From Discipline to Devotion Self Leadership, Stress, and Finding Your Way Back to Yourself

In this episode of Masks Off, I sit down with Courtney Townley, author of The Consistency Code and host of the Grace & Grit Podcast, to explore why so many driven women struggle to consistently show up for themselves in midlife. For years, many of us have learned to succeed by pushing harder, being responsible, overriding exhaustion, meeting expectations, and demanding more of ourselves. Then something changes. The strategies that once helped us accomplish so much stop working—and our first conclusion is often: “Something must be wrong with me.” Courtney offers another explanation. The problem may not be discipline. It may be self-leadership. In our conversation, we explore self-trust, self-criticism, burnout, health, identity, emotional resilience, and Courtney's concept of “cell to soul health.” And underneath all of it is a question that fits at the heart of the Masks Off journey: How do we stop abandoning ourselves in pursuit of the person we think we're supposed to be—and begin finding our way back to who we actually are? If you've spent years being the capable one, the disciplined one, the achiever, or the woman who can always push through, this conversation may give you permission to try something different. Not giving up. Not lowering your standards. Learning to lead yourself differently. 🎧 Subscribe to Masks Off for conversations about people-pleasing, perfectionism, control, self-abandonment, the Inner Controller, and becoming free to be your true self. #MidlifeWomen #SelfLeadership #Perfectionism #PersonalGrowth #MasksOffPodcast Connect with Courtney: www.graceandgrit.com, @gracegrit, courtney@graceandgrit.com Connect with Kim (the host): 👉 New Book: https://www.kimgrosscoaching.com/free... 👉 TikTok:   / kimgrosscoaching   👉 Instagram:   / kimgrosscoaching   👉 Website: www.kimgrosscoaching.com 👉 Facebook:   / kim.gross.104   👉 Facebook Masks Off Community:   / masksoffcommunity   👉 YouTube:    / @kimgrosscoaching   👉 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Et9BMq... 👉 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... 👉 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/notification... 👉 Unmasked Newsletter: http://subscribepage.io/masksoffnewsl... 👉 People-Pleasing Quiz: https://www.kimgrosscoaching.com/quiz...