less time?

In this episode of Redefining Success®, Laura explores why high achievers, entrepreneurs, and business owners often carry things much longer than necessary. From difficult conversations and overdue decisions to commitments we've outgrown, ma...

Do you feel like you're constantly trying to catch up, even though you're working hard, staying organized, and doing all the things you're supposed to do?

What if the problem isn't a lack of time?

What if it's a lack of capacity?

In this episode of Redefining Success®, Laura explores why so many successful entrepreneurs, business own...

Many high achievers spend years adding more.

New goals, another new commitment.

An opportunity that seems too good to pass up or another responsibility that gradually becomes theirs to carry.

Then one day, they realize their life feels full, but not necessarily in the way they intended.

In this episode o...

You Don't Need Permission to Reinvent Yourself

What happens when the version of success you worked so hard to create no longer feels fully aligned with the life you want now?

In this episode of the Redefining Success® Podcast, Laura explores why reinvention can feel uncomfortable for high achievers and how staying connected to an outdated version of yourself can quietly keep you from creating the life you truly want.

Success often ...

Summer has a way of revealing how connected people really are to their work.

Even during vacations, dinners, baseball games, weekends at the lake, or slower evenings with family, many high achievers still feel mentally attached to their business all day long. Their schedule may look more flexible, but their mind never fully slows down.

In this episode of the...

In this episode of the Redefining Success® Podcast, Laura Flood shares a powerful conversation about resilience, emotional strength, attitude, and the way people respond when life feels hard.

There are seasons where things don’t unfold the way we hoped. Plans change, pressure builds, disappointment shows up unexpectedly, and effort doesn't always immediately produce the outcome we wanted. During those moments, the way we thin...

Success changes people emotionally.

Not just through pressure, responsibility, or higher expectations, but through the subtle ways high achievers begin protecting the life and identity they’ve already built.

In this episode of the Redefining Success® Podcast, Laura Flood shares one of the most important conversations high achievers need to have with th...

There are parts of your business that are already working.

They move, they produce results, they don’t require much from you anymore… and still, there’s this instinct to stay close to them. To check again, think about it one more time, or keep yourself mentally connected just to make sure everything is working.

In this episode, Laura talks...

There are things in your day that don’t take long because they’re complicated, they take long because you stay with them.

You already know what you’re doing, you can see where it’s going, and you keep working on it anyway.

In this episode, I’m sharing something I caught in my own day that changed how I work and how my days feel.

It wasn’t about doing less or reorganizing my schedule. It was ...

I had a moment recently where I was looking at my week and everything looked right.

The work and the conversations were there. Things were moving. But I could feel that I hadn’t actually chosen it.

I was in it, I was handling it, but I hadn’t slowed down ahead of time and decided how I wanted my time to be used. And once you notice that, you start to see it everywhere.

Because your calendar can be full of the right...

You can have time in your day, finish everything on your list, and still feel like you don’t have time.

This episode breaks down why that happens.

For high-achieving entrepreneurs, the challenge is rarely a lack of time. It’s how time is being used, how decisions are being made, and how much is still being held mentally throughout the day.

When your attention is spread across too many open loops, unfinished decisions, a...

There was a time when taking a vacation didn’t feel like a break. It felt like something I had to prepare for, manage while I was there, and then recover from when I got back.

Before I left, I was trying to get everything handled. 

While I was away, part of my attention stayed connected, and when I came back, everything was waiting for me. The time was there. The freedom wasn’t. 

This episode is about th...

There’s a level of success where everything looks like it should feel different. Your business is working and your income is strong.  You’ve created something that once felt far away.

And still, there’s this underlying feeling that you’re not quite there yet.

Your mind doesn’t stay with what you’ve done for very long.  It moves quickly to what’s next.  What could be bett...

At higher levels of success, it’s not uncommon to find yourself questioning things you already know how to do, even when everything is working.

In this episode of the Redefining Success® Podcast, Laura Flood explores what high-achieving entrepreneurs and professionals experience at higher levels of success, when the results are there, the business is working, and there’s still a part of you that pauses and wonders if yo...