Episode #105
When Success No Longer Fits: Lacey Newman on Reinvention, Boundaries & Raising Your Standards
What happens when the thing you worked so hard to build… works — but you no longer want the life that comes with it? Lacey Newman knows. A former top 1% real estate team leader and host of an Emmy-nominated television show, Lacey built the kind of career most people would be terrified to walk away from. But behind the success was a business that required her to be constantly available, constantly reactive, and increasingly disconnected from the way she actually wanted to live. So she did something most people struggle to do: she left while it was still working. In this episode of COACHED , Lacey and I talk about what it really takes to outgrow a successful identity, why major pivots are rarely clean or comfortable, and how she learned to stop putting clients above herself and start building a business around her actual life. We also get into the particular reckoning that often happens in midlife, when the question changes from Can I succeed? to: Do I actually want the life my success has created? And perhaps most importantly, we talk about why the next level for highly capable women often requires subtraction, not addition. Because if you have spent your life being the woman who can handle everything, the answer may not be becoming even more capable. It may be finally deciding what you are no longer willing to carry. IN THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS: Why walking away from something successful can be harder than walking away from failure The hidden personal cost of being available to clients 24/7 Why boundaries can actually make you better at what you do The difference between serving your clients and putting yourself beneath them Why you do not have to burn your old life to the ground in order to build a new one What Lacey calls “the ick” — and why your body may recognize misalignment before your mind is ready to admit it The messy reality of changing identities and careers Why midlife is such a powerful period of individuation and reinvention Why authenticity matters more, not less, in the age of AI The danger of becoming addicted to being “the most capable woman in the room” Why overwhelmed women often need to remove responsibilities rather than add another strategy The difference between changing your strategy and raising your standards Why Lacey believes creativity cannot be outsourced The deeper purpose behind the book she hopes to write next Connect with Lacey Newman: https://laceynewman.com/ Lacey’s free workshop, AI for Ambitious Women, is on August 25th. Registration link: https://go.laceynewman.com/ai-for-ambitio us-women-workshop Learn more about Coach Keren Eldad: www.kereneldad.com Book a consultation: https://calendly.com/kereneldad
