Redefining Success: Self Belief, Consistency, and the Courage to Choose Yourself

When Success Stops Feeling Sustainable

Success is often sold as a destination. Achieve more. Do more. Push harder.
But for many women, that definition eventually starts to feel heavy instead of fulfilling.

In this episode of Between Two Coaches, Norbert Orlewicz sits down with Amy Lenius, speaker, coach, and Director of Group Coaching at Next Level University, to explore what happens when women begin to question the version of success they were taught to chase.

Amy’s perspective is shaped by lived experience. After navigating chronic illness and rebuilding her health, identity, and self worth, she learned firsthand that success built on self abandonment eventually collapses. What lasts is alignment. What creates momentum is consistency. What sustains growth is self belief.

This conversation is an invitation to redefine success in a way that supports your life rather than draining it.

What You Will Learn in This Episode

In this episode, Amy and Norbert unpack the internal shifts that must happen before real, lasting transformation can take place. You will learn:

• Why self belief is the foundation of any meaningful change

• How consistency creates confidence and trust in yourself over time

• Why intensity often leads to burnout while alignment leads to sustainability

• The hidden cost of success that ignores your emotional and physical needs

• How choosing yourself daily becomes a discipline that compounds

• Why emotional resilience matters more than motivation

• How small, aligned habits create long term results
  

Rather than offering surface level strategies, this episode focuses on the deeper work that allows strategies to actually stick.

The Problem With How We Measure Success

Many women are conditioned to measure success externally. Productivity. Recognition. Achievement.
Amy challenges this framework by asking a more important question. Does your version of success support who you are becoming.

When success is built on comparison or pressure, it often requires constant self override. Over time, that creates exhaustion, resentment, and disconnection. Amy explains why true success must be rooted in self trust and self respect, not just output.

This shift does not happen overnight. It happens through consistent choices that honor your values and your capacity.

Consistency Over Intensity

One of the core themes of this conversation is consistency. Not the kind driven by discipline alone, but the kind that comes from alignment.

Amy shares why sustainable growth comes from doing what you can do consistently, even when it feels small. Consistency builds confidence. Confidence builds self belief. And self belief changes how you show up in every area of life.

This approach reframes success as something you practice daily, not something you chase endlessly.

Choosing Yourself Is Not Selfish

Choosing yourself is often misunderstood. Amy reframes it as responsibility rather than indulgence.

When women choose themselves, they create stability. When they honor their needs, they increase their capacity. When they build emotional resilience, they stop relying on willpower alone.

This episode reminds listeners that choosing yourself is not about withdrawing from responsibility. It is about creating a foundation strong enough to sustain growth.

Building Success That Lasts

The most powerful takeaway from this conversation is simple but profound.
Success that lasts is built from the inside out.

Amy’s work helps women reconnect with themselves, rebuild trust in their own decisions, and create habits that support both their goals and their well being. This episode offers a grounded, honest perspective for anyone who feels successful on paper but disconnected inside.

If you are ready to redefine success on your own terms, this conversation will resonate deeply.

Guest Resources and Next Steps

To learn more about Amy Lenius and her work, connect with her on social media and through Next Level University.

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