What if success isn’t the summit — but the starting point of your undoing?

The Cost of the Climb is for high achievers who did everything “right” — and still feel wrong inside. Hosted by Lauren Ellis, a former corporate strategist turned truth-teller, this podcast unpacks what ambition really costs in a system built to burn you out.

Each episode is a reckoning: with the rules we were told to follow, the roles we were forced to play, and the peace we’ve been taught to postpone.

If you’ve ever asked yourself, Is this really what I worked so hard for?

You’re not broken — you’re waking up. And you don’t have to climb alone.

You didn’t end up exhausted by accident.

You followed the rules. You hit the targets. You became everything they said success should look like — and somewhere along the way, you lost track of you.

In this deeply personal and practical episode, Lauren Ellis invites you to take inventory of the hidden costs of high achievement. Not with shame — but with clarity.

✨ You’ll walk away with:

– 5 grounded strategies to climb without losing yourself

– A truth check on who your ambition is serving

– Permission to want more — without burning out to get it

This is the reset you didn’t know you needed.

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In this powerful opening episode, Lauren Ellis strips away the performance mask and speaks directly to every high achiever who’s ever wondered, “Is this all there is?”

This isn’t another hustle sermon — it’s a wake-up call. A reminder that the cost of success isn’t just burnout… it’s betrayal.

Through raw truths and grounded hope, Lauren unpacks what it means to climb without losing yourself, why exhaustion isn’t a personal failure, and how you can start rewriting the rules — without walking away from your ambition.

Because you’re not broken. The system is.

And the clarity you’re craving? It’s not at the top — it’s in the reclaiming.

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