Ashleigh Henry, founder of The Cheetah Company, shares when there was a time when “more” felt like oxygen — more achievement, more clarity, more healing, more doing it right. But chasing it left her fragmented. This reflection traces the invisible addiction many high-capacity women carry: the compulsion toward betterment that masquerades as growth but quietly erodes our peace.

For anyone who’s felt burned out by their own hunger, this essay offers a pause — a place to name the ache beneath the ambition and ask a more honest question: what if more isn’t the answer? What if you were already enough, long before the reaching?

This isn’t just a pivot. It’s a reclamation. After years of ambition-driven momentum and self-sacrificing success, I chose something deeper: a return to rhythm, reverence, and the deepest version of me. This post shares the why behind my transition from business strategy consultant to life coach, and what it means to shift with purpose — not performance.

For the high-achieving woman who’s quietly outgrown the spaces she once thrived in, this reflection offers permission to redefine success, shed performative roles, and soften into a new season of leadership — one built on integration, not urgency.