Most high achievers build their success with one trusted tool: control. It makes you dependable, responsible, and the one who holds everything together.

But there comes a point where the same control that helped you rise starts quietly capping your growth, draining your energy, and keeping you from the life you are actually working so hard to create.

In this episode of The Redefining Success™ Podcast, Laura gets honest about the cost of control and walks you through what it really looks like to shift into clarity instead. You will learn how to step out of constant pressure mode and into grounded, calm leadership that honors both your ambition and your life.

If you have ever felt like you cannot fully relax because something might need you, this conversation is for you.

• Why control feels so safe, responsible, and familiar for high achievers
• The hidden cost of control on your body, your energy, your time, and your relationships
• The stories that keep you gripping tightly to every detail:
  • "If I do not do it, it will not be done right."
  • "If I slow down, I will fall behind."
  • "If I am not always available, I will lose trust."
• The difference between control and clarity:
  • Control is tight and fear based
  • Clarity is stable, confident, and grounded
• The Clarity Equation: Vision + Systems + Trust = Freedom
  • How to align your business with your current life vision, not the one from five years ago
  • How simple, documented systems give you your time, presence, and mental space back
  • How to build real trust in your systems, your team, and yourself

Laura also introduces some of the most powerful mindset tools she uses with her high level clients:

• Manuals How the unspoken rulebooks you hold for other people (team, clients, partner, family) quietly attach your peace to their behavior and create constant disappointment and pressure.
• Emotional Adulthood What it means to take responsibility for your internal experience instead of handing your mood to other people or circumstances, and how this shifts you from reacting to leading from the inside out.
• Mel Robbins' Let Them Theory How to let people be who they are, move at their own pace, and have their reactions, while you protect your energy, standards, and peace.

These concepts come together to help you stop trying to manage every outcome and start leading from clarity instead.

Laura closes the episode with simple, tangible steps you can implement this week, including:

1. Choosing one area of your business to bring more clarity to
2. Noticing the moments where you tighten your grip and feel pressure to handle it all
3. Identifying one manual you are holding for someone in your life or business
4. Practicing emotional adulthood in one conversation or situation
5. Trying the Let Them Theory and noticing how much lighter you feel
6. Giving yourself credit for every moment you lead yourself well

These small shifts are what create a business and a life that feel spacious, grounded, and aligned, without sacrificing your standards or your results.

• Join the Redefining Success™ Reset Masterclass If this episode sparked something in you and you know your strategy, schedule, and energy need a reset, this masterclass is your next step. You will bring together your clarity, systems, boundaries, and focus so you can lead your business and your life with calm confidence instead of constant pressure. Join us for the next Masterclass. LauraFlood.com/Reset

• Explore The Redefining Success™ Collective For ongoing support, strategy, coaching, and community, the Collective is where high achievers learn to build sustainable success that supports their life. This is where you turn high-level concepts into daily behavior and structure. LauraFlood.com/Collective

In this episode of The Redefining Success™ Podcast, Certified High-Performance and Success Coach Laura Flood reveals the mindset and leadership shift every high achiever must make to reach their next level of success without adding more hours or chaos.

If you have built stability but are craving expansion that feels aligned, this episode will help you move from comfort to courage and lead with clarity, conviction, and confidence.

Laura shares how courageous leadership changes everything from the way you make decisions to how you manage energy, structure your business, and influence others. You will learn why courage is the missing link between consistency and growth, and how to turn discomfort into the fuel that drives sustainable success.

She also explores the science behind fear and how to rewire it into forward motion, the daily habits that strengthen confidence and momentum, and how to protect your time and energy while scaling your impact.

Through real stories and proven strategies, Laura shows that courage is not just a mindset. It is a system for creating freedom, fulfillment, and lasting success.

If you are ready to step into your next level with clarity, confidence, and calm focus, this episode is your roadmap.

• Join The Life-First Business Reset Masterclass: LauraFlood.com/Reset

• Follow Laura on Instagram: @LauraFloodCoaching

• Explore The Redefining Success™ Collective: LauraFlood.com/Collective

Confidence isn’t something you earn after success; it’s what creates it.

In this episode of The Redefining Success™ Podcast, Certified High Performance and Success Coach Laura Flood shares how to build and sustain the kind of confidence that drives clarity, calm, and consistent results in every area of life and business.

Whether you’re a top-producing real estate agent, entrepreneur, or executive, you’ll learn how to stop chasing external validation and start leading from quiet conviction. Laura walks you through her Confidence Formula — Clarity, Commitment, and Conviction — and reveals how confidence impacts leadership, wealth, and fulfillment at every level of growth.

If you’ve ever achieved success but still questioned yourself behind the scenes, this conversation will help you shift from pressure to presence and step fully into the leader you’re meant to be.

• The truth about what confidence really is (and isn’t)
• The Confidence Formula: how clarity, commitment, and conviction create calm power
• Why confidence and abundance are directly connected
• How to lead your team, business, and life with composure and conviction
• Practical ways to rebuild self-trust and stay confident even when results haven’t appeared yet

• Confidence is built through decisions, not results.
• Clarity collapses confusion, and confusion kills confidence.
• You can’t sustain what you’re afraid to lose.
• Structure creates freedom, and freedom fuels confidence.
• The more you trust yourself, the more success becomes effortless.

Before you go, Laura shares a powerful 3-day reset to rebuild momentum and self-trust. You’ll learn how to make decisions faster, keep promises to yourself, and acknowledge your progress, the exact process Laura uses with her private clients to create calm confidence that lasts.

✨ Resources mentioned in this episode:

The Redefining Success™ Life-First Business Reset LauraFlood.com/Reset

The Redefining Success Collective — high-impact coaching and strategy for ambitious entrepreneurs and leaders who want to work less, earn more, and live better. Join at LauraFlood.com/Collective

• Instagram: @LauraFloodCoaching
• Website: LauraFlood.com

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Laura Flood is a Certified Success & High Performance Coach, Business Strategist, and multi–seven-figure entrepreneur with over 30 years of leadership experience. Through her Redefining Success™ Method, Laura helps high achievers simplify success, reclaim time, and build profitable, life-first businesses that create wealth, freedom, and fulfillment without the hustle.

In this episode of the Redefining Success™ Podcast, high-performance coach and business strategist Laura Flood shares the Redefining Success™ Method, a framework built from more than 30 years of experience running a seven-figure business while working less than 40 hours a week and living a happy, healthy, and wealthy life with time and energy for what matters most.

If you are a high-achieving entrepreneur, coach, top-producing Realtor, or results-driven leader, this conversation will show you how to use this framework to create a business that gives you more time, freedom, and fulfillment.

You will learn how to:

• Master your mindset and identity to lead with clarity and conviction.
• Protect your focus and energy to perform at your highest level without burnout.
• Build systems, structure, and boundaries that create genuine freedom.
• Simplify your strategy to scale sustainably and profitably.
• Create joy and fulfillment so success feels as good as it looks.

Laura also shares real examples, client insights, and practical steps to help you stay focused, work smarter, and lead from alignment. If you are ready to elevate how you work, lead, and live, this episode will help you create sustainable success with a life-first approach.

✨ Resources mentioned in this episode:

The Redefining Success™ Life-First Business Reset LauraFlood.com/Reset

The Redefining Success Collective — high-impact coaching and strategy for ambitious entrepreneurs and leaders who want to work less, earn more, and live better. Join at LauraFlood.com/Collective

Next Week: Episode 8 The Confidence Advantage: How High Achievers Lead with Certainty and Conviction.

• Instagram: @LauraFloodCoaching
• Website: LauraFlood.com

Please take a moment to rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts or wherever you’re listening. Screenshot your 5-star review and send it to support@LauraFlood.com for a chance to win a free one-year membership to the Redefining Success™ Collective or a 45-minute private coaching session with Laura.

Giveaway ends October 31, 2025 at 11:59 pm CT. Winners selected at random and notified by November 4, 2025 via DM or email. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Must be 18 or older.

Protecting Your Energy as a High Achiever — The Secret to Sustainable Success

High achievers rarely struggle because they lack drive, they struggle because they’ve spent years giving their best energy to everything and everyone but themselves.

In this episode of the Redefining Success™ Podcast, Laura dives deep into the art of energy management - the real key to sustainable success. You’ll learn:

• Why energy, not time, is your most valuable resource
• The hidden ways high achievers leak energy every day
• How to protect your focus, boundaries, and well-being
• The three dimensions of energy (physical, emotional, and mental)
• Simple strategies to generate more vitality, clarity, and calm

Laura also shares her signature Energy Reset Plan and coaching prompts to help you shift from overdrive to alignment — so you can lead your business and life from a place of strength, not survival.

✨ Resources mentioned in this episode:

• LauraFlood.com/Wellness — Discover Laura’s favorite wellness tools, supplements, and programs that support optimal energy, focus, and vitality. The Redefining Success Collective — high-impact coaching and strategy for ambitious entrepreneurs and leaders who want to work less, earn more, and live better. Save 20% with code PODCASTVIP Join at LauraFlood.com/Collective

Next Week: Episode 7 —The Redefining Success™ Method: How to Build a Life-First Business That Feels Aligned and Sustainable

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• Website: LauraFlood.com

Please take a moment to rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts or wherever you’re listening. Screenshot your 5-star review and send it to support@LauraFlood.com for a chance to win a free one-year membership to the Redefining Success™ Collective or a 45-minute private coaching session with Laura.

Giveaway ends October 31, 2025 at 11:59 pm CT. Winners selected at random and notified by November 4, 2025 via DM or email. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Must be 18 or older.

You don’t need to meet more people. You need to meet the right ones.

In this episode, Laura Flood shares how to build powerful, aligned relationships that open doors to opportunity without the exhaustion of traditional networking. She walks through her Intentional Connection Framework from the new book Rethink Everything You Know About Networking and reveals the mindset, boundaries, and strategies that help high achievers connect with purpose, not pressure.

You’ll learn:

The shift from networking for visibility to networking for alignment

How to stop saying yes out of guilt and start saying yes to growth

The three pillars of intentional connection: Clarity, Value, and Visibility

How to curate your circle and protect your energy as you scale

Real client stories of transformation through purposeful connection

Mentioned in this episode:

Rethink Everything You Know About Networking — available now: https://lauraflood.com/network

The Redefining Success Collective — high-impact coaching and strategy for ambitious entrepreneurs and leaders who want to work less, earn more, and live better. Save 20% with code PODCASTVIP Join at LauraFlood.com/Collective

If your success has started to feel heavy, the Redefining Success™ Life-First Business Reset is the mini-course that will help you recalibrate your goals, systems, and schedule, so you can protect your time, energy, and profit while creating space for what matters most.

LauraFlood.com/Reset

Next Week: Episode 6: Protect Your Energy to Avoid Burnout: How High Achievers Create Sustainable Success

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Giveaway ends October 31, 2025 at 11:59 pm CT. Winners selected at random and notified by November 4, 2025 via DM or email. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Must be 18 or older.

Have you ever looked up and thought, “How is it almost the end of the year and I still feel like I’m running behind?”

You’re not alone. As high achievers, we set high standards for ourselves and feel pressure to do more, achieve more, and hold everything together — but what if this season isn’t about doing more, but about leading yourself differently?

In this episode, Laura shares a powerful framework to help you finish 2025 on purpose, with clarity, boundaries, and momentum that actually lasts. You’ll learn how to reset strategically, refocus intentionally, and create space for what matters most so you can step into 2026 energized and in control.

✅ How to define your seasonal vision and decide exactly how you want to feel by year’s end. ✅ The Focus Filter™ — Laura’s signature 3-question framework to cut through the noise and identify your top 2–3 priorities. ✅ How to protect your time and energy using theme days, CEO blocks, and Friday finish lines. ✅ Why the most successful leaders pre-decide who they’ll be when challenges hit instead of reacting in the moment. ✅ Simple rituals and routines that will keep you aligned, consistent, and clear heading into 2026.

• Clarity creates momentum. When you decide how you want to feel at year’s end, your strategy becomes obvious.
• Focus beats volume. You don’t need more goals — you need the right ones.
• Boundaries build freedom. Protecting your calendar isn’t about rigidity; it’s about leadership.
• How you finish this year determines how you’ll start the next.

🎁 Free Focus Filter Guide — Download Laura’s simple tool to evaluate your goals, eliminate distractions, and get clear on where to focus your energy for the rest of 2025. LauraFlood.com/Focus

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If your success has started to feel heavy, the Redefining Success™ Life-First Business Reset is the mini-course that will help you recalibrate your goals, systems, and schedule, so you can protect your time, energy, and profit while creating space for what matters most.

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Welcome back to the Redefining Success™ Podcast!

In this episode, we’re talking about clarity and vision—the foundation of momentum. Without clarity, even the most ambitious goals can leave you exhausted and unfulfilled. But when you know exactly what matters most, you stop pouring energy into distractions and start building a business and life that actually feel good.

I’ll share:

• The clarity decision that shaped my entire career as a family-first entrepreneur
• How defining your version of success creates focus, freedom, and fulfillment
• The hidden time drains that keep high achievers stuck—and how to release them
• Why stepping into your CEO identity is the key to sustainable growth
• The habits and support systems that multiply productivity without adding hours
• How asking for more can unlock your next level

Clarity doesn’t just grow your business—it gives you your life back.

✨ If you’ve been successful but know you’re meant for more, this episode will show you how to get clear, take back your time, and create momentum with confidence.

🎧 Podcast Listener Exclusive: As a thank-you for tuning in, I want to give you something special.

Get 20% off your Redefining Success™ Collective membership—any level, for as long as you’re a member.

Because you don’t need another course, you need clarity, strategy, and support that fits your life.

Use code PODCASTVIP at checkout and start creating your life-first business today. 👉 LauraFlood.com/Collective

If your success has started to feel heavy, the Redefining Success™ Life-First Business Reset is the mini-course that will help you recalibrate your goals, systems, and schedule, so you can protect your time, energy, and profit while creating space for what matters most.

Podcast listeners get it for just $22 with code PODCASTRESET at LauraFlood.com/Reset

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Giveaway ends October 31, 2025 at 11:59 pm CT. Winners selected at random and notified by November 4, 2025 via DM or email. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Must be 18 or older.