What if the version of success you've been chasing was never actually yours?

Not the title. Not the revenue target. Not the 5am alarm you set because that's what driven people do. Somewhere along the way, you picked up a definition of success, and just kept running with it.

And now, even when you hit the milestones, something still feels off. The list keeps growing. The goalposts keep moving. And quietly, you're starting to wonder if you ever actually arrive.

This isn't a personal failing. It's a paradox. And once you see it, you can't unsee it.

In this episode, Amy unpacks the success paradox, the truth that the harder we chase an inherited version of success, the further we drift from the life we actually want to live. The goalposts were never designed to stop moving. That's not a glitch in the system. That's how the system was built, across centuries, cultures, and now, our social media feeds.

But this episode isn't just about naming what isn't working. It's about what becomes possible when we stop running someone else's race. When we slow down enough to ask: what does success actually mean to me? When we begin to build something Amy calls slow, simple success, not a retreat from ambition, but a return to who we are.

This is a conversation for anyone who has done the right things and still feels unsettled. Who senses something is off but can't quite name it. Who is ready to stop chasing and start designing.

No formulas. No prescriptions. Just an honest conversation about one of the most important questions you'll ever sit with.

WHAT YOU’LL DISCOVER IN THIS EPISODE:

• 00:01 - Why the success paradox underpins every other paradox we face
• 04:59 - The trap of always chasing the next thing, and why the list never stops growing
• 07:00 - What success actually looks like when you're brave enough to design it yourself
• 09:50 - Letting go of the metrics that were never yours to begin with
• 13:00 - Why getting honest about your own version of success is one of the most important conversations you'll ever have
• 16:00 - How to start designing success on your own terms, right now

The Wellness Paradox — available now to pre-order

The Wellness Paradox explores the six paradoxes that keep us trapped in a version of success that was never designed to make us well. It's not a checklist, and it's not another self-care plan. It's an honest look at the systems we've inherited, and an invitation to start living differently.

It's for anyone who is tired of being told to do more.

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ABOUT AMY GREEN

Amy Green is a futurist, keynote speaker, and author of The Wellness Paradox, a book that interrogates the six paradoxes keeping us trapped in a version of success that was never designed to make us well. She is the founder of The Wellness Strategy and has spent years studying the intersection of work and life, and the systems that shape both.

WHERE TO FIND AMY GREEN

• Website: https://www.thewellnessstrategy.com.au/
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