Most high achievers build their success with one trusted tool: control.
It makes you dependable, responsible, and the one who holds everything together.
But there comes a point where the same control that helped you rise starts quietly capping your growth, draining your energy, and keeping you from the life you are actually working so hard to create.
In this episode of The Redefining Success™ Podcast, Laura gets honest about the cost of control and walks you through what it really looks like to shift into clarity instead. You will learn how to step out of constant pressure mode and into grounded, calm leadership that honors both your ambition and your life.
If you have ever felt like you cannot fully relax because something might need you, this conversation is for you.
In this episode, we dive into:
Why control feels so safe, responsible, and familiar for high achievers
The hidden cost of control on your body, your energy, your time, and your relationships
The stories that keep you gripping tightly to every detail:
"If I do not do it, it will not be done right."
"If I slow down, I will fall behind."
"If I am not always available, I will lose trust."
The difference between control and clarity:
Control is tight and fear based
Clarity is stable, confident, and grounded
The Clarity Equation: Vision + Systems + Trust = Freedom
How to align your business with your current life vision, not the one from five years ago
How simple, documented systems give you your time, presence, and mental space back
How to build real trust in your systems, your team, and yourself
Manuals, Emotional Adulthood, and Letting People Be Who They Are
Laura also introduces some of the most powerful mindset tools she uses with her high-level clients:
How the unspoken rulebooks you hold for other people (team, clients, partner, family) quietly attach your peace to their behavior and create constant disappointment and pressure.
Emotional Adulthood
What it means to take responsibility for your internal experience instead of handing your mood to other people or circumstances, and how this shifts you from reacting to leading from the inside out.
Mel Robbins' Let Them Theory
How to let people be who they are, move at their own pace, and have their reactions, while you protect your energy, standards, and peace.
These concepts come together to help you stop trying to manage every outcome and start leading from clarity instead.
Practical ways to start shifting from control to clarity
Laura closes the episode with simple, tangible steps you can implement this week, including:
Noticing the moments where you tighten your grip and feel pressure to handle it all
Identifying one manual you are holding for someone in your life or business
Practicing emotional adulthood in one conversation or situation
Trying the Let Them Theory and noticing how much lighter you feel
Giving yourself credit for every moment you lead yourself well
These small shifts are what create a business and a life that feel spacious, grounded, and aligned, without sacrificing your standards or your results.
Continue the work:
Everything shared in this episode is part of Laura’s Redefining Success™ Method, which helps high performers simplify decisions, reclaim focus, and create success that supports their life.
You can explore working with Laura through:
1:1 Coaching for focused, private support LauraFlood.com
The Redefining Success™ Collective, offering three levels of ongoing coaching and guidance LauraFlood.com/Collective
Custom coaching packages designed around your specific season and responsibilities LauraFlood.com/Call
