When Success Breaks You Open with Josh Kosnick (Pt. 1)
🎧 Episode 194: When Success Breaks You Open: Josh Kosnick on Identity, Faith, and Rebuilding from the Inside Out
What happens when everything you’ve worked for disappears… and you’re forced to confront who you are without the title?
In Part 1 of this powerful conversation, Sonnie Linebarger sits down with leadership coach, speaker, and author Josh Kosnick to unpack the season that changed everything. After building and leading a multi-billion-dollar financial firm, Josh experienced an unexpected and painful exit that dismantled the identity he had built around achievement, ownership, and success.
What followed was grief… a loss of identity… and ultimately, a deep internal reckoning that led to the creation of The Kairos Code and his transformational Five Bridges Framework.
In this episode, Josh vulnerably shares:
- What it feels like to lose a business that once defined you
- Why grief shows up after both “good” and “bad” exits
- The identity he had to dismantle when success was stripped away
- Why spirituality must come before performance
- How misaligned success leads to burnout, broken relationships, and regret
- Why most leaders skip the inner work and rush to external fixes
- How faith, identity, and purpose form the foundation for sustainable leadership
This conversation is for the leader who looks successful on paper but feels restless, tired, or disconnected inside. It’s for the achiever who senses there has to be more than grinding, producing, and providing… and is ready to rebuild from the inside out.
✨ If you’ve ever tied your worth to your role…
✨ If you’ve experienced loss, transition, or identity confusion…
✨ If you’re craving success that doesn’t cost you your health, faith, or family…
This episode will meet you right where you are.
🎧 Part 2 dives deeper into the remaining bridges, relationships, environment, and legacy… so be sure to subscribe and stay tuned.
A rising tide raises all ships, and I invite you along on this journey to Evoke Greatness!
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