Success gets complicated

There are plenty of podcasts about how to become successful. This isn't one of them. Success Gets Complicated is where founders, executives, entrepreneurs, and leaders explore what happens after the promotion, the funding, the exit, the recognition, or the dream they've spent years building. Because success doesn't solve every problem. It introduces new questions. Questions like: Does the life I've built still fit the person I'm becoming? Am I even enjoying this, even though I worked so dang hard to attain this? I have my dream role, but I'm overwhelmed (screaming in a pillow) is this normal? Most conversations focus on how to reach the next milestone. Very few prepare us for what happens once we get there. The identity shifts. The pressure to keep performing. The difficult decisions. The changing relationships. The unexpected loneliness. The courage to redefine success as your life evolves. Every episode is an honest conversation about the part no one posts and the moments that challenge us to become the author of our own definition of success. Hosted by Chelsea Simpson, founder, speaker, and executive advisory. This is a podcast for ambitious humans who believe success isn't something we discover once. It's something we continually author as we evolve. Because success gets complicated. And maybe that's where the most meaningful conversations begin. This podcast is sponsored by Broken Antler Marketing:

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  The Rewrite: Toxic Workplace

  Aug 21, 202611 minS0

  <p>What happens when the job that looks like success on paper starts costing you more than you're willing to pay?</p><p></p><p>In this solo episode of <b>Success Gets Complicated</b>, Chelsea explores one of the hardest places to reclaim agency: a toxic workplace.</p><p></p><p>Because “just quit” isn't always realistic. Sometimes you need the paycheck, the benefits, the vesting, or simply more time to figure out what you actually want next.</p><p>This episode explores:</p>Why accomplished people can stay too long in unhealthy environmentsHow capability can become a trap: just...

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  Drop the Mask: Who's Success Are You Living?

  Aug 18, 202644 minS0

  <p>Success gets complicated when the life you worked hard to build stops feeling like your own.</p><p></p><p>In this episode of Success Gets Complicated, Chelsea Simpson sits down with Devin Lebrun, a builder at the intersection of health and human performance, to explore what happens when achievement, identity, and expectation become so intertwined that you lose sight of yourself.</p><p></p><p>Devin shares his experience navigating the demands of corporate life, the realization that he had lost himself along the way, and the vision quest that forced him to confront a bigger question: <b>...

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  The Upside of Rock Bottom

  Aug 13, 202634 minS0

  <p>What happens when the life you built falls apart...</p><p>...and you get the chance to decide what comes next?</p><p>In this episode of Success Gets Complicated, Chelsea Simpson sits down with <b>Brett Ashley McMillan—Founder, Expert Nurse Injector, and Med Spa Owner of award-winning Juniper Face + Figure in Bozeman; entrepreneur; professional writer and actor; wife; mother of four; and Total Girl’s Girl.</b></p><p>Brett shares her journey from rock bottom to building a life and business rooted in purpose, authenticity, and a definition of success that is truly her own.</p><p>Bu...

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  The Rewrite: Are We Outsourcing Our Definition of Success?

  Aug 8, 20267 minS1

  <p><b>Why I Started Success Gets Complicated</b></p><p>What if the greatest challenge isn't achieving success...</p><p>...but making sure you're living a definition of success that's truly your own?</p><p>In this opening episode of <b>Success Gets Complicated</b>, Chelsea Simpson shares the story behind the philosophy that inspired the podcast, a near-death experience that changed how she viewed ambition, leadership, and what it really means to live a successful life.</p><p>Rather than asking "How do I become more successful?", this episode explores a different question:</p><p><b>Are you...

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