What if feeling like you’re failing is just a brain glitch?

You’re more successful than you realize, your brain just hasn’t caught up yet.

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Michelle Sera
June 03, 2025 • You can read this in:5 minutes

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Feeling Like You’re Not “Making It”? It Might Just Be a Brain Glitch.

If you’re showing up, doing the work, and still feeling like you’re not getting anywhere you should know, it’s your brain’s trickery.

Every coach I know hits a point where it feels like they’re spinning their wheels, getting nowhere.

But here’s what’s really going on: your brain is glitching. It’s wired to spot gaps, not growth. To focus on what’s missing instead of what’s building. To overlook the momentum that’s already stacking up underneath you.

This doesn’t mean you’re not making progress, it just means your brain hasn’t caught up yet because it’s still back in threat-detection mode, not progress-detection mode.

And it’s normal. It’s part of building something real and lasting. You’re not failing to “make it”, you’re building.

Let’s uncover the truth you already know:

Success is never sudden. It’s a series of small steps that compound quietly over time.

What feels like overnight success is just the visible result of invisible consistency.

Building success is like building a wall, brick by brick, until one day it looks instant to everyone else.

Success isn’t something you arrive at, it’s something you layer, one action at a time.

Success isn’t a single moment. It’s the sum of small, consistent actions most coaches never recognize.

So train your brain to recognize it.

Here’s how to train your brain to see the real progress you’re making:

Grab a piece of paper (or open a new doc) and write down:

10 things you’ve built, learned, improved, or accomplished in your coaching business since you started.

Try this once a week. You’ll start noticing a shift in how you feel and how much you realize you’ve already built.

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The more you notice and celebrate the progress you’re already making, the faster you close the gap between where you are and where you want to be.

Future-Self Anchoring

Imagine six months from now, your future self, standing in the results you’re building today.

She’s not surprised by the success. She knows it came from every tiny, unglamorous action you’re taking right now.

Every time you list a win, show up messy, or finish something small, you’re handing her a gift. Don't give up on her.

We always have to pause to get our mind straight. Building a coaching business and building it in a way that it can grow isn’t easy. Simple maybe, but not easy. Because we’re human. Listen to this episode on The Solo Coach Podcast: Is Being “Realistic” Just Fear in Disguise. I think you’ll like it.

In the latest video on Coach Diaries, I share my LEVEL UP framework. It’s my go-to to actually grow my business, or when I’m feeling exhausted, frazzled, or unclear as to what I should do next. Take a look. It will help.

Plus you can hear the latest on my super ambitious goal to grow my email list by 4,000 subscribers in 2025 without any paid ads or complicated strategies.

Much love.

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