If you’re someone who sets big goals, works hard toward them, and still feels like you’re falling short — even when you’re doing a lot right — this episode is for you.

In today’s episode, I’m sharing a personal and vulnerable story from my own life that has nothing to do with weight loss or fitness on the surface, but everything to do with why so many high-achieving women feel like failures despite consistent effort.

We’re talking about how the way we define and measure success can quietly sabotage progress — in business, in health, and in life — and why chasing a single outcome often leads to frustration, burnout, and self-doubt instead of fulfillment.

This episode isn’t about lowering your standards or wanting less. It’s about understanding why outcome-only metrics distort behavior, make progress feel invisible, and turn the process into something you resent — even when it’s working.

• Why you can be doing a lot right and still feel like you’re failing

• How externally defined success metrics warp motivation and behavior

• The parallels between chasing income goals and chasing body transformation goals

• Why focusing only on the end goal creates impatience, plan-hopping, and burnout

• How tunnel vision around outcomes leads people away from sustainable, health-promoting behaviors

• Why success is multi-dimensional — and what happens when you start measuring more than just the final result

• What it actually means to “build foundations” and become the person who can sustain your goals

If you’ve ever felt behind, frustrated, or like you’re constantly starting over — this episode will help you see your journey more clearly and reframe what real progress looks like.

If this episode resonated with you and you’re ready to step out of the all-or-nothing cycle, I created a free guide to help you do exactly that:

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This isn’t a diet, a challenge, or an aggressive overhaul. It’s a grounded reset focused on:

• Fueling consistently

• Building sustainable habits

• Measuring success beyond just the scale or a timeline

• Creating momentum without burnout

Download the free guide here: https://coachdianaleigh.myflodesk.com/januaryreset

When you download the guide, you’ll also be automatically entered to win a 1:1 Intensive with me — a personalized deep dive where we assess your nutrition, training, digestion, symptoms, and habits to identify what’s actually holding you back and map out a clear, sustainable path forward.

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