Why You Still Feel “Not Enough” (Even After Everything You’ve Achieved)

Jen Gautier
May 23
2 min read

Let me ask you something I often explore with my clients:

Have you ever wondered why, no matter how much you do or achieve… it still doesn’t feel like you're enough?

You’ve done lots of courses (er-hum... guilty!)

You’ve earned the degrees (un-hung certificates, anyone?)

You’ve built the business or got the career you thought you wanted

You’ve raised the family (and possibly your partner 😅)

You’ve collected wins (but they're easy to forget when you're always looking at the future).

And yet… Somewhere in the quiet moments, the old sneaky whisper creeps in:

“I should be further ahead.”
“I still don't feel good enough.”
“I wonder what people think of me.”
"Others seem to be nailing it… but not me."

Sound familiar?

You are deeeefinitely not alone. (In fact, there are thousands of us thinking the same thing. We should all catch up for a cuppa sometime and chat!)

This is what Claire Zammit (founder of Women-Centered Coaching) calls the core wound of modern, high-capacity women.

We’ve been conditioned to tie our:

Worth to productivity
Value to achievement
Belonging to performance

Take a deep breath and read that again.

Now ask yourself:

Do you only feel like you're enough when you're achieving or succeeding?

What about in your quieter seasons — when you’re not building, but you’re still curating?

Here’s the truth - feeling “not enough” is not a reflection of who you truly are.

You are simply living within the constraints of a belief system that no longer serves you — a kind of inner prison made of unprocessed, unheard, and unloved parts of your story that still need your attention.

And as long as that belief quietly lives in your subconscious, it will influence your decisions, your self-talk, and your ability to expand into your next level.

This is why I do the work I do.

As a Mindset Mentor and Emotional Freedom Coach, I help clients uncover these invisible stories and unhook from them, so they can build real confidence, clarity, and emotional freedom.

Imagine...

Setting goals from a place of self-worth — instead of self-pressure
Showing up fully in your business or life — without overthinking every move
Finally believing: I am enough, just as I am. And I’m allowed to create more… without guilt or self-sabotage

If that sounds like the kind of shift you’re craving, then let’s talk.

You don’t need another course.

Or a feel-good podcast you half-listen to while folding laundry.

You need a space to dissolve the emotional weight that’s holding you back… and finally build from the truth of who you really are.