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LIVE HEALTHY NOW - Episode 77
Why striving for success doesn’t always lead to happiness
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Is the desire for success actually trapping you and holding you back from happiness?
What happens when you’re fixed on achieving success to bring you the happiness you want, but it doesn’t work out that way?
“It’s that self trust isn’t it? Backing yourself, and that’s what many women aren’t doing. We’re just surviving through life and trying to have those moments of pleasure and happiness, a lot of which are just the junk happiness.”
— Nicola Mercer
“We come to these crossroad moments and we come to them more than one time in our lives, but every time we come to them we have a decision. Do I keep going down the familiar path? I don’t like to use the term comfortable because it’s not comfortable, but it’s familiar. So, and often it’s the path that we can see for miles ahead because we’ve been travelling it. We know what it looks like. We know what is ahead. We know it’s not pleasant, but it is familiar. ”
— Emma Hine
Success is what so many people believe to be the route to happiness. So, they throw themselves and everything they can into carving a career that will bring them the financial rewards that equal success. But then happiness doesn’t come as part of the package.
Our guest today is passionately sharing her story of how her beliefs around success and happiness led her to a very unwell and dark place. Emma Hine thought that if she could build a successful business and reap the financial success of it, she’d be living a full and happy life. Except what she got was the exact opposite.
Join us as Emma shares the toll pushing to keep achieving success took on her health and happiness, and how she’s managed to begin turning her life around, putting health very much at the top of her list and new business strategy.
Today we chat about:
The reasons why our understanding of success and happiness create beliefs that wealth is the key.
Emma’s long journey striving for more and more success to find the happiness she was seeking.
The downward spiral that took hold and pushed Emma deeper into poor mental health.
How focusing only on the success you think will bring happiness leads to losing sight of what will really create this for you.
The cost of not prioritising your health and realising that without health you have nothing.
Knowing that there is no magic wand to making changes and instantly fixing how you feel.
Taking one step at a time to move towards what you really want and know will help you to feel true happiness.
Accepting that you are a work-in-progress and that this opens so many exciting opportunities for your future self.
Why wealth is the most important thing you can do to take control of your life and live a happy life.
About Emma:
Emma Hine is a certified business strategist helping ambitious people to grow a business they love. She ran a successful million-pound e-commerce business, which ended up taking over her life which is why she is so passionate about helping others grow their business on their terms.
Now a celebrated Amazon bestselling author, she is helping others see that success comes from doing things your own way with passion at the heart of what you do. And the biggest lesson of all is you don’t need to sacrifice yourself to find what works best.
Beyond work Emma is a happily married mum of 3, nanny of 3. She loves spending time with her friends & family, combine that with a glass of wine and some glorious sunshine and she is in your happy place.
Connect with Emma:
Emma’s free guide 40 Ways to Grow your Audience so you can make more sales
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IF YOU FEEL LIKE STRIVING FOR SUCCESS ISN’T BRINGING YOU THE HAPPINESS YOU DESIRE, IT’S TIME TO STOP DOING THINGS THE WAY YOU’VE ALWAYS DONE THEM.
So many woman are living the way you are, feeling stuck and believing they simply have to keep going, making the best of how things are. But, we know that you don’t have to stay feeling the way you do. We know that it is possible to get in control of your life and stop the overwhelm, the exhaustion, the anxiety, the struggles you’re feeling every day.
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