In this episode of Aligned for Success, Nikki shares a quiet but powerful insight that shifted the way she understands growth, success, and identity.

The episode was inspired by time spent inside Ed Mylett’s home in Ponte Vedra Beach - in a small room filled with high-level leaders. What stood out wasn’t tactics, urgency, or pressure. It was the calm. The steadiness. The way growth was being discussed not as something to chase, but something to hold.

Nikki explores why so many capable, disciplined people struggle to sustain their next level - not because they lack motivation, but because unfamiliar success can feel unsafe to the nervous system. Growth isn’t about pushing harder. It’s about raising what feels normal.

This episode talks about Ed’s idea of the internal “thermostat” - the identity-based standard that quietly pulls us back to what feels familiar, even after breakthrough seasons. Nikki invites listeners to stop living from past identity and begin making decisions from who they’re becoming.

If you’ve ever noticed yourself overthinking when things are going well, slowing down right as momentum builds, or questioning success instead of enjoying it - this conversation will land deeply.

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