348| It's Lonely at the Top. That's Not a Problem. That's the Process.

Episode notes

There's a grief that comes with leadership nobody warns you about. Not the kind that comes from loss — the kind that comes from success. The relationships that quietly shifted. The version of yourself you left somewhere between the last promotion and this one. The life that looks different than you pictured — not worse, just different — and the weight of not knowing if you're even allowed to grieve something you chose. You wanted this. You earned this. So you don't call it grief. But it is. In this episode, Tami names what senior leaders carry quietly — and why examining it, instead of performing past it, is what separates good leaders from the ones whose authority compounds. WHAT YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH This episode isn't a lesson. It's a recognition. If something lands, it's because you've been living it — and you finally have language for it. Tami walks through six things grief does that no leadership training will ever teach you. Not as a framework. As a conversation between someone who has lived it and someone who is living it right now. By the end you'll have one question to sit with this week. It's not comfortable.