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.