You can chase “success” for years and still feel empty, exhausted, and off on the inside. In this solo episode of The Confident Woman Podcast, Rachel Brooks breaks down why real success isn’t the boxes you check, the titles you collect, or the numbers you hit—it’s personal, values-based, and rooted in what actually matters to you.

Rachel talks about the cost of living by everyone else’s standards, why boundaries are self-respect (not selfishness), and how perfectionism keeps you stuck—hesitating, overthinking, and refusing to start unless the outcome feels guaranteed.

She also names what a lot of women won’t say out loud: you can be surrounded by people and still feel lonely—and if the community you need doesn’t exist, sometimes you have to create it.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Why “succes ...