75: Marian Aranda Bravo on Life After… Chasing Success: Listening to your body, starting again at 29 & redesigning life abroad

<p>What if the life that looks like success from the outside is the very thing making you sick?</p><p><br></p><p>Marian Aranda Bravo is a business mentor and consultant who helps women entrepreneurs build sustainable businesses that support the lives they actually want to live.</p><p><br></p><p>Originally from Spain, Marian built a career in luxury hospitality in the UK and, by 28, had ticked every box on her version of success. Then her body started shutting down, doctors couldn&#39;t find a cause, and she realised the life she&#39;d built no longer felt like hers.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, we chat about:</p><ul><li>Why the version of success we inherit in our 20s often isn&#39;t ours to keep</li><li>Building a luxury hospitality career abroad, and the 12-hour shifts, six days a week, it took to keep it</li><li>The unexplained illness and five days alone in a UK hospital that became Marian&#39;s biggest wake-up call</li><li>Going back to university at almost 29 to study Japanese translation</li><li>How COVID derailed her plans to move to Japan and led her into the online business world</li><li>How Marian reads her body (throat vs stomach) when making big decisions</li><li>Why the real risk isn&#39;t failure; it&#39;s staying where you are because you&#39;ve convinced yourself it&#39;s too late</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Marian&#39;s story is a reminder that success isn&#39;t a fixed checklist; it&#39;s something you&#39;re allowed to redefine as many times as you need to. Whether your body is whispering or shouting, it might be time to stop and ask yourself the question you&#39;ve been avoiding.</p><p><br></p><p>What does success look like for you today?</p><p><br></p><p>Connect with Marian:</p><ul><li>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/marian.businesscoach/">https://www.instagram.com/marian.businesscoach/</a></li><li>Website: <a href="https://www.itsvirtualfreedom.com">https://www.itsvirtualfreedom.com</a></li><li>Beyond the Offer (the expat entrepreneur edit) - Marian&#39;s newsletter with behind-the-scenes business wins and lessons, tips to refine and expand your offers, Spotlight Q&amp;As, and the odd voice note or surprise treat: <a href="https://www.itsvirtualfreedom.com/beyond-the-offer/">https://www.itsvirtualfreedom.com/beyond-the-offer/</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Connect with Cat:</p><ul><li>Join my mailing list: <a href="https://catlouisedunn.myflodesk.com/mailing-list">https://catlouisedunn.myflodesk.com/mailing-list</a></li><li