Julie Fairhurst - If Your Version of Success Requires You to Break, It’s Bullsh*t

Send us Fan MailWhat if success stopped sounding like a checklist and started feeling like a life that actually fits? Julie unpacks a new, saner playbook for women who are done with proving, pleasing, and sprinting on fumes, and ready for a success that feels grounded, honest, and deeply theirs.Instead of measuring yourself against someone else’s timeline, Julie leans into seasons: building, healing, resting, and reimagining. That shift dissolves the illusion of being late and makes space for strategic patience. From there, Julie explains how your story as a career asset, your lived experience, builds trust faster than any title. She dismantles burnout as a false badge of honor and shows why sustainable success allows room to breathe, think, and live. You’ll hear how a clean “no” becomes a power move, why confidence follows action, and how clarity emerges through motion rather than overthinking.She chose depth over approval and built the support systems that growth requires: mentors, coaches, and honest communities that can hold space while we stretch. Julie talks about the grief of letting go of versions of ourselves that once kept us safe, and the freedom that follows. If you’re craving a practical, human path to meaningful work and a steady life, this is your guide to building without burning out and leading without leaving yourself. Subscribe, share with a friend who needs a new definition of success, and leave a review to tell us which principle you’re claiming next.If this conversation stirred something in you… good. That’s where change begins.Make sure you’re subscribed, share this with someone who needs it, and if you’re ready to tell your story, step into your voice, or build a life that actually feels like yours… You’re in the right place.I’m Julie Fairhurst, and this is where stories turn into power.Go to my website if you would like to be a guest on the Women Like Me Stories & Business in the toolbar click Let's PodcastJulie's Website