Episode 14: Honesty about Feeling Jealous of Others' Success in Business (and How To Use It for Good)

Today, I want to talk about something that I don't think we often are honest enough about because it feels a little bit shameful to admit it.

And that is the jealousy we feel of other women's success in business.

And maybe even in life or other situations.

But I mostly want to talk about business here because the funny thing is that this entire podcast and what I am building with the Well Women Business brand, if you might call it, or business itself... grew out of a situation where I immediately knew what I wanted to do because I saw someone else's success in this area.

So a close friend of mine who I really, really respect as a business owner mentioned to me this woman who built her entire business around running retreats for women that were kind of life coaching retreats or some business retreats as well.

And when I went to this woman's website to see what her business was all about, I felt it immediately, just this jealousy that why couldn't I do this? Why didn't I do this? Why didn't I think of this? She had built her whole business around running retreats for women in beautiful locations all around the world.

And I admired what she had done, but I also knew deep in my gut I could do this.

And I wanted that.

I wanted to have built this whole business around running retreats for women.

And That one website visit is the entire reason why the Well Women Business brand and this podcast even exists and why I am planning the Well Women Business CEO Reset Retreat in January of 2027 in Costa Rica.

i don't have strong like aspirations of you know running 10 retreats a year or anything like that but i just decided to take action because i saw this woman's website and i'm starting small i'm going to do one retreat next year that's all i have planned and i'm going to continue to do this podcast in my weekly newsletter Which if you're not on the newsletter on my email list to get the newsletter every week, every Wednesday I send – I call it the unfiltered female CEO because it really is unfiltered.

It is what – the things I don't share on the podcast, it is not just, hey, this week the podcast episode is this topic.

I actually thoughtfully sit with what is going on in my own business and write a very real letter as if I'm writing to one of my close friends or close business colleagues about things that I am learning about business in some of the tough situations that are coming up in my own business.

And so it really is not a repeat of what I share on the podcast.

So you can go to wellwomenbusiness.com and sign up for the newsletter there if you would like to hear from me every Wednesday.

I do write it myself.

It is not an AI-generated thing.

So my point in telling this whole story is that jealousy, if...

It's a natural human emotion.

If it's used correctly, if you use it to fuel your own understanding about your own desires, then it is some of the most useful data that you will ever collect about yourself and it will help you stay motivated and stay the course in your business.