If you’re a capable, respected business owner who knows how to get results — but still feel switched on, braced, or unable to fully relax inside your success — this is for you.

Because something invisible is running the show.

Let’s name the thing no one says out loud

On paper, your business works.
Clients, income, momentum.

Yet inside, there’s still:

• A low-level pressure you can’t quite switch off
• The sense that you have to stay alert to keep things working
• Growth that feels heavier instead of more enjoyable
• Rest that feels conditional, not natural

And you find yourself thinking:

“Why does this still feel like effort when I know what I’m doing?” 

You’re not imagining it — and it’s far more common than most people admit.

Across multiple surveys of business owners:

• Over 80% report symptoms of stress and tension
• Nearly 60% specifically experience anxiety linked to running their business
• Many also report depression or feelings of isolation

These numbers aren’t here to scare you — only to show that what you’re feeling is common among capable, high-performing business owners.

Most support in business focuses on strategy.
Very few address why pressure still lives inside success. 

Why effort, mindset, and strategy stop working at this level

Success isn’t just external outputs.

When a business grows, so do:

• responsibility
• visibility
• expectation
• internal load

If your nervous system and your sense of self aren’t updated to match that growth, pressure becomes the price you pay just to stay at this level — even when things are ticking along nicely.

That’s not burnout.
It’s an internal system that was built to manage risk, not hold success with ease.

The Invisible Ceiling Assessment

This free 3-minute assessment isn't a personality test. It's a pattern finder. It shows you which one of five potential internal patterns is actually running your business — and why success still feels like something you have to manage rather than enjoy.

Each of the possible 5 results explains:

• what the pattern is
• how it shows up in your business
• why it keeps repeating
• what actually changes it (and what doesn’t)

Here’s the relief most people feel after taking it

You’re not broken.
You don’t need to push harder.
You’re not bad with success.

You’re operating from a system that worked for survival and early wins —
but hasn’t been updated for sustained growth, ease, and safety inside success.

That gap is what we recalibrate.

Grab a pen and paper. Answer honestly, not aspirationally. Choose what feels most true most of the time.

There’s no “right” answer here — only what’s most familiar.

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QUESTION 1

When things are going well in your business, what happens internally:

A. I enjoy it briefly, then think, “don’t get too comfortable”
B. I stay alert so nothing slips
C. I feel heavier rather than more relaxed
D. I downplay it and keep moving
E. This is usually when things start to go wrong

QUESTION 2

Your relationship with rest is best described as:

A. Allowed, but temporary
B. Fine in theory, hard to actually do
C. I rest, but I’m still thinking about work
D. I rest once everything is handled
E. I usually only rest once something forces me to

QUESTION 3

When responsibility increases, what’s your immediate internal reaction:

A. “Let’s not get ahead of ourselves”
B. “I need to stay on top of this”
C. “This already feels like a lot”
D. “I should be grateful, not uncomfortable”
E. “This is usually where something goes wrong”

QUESTION 4

Which of these do you find yourself dealing with again and again:

A. Keeping one foot out, just in case
B. Watching yourself constantly
C. Growth feeling heavy
D. Feeling uncomfortable when things are easy
E. Thinking, “why am I dealing with this again?”

QUESTION 5

When you imagine your next level of success, what worries you most?

A. Not trusting I can keep this going
B. Things getting out of hand if I’m not on top of them
C. It taking more out of me than I’ve got
D. Feeling uncomfortable about having it easier than others
E. Ending up having to fix everything again

SCORING

Look at which letter you chose most often.

If you’ve got a tie, use the question below to see which pattern is costing you the most right now.

Tie-Breaker Question

Which of these costs you the most energy right now?

A. Feeling like you still need to prove yourself
B. Needing to stay on top of everything
C. Carrying the weight of it all
D. Feeling guilty when things are easy
E. Having to get things back on track again

Choose the option that feels truest, then click SUBMIT ⬇️