Episode 5- The Day I Realized I was Losing at Life

Welcome back Navigators! I was at my son's fencing tournament. Laptop balanced on my knees. Email open. Slack pinging. Then — a scream from the crowd.

I looked up. He'd just scored a touch. His face was lit up, looking for me in the stands. And I'd missed it.

If you've ever been physically present but completely somewhere else — if you've ever shown up for the moments that matter and realized you weren't actually there — this episode is for you. I'm going to tell you how I built an 8-figure business and slowly disappeared from my own life.

What it cost me. And what finally brought me back.

THIS EPISODE COVERS:

→ The fencing tournament moment that broke something open

→ The beach vacation where my family was in the water and I was in a proposal

→ How my nervous system was running my business (and ruining my presence)

→ The difference between dysregulated me and regulated me in meetings

→ What burnout taught me about rest and leadership

→ The real cost of "winning at work" while losing at life

This isn't a story about work being bad. I love my work. I built something I'm proud of. This is a story about what happens when you optimize everything except your own presence. When you build a life that looks successful from the outside but feels hollow from the inside.

That's the Prosperity Gap. And I was living in the middle of it.