How to Make the Next Level of Success Feel Safe So You Can Actually Receive It with Wesley Kress
Powerhouse Women
Lindsey Schwartz
4.9 • 912 Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2026
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever found yourself questioning everything you know while in the pursuit of success? Today's guest has been an instrumental part of my healing journey, a practitioner, complex systems thinker, and founder of Breakthrough Performance and Rehab, Wesley Kress! Wesley works with high performers and entrepreneurs navigating chronic pain, nervous system dysregulation, and major life transitions. No matter what part of the journey you find yourself in, our conversation will give you the keys to expand your nervous system to hold the next level of success you're meant to call in. We dive into the unseen struggles of the healing journey, why we resist healing and rest as driven individuals, and why the internal experience is the deciding factor for lived-in success. If you're ready to open the door to profound transformation and your own version of success, this episode is your first step towards it!
HIGHLIGHTS
00:00 Meet Wesley Kress, whose work helps high achievers navigate nervous system dysregulation and life transitions!
06:40 The difference between external achievement vs. lived-in achievement.
14:45 How did your upbringing in a cult shape your physical and mental being?
22:00 Hidden ways the body communicates dysregulation, misalignment, and insecurity.
26:05 How to choose healing through emotional pain.
31:45 Why do we secretly resist healing?
36:15 How to soften + receive more as a high achieving woman.
42:15 Practical tips to allow yourself to unwind and rest.
50:20 How do you rediscover your identity in the middle of healing?
55:55 Why the internal journey isn't solely esoteric.
1:01:15 Why are the body's sensations the key to tangible success?
1:06:10 The most important aspect to expand your nervous system to hold the next level.
1:10:30 Celebrating Wesley's Powerhouse moment of supporting his partner during her major life transition.
RESOURCES + LINKS
Connect with Wesley Kress HERE!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | One of the most challenging parts of the healing experience is that most people who are coming from this place of ambition and like success is like, what do I do? |
| 0:08.0 | Yeah, I think I probably have asked you that on several occasions. |
| 0:12.0 | Even in my healing, what I thought was healing, it was an attempt to avoid feeling what my body needed to feel and it was terrifying. |
| 0:21.6 | It's because your nervous system is wired for that. |
| 0:23.6 | If you were in your body right now, you felt fully safe, |
| 0:25.6 | this whole thing would seem super simple for you. |
| 0:27.6 | What makes it so challenging is that we're not. |
| 0:29.6 | In order to get to safety, which is what we're trying to do, |
| 0:32.6 | we have to open up and receive all of it, |
| 0:35.6 | all of the anger, all the sadness, all the grief. |
| 0:38.3 | When you do that, it fundamentally changes everything. |
| 0:42.3 | What is the most important thing for us to know when it comes to expanding our nervous system and our capacity to hold the next level of success? |
| 0:52.3 | The most important piece of information is really... |
| 1:00.0 | Today we're going to talk about something very important for those of us who are on a path of wanting to achieve success. I'm on that path, |
| 1:13.0 | and I know if you're listening to this podcast, there is a version of success that you are also |
| 1:17.4 | in pursuit of. But there's a big difference between the achievement of success and the felt |
| 1:23.9 | experience of success. And we're going to break down the difference today and how to actually |
| 1:30.0 | expand your nervous system's capacity to hold the next level that you might be really diligently |
| 1:35.8 | working toward right now. I'm joined by someone who has been such a special part of my own |
| 1:41.3 | healing journey. Wesley Cress, who is a practitioner, he's the founder |
| 1:45.8 | of breakthrough performance and rehab. He works with high performers, entrepreneurs, |
| 1:50.3 | individuals navigating chronic pain, nervous system dysregulation, and, and this is part of why |
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