When Achievement Isn’t Enough: Learning to Be Seen, Not Just Successful: Sierra's Story Episode 56

What if you’ve done all the “right things” but still feel off? In this episode, Sierra shares how joining TIS gave her the space she didn’t know she needed — a place to slow down, feel deeply, and finally bring her head and heart together.

The thing is, Sierra thought investing in herself was selfish.

She was used to giving everything away—to her students, her church, her school. But underneath the serving was exhaustion, resentment, and deep loneliness.

TIS gave her the tools to say no with confidence. To stop performing. To rest. To trust herself. And to finally feel seen—in community, in coaching, and in her relationship with God.

“This work seeped into every part of my life,” she shares. “I’m not the same woman I was two years ago.”

Sierra walks us through the unseen ache so many high-achieving women carry — and what it meant for her to slow down, let go of control, and allow herself to feel again. 

In this episode:

• What made Sierra say “yes” to TIS after following for months
• Why emotional processing was a game-changer
• How shifting from performing to presence brought healing
• The power of group coaching and spiritual sisterhood
• A new way to approach growth: with curiosity, not shame
• The deep healing that happens when you're finally safe enough to feel

Straight fire from Sierra 

• “Saying no to good things allowed me to say yes to the right things.”
• “I didn’t even know how to rest. I was just stuck in go-mode.”
• “I was volunteering for everything because I was clinging to spiritual motherhood—and I was lonely.”
• “There was so much shame in not hitting milestones alongside my friends. Coaching helped me name it and move through it.”
• “I used to think, ‘I’m just invisible.’ But that was a lie I carried alone for too long.”
• “I thought I'd invest in this and get nothing out of it. Instead, it changed everything.”
• “For the first time, I didn’t just survive another wedding. I celebrated—and I felt free.”

When she joined TIS, she didn’t expect much.

“This is probably another course that won’t help me,” she thought. But something inside whispered: try anyway.

What happened next surprised her.

“I didn’t know how badly I needed to be seen until I was actually seen.”

“It wasn’t about bec

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