367 // What If Success Isn’t the Point? The 5 Values Guiding My Life Now367 // What If Success Isn’t the Point? The 5 Values Guiding My Life Now
Speak Truth - How to live Healthy, Happy and Holy with Stacey Ziegler | Holistic Life Coach
What does a truly rich life look like? This past summer, Stacey slowed down, let go, surrendered control, and began thinking differently about what it means to live a successful life. Instead of measuring life by career, money, titles, possessions,...
32:58•6 Oct 2026
Redefining a Rich Life: Stacey Ziegler’s 5 Values Beyond Success
Episode Overview
- Success is questioned beyond career, money, titles and follower counts, shifting focus to what life is truly meant to stand for.
- Five guiding values are named: connection, acceptance, growth, freedom and joy, all rooted in putting God first.
- Stacey stresses that chasing online metrics and perfection can steal peace, presence and genuine relationships.
- Acceptance means stopping the fight with reality while still allowing for healing, learning and personal growth.
- Listeners are invited to define their own core values and ask whether their daily choices align with what matters most to them.
“I don’t have to worship the outcome because I put God first and I trust in him. That’s freedom.”
What drives someone to seek a life that feels truly rich rather than just successful on paper? This episode of *Speak Truth* follows Stacey Ziegler as she reflects on a summer spent slowing down, dropping perfectionism, and questioning everything she’d been taught about success. Instead of chasing follower counts, titles, or the “perfect” online presence, Stacey starts asking a different question: what does she actually want her life to stand for?
Out of that honest reflection come five core values she now uses as her compass: **connection, acceptance, growth, freedom, and joy** – all resting on a single foundation: **God first**. You’ll hear Stacey talk candidly about getting dizzy in the social media rat race, feeling pressured by technology and AI, and deciding she’s “done chasing the outcome”.
She shares how putting God first, inspired by Matthew 6:33, allows her to stop worshipping success, money, or other people’s approval, and instead live from peace, gratitude and surrender. As she puts it, "I don’t have to worship the outcome because I put God first and I trust in him.
That’s freedom." Each value comes with real-life context: connection with God, herself and others; acceptance of reality without giving up on growth; growth as ongoing becoming; freedom *through* God, not from him; and joy as deep gratitude that isn’t wiped out by hard days. Stacey also offers reflection questions, including a powerful one: if everything you owned disappeared tomorrow, what would still make your life feel rich?
The tone is warm, faith-centred and honest, ideal if you’re a mum or woman feeling burnt out by perfectionism, addiction to approval, or the constant push to “do more”. If you’re tired of chasing the world’s version of success and craving peace, connection and a God-focused life, this conversation might be exactly what your soul’s been asking for. So, what values do *you* want guiding your next chapter?
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