When Success Doesn’t Feel Like Your Success

For a long time, I was “successful” — at least from the outside. I worked in a big corporate environment, moved a bit up the ladder, checked the right boxes, met the “right” people. But inside, something was quietly unraveling. The more I tried to fit into the mold, the more I felt disconnected from myself. My days were filled, but I felt empty. I was meeting expectations of others, but not my own.

I began to wonder: What happens when the career I’ve built no longer feels like the right path?

That question marked the beginning of a deep journey — one that led me not only into a new profession, but also into a completely different way of living.

Losing Alignment… and Then Losing Trust

When you spend years in a path that doesn’t feel aligned, it does more than drain your energy — it erodes your self-trust.
You begin to doubt your decisions. You question your intuition. You ask yourself, “How did I end up here?” and “Could I really start over?”

That was me. And honestly? Letting go of that identity — the role, the title, the steady paycheck — felt terrifying. But it was also the first step toward getting to know me, my potential, what I could be doing instead.

This article is retrieved from Forbes’ magazine and might be interesting if you want to read more about Career Misalignment

Back to Basics: A New Life on the Water

In search of clarity, I didn’t just change careers — I changed scenery too.
I started a new education to become a professional coach and persue the bold decision to live on a sailing boat with my partner. It sounds romantic (and sometimes it is), but mostly, it’s about stripping things back to the essentials.

Life on the water is humbling. It requires presence. You learn quickly what matters — and what doesn’t. The boat became my metaphor: a smaller space with a deeper life. Fewer distractions. Learning by Doing. Reinventing myself everyday. More alignment.

Through this journey, sailing and this year long of coaching education and mentoring, I found something I thought I had lost: trust in myself.

If you are more curious, you can read about my private and professional shift in the “About Me” section

What Self-Trust Really Looks Like to Me, and maybe to you too.

Rebuilding self-trust isn’t about having all the answers. It’s about learning to listen inward again, to recognize your own voice beneath the noise of “should” and “what if.” It looks like:

• Making choices based on what feels aligned, not just what looks good on paper
• Allowing yourself to pause, pivot, and rest
• Saying “no” to things that drain you — even if they once defined you
• Taking small steps toward something that lights you up, even when you’re unsure

Why Coaching Can Be a Lifeline During This Transition

When you’re navigating a shift — especially after a period of misalignment — having a coach by your side helps you:

• Clear the emotional fog and reconnect to your deeper values
• Reframe your experience not as failure, but as feedback
• Make decisions from a place of clarity, not fear
• Rebuild the confidence that may have gotten buried along the way

As a professional coach, I don’t tell you what to do. I help you remember that you already know — we just create the space to hear it.

An Invitation to Reconnect With Your Own Truth

If you’re standing at a crossroads — feeling the disconnect between where you are and who you truly are — know this:

You’re not lost. You’re recalibrating.
You’re not broken. You’re waking up.

And you don’t necessarily have to figure it out alone.

Are you thinking about hiring me as your personal coach?

I offer you a free discovery call — a space to talk about where you are, where you want to go, and what might be possible when you choose to trust yourself again.