What happens when the very qualities that make you successful are the same ones burning you out?

Erika Coleman was a lifelong high achiever who believed that if she worked hard enough, pushed a little further, and gave everything she had, things would work out. Until they didn’t.

After navigating her mother’s terminal illness, the loss of her business, and a level of burnout so severe she could barely function, Erika found herself questioning everything she believed about success. So she went to Harvard to study stress, motivation, well-being, and high performance.

What she discovered changed everything: Sometimes burnout isn’t about doing something wrong. It’s about taking your greatest strengths too far.

In this episode of A Beautiful Fix, Erika and I unpack the hidden cost of overachieving, why giving your all isn’t necessarily giving your best, and how to pursue big dreams without sacrificing your health, relationships, or happiness.

We get into the early warning signs of burnout, the difference between healthy stress and harmful stress, and why your relationship with yourself might be the most important measure of success.

Erika also introduces her concept of Even Achieving, a healthier, more sustainable approach to ambition that doesn’t require you to stop dreaming big. And we explore her Human Design as a 1/3 Sacral Manifesting Generator, including why pivoting, trusting her gut, and learning through experience have played such important roles in her journey.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re carrying the world on your shoulders, struggling to slow down, or wondering why achieving more doesn’t necessarily make you feel better, this conversation is for you.

Connect with Erika Coleman

Erika is a speaker, entrepreneur, and high-performance coach who helps ambitious people build a healthier relationship with stress and success through her Even Achieving approach.

Website: https://erikacolemanspeaks.com

Free Achiever Mode Quiz: https://achievermode.scoreapp.com

Explore Erika’s keynote speaking, workshops, and high-performance coaching on her website, or take her free quiz to discover your achievement strengths and where you might benefit from a little more balance.

Until next time, keep getting high on life, one beautiful fix at a time.

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Calling all my fall-loving, book-obsessed girlfriends. This one’s for you.

I’m recording this with a suitcase to pack and a plane to catch because my husband and I are heading to Colorado to celebrate 30 years of marriage. THIRTY. We’ve known each other for 40 years, and I genuinely have no idea how that happened.

But before I go, I have some things to tell you.

First, can we talk about fall? The sweaters, the bookstores, the crisp air, the excuse to stay home with a good book. I’m obsessed. And apparently, all this fall energy has me on a creative tear because I’ve been building something for you.

Introducing the A Beautiful Fix Bookshelf!

I’ve gathered the books my podcast guests have written and recommended into one curated library. It’s full of incredible reads, and I’ll keep adding to it with every new episode.

And speaking of books, we’re having a girls’ night in!

On November 12 at 7 PM Central, I’m hosting a free virtual book club with Kristy Halvorsen, author of Perfect Unfolding, a memoir about seven years of solo travel, unexpected adventures, and following the life that’s calling you.

Think cozy blankets, something warm to drink, and an evening hanging out with the author herself. Cameras on or off, book finished or unfinished. Come as you are.

In this episode:

• Celebrating 30 years of marriage (and wondering where the time went)
• Why fall will forever be my favorite season
• My brand-new bookshelf of guest-recommended books
• A free virtual book club with author Christy Halverson
• A little reminder from Mother Nature about the beauty of letting go

Explore the A Beautiful Fix Bookshelf:
https://www.abeautifulfix.com/pages/a-beautiful-fix-bookshelf

Save your spot for our free November 12 book club with Christy Halverson:
https://www.abeautifulfix.com/pages/a-beautiful-fix-bookshelf#PerfectUnfolding

Grab your favorite sweater, find something good to read, and come nerd out with me.

Until next time, keep getting high on life, one beautiful fix at a time.

xo, Tracy

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Want to unpack it together? Book a 1:1 session here: https://www.abeautifulfix.com/products/discover-you-a-personalized-60-minute-human-design-reading

Subscribe to A Beautiful Fix on Apple or Spotify

Ready to feel more alive and aligned? Grab my free guide, Finding Your Beautiful Fix: Simple Shifts to Rediscovering Your Inner Power : https://www.abeautifulfix.com/pages/get-your-free-guide-finding-your-beautiful-fix

Subscribe to Tracy’s weekly Sunday Love Note, Thought Gems, at abeautifulfix.com—your weekly reminder to pause, breathe, and choose your focus.

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What if fear isn’t a sign to stop, but an invitation to become who you were always meant to be?

In this episode of A Beautiful Fix, Tracy sits down with Samantha Norman, brand strategist and founder of Cradle to Grave Creative, for a conversation about fear, identity, starting over, and what happens when the life you thought you were supposed to want falls apart.

After losing her mom, her marriage, her home, and eventually a job she loved, Samantha found herself starting over and asking a question many of us eventually face: Who am I now?

Samantha shares what it took to stop living from fear, why courage doesn’t mean waiting until you’re no longer afraid, and how one simple question, “Why not?” helped her begin building a life on her own terms.

Tracy and Samantha also explore the difference between fear that warns us and fear that shows up when we’re expanding, why so many of us are more afraid of looking stupid than actually starting, and Samantha’s “Who Before What” philosophy. Before we figure out what to say, sell, build, or do next, we have to understand who we really are.

Plus, Tracy dives into Samantha’s Human Design as a 6/2 Sacral Manifesting Generator and the season of life she’s in now, one where she’s learning she doesn’t have to push, rush, or treat everything like an emergency.

In this episode:
• Doing it scared and learning to move with fear instead of letting it make your decisions
• Starting over when the life you built no longer fits
• The question “Why not?” and what it can reveal about the stories holding you back
• Fear versus intuition and recognizing when discomfort is actually growth
• Why authenticity matters in life, not just in business
• Samantha’s “Who Before What” approach to personal branding
• Why you may not be afraid to start, you may be afraid to look stupid
• Samantha’s 6/2 Sacral Manifesting Generator Human Design
• Slowing down, trusting yourself, and realizing not everything is an emergency

Connect with Samantha:
Find Samantha on Instagram at @SammiNormanFit. If you’d like to take her up on her offer of an intro call and 90-day action plan, just send her a DM and let her know you heard her on A Beautiful Fix.

If this conversation leaves you with one question, let it be this: What would you do if fear didn’t get to make the decision?

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Grab your Human Design chart here: https://www.abeautifulfix.com/pages/hdchart

Want to unpack it together? Book a 1:1 session here: https://www.abeautifulfix.com/products/discover-you-a-personalized-60-minute-human-design-reading

Subscribe to A Beautiful Fix on Apple or Spotify

Ready to feel more alive and aligned? Grab my free guide, Finding Your Beautiful Fix: Simple Shifts to Rediscovering Your Inner Power : https://www.abeautifulfix.com/pages/get-your-free-guide-finding-your-beautiful-fix

Subscribe to Tracy’s weekly Sunday Love Note, Thought Gems, at abeautifulfix.com—your weekly reminder to pause, breathe, and choose your focus.

Support the Show

💕 Love this episode? Follow & leave a quick review—it helps others find A Beautiful Fix!

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