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When Excellence Feels Like Exile excellence lonliness uplevel May 27, 2025

By Leah Crump

If you’ve been feeling the stretch lately, the weight of carrying high standards in rooms that no longer reflect them back, this is for you.

There’s a version of loneliness that doesn’t come from isolation. It comes from growth. 

You may have noticed it in conversations that once felt effortless but now feel thin. In relationships that orbit around your old self, while your current one keeps expanding. In the quiet frustration of being misunderstood, even when you’re speaking wi...

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