Plenty with Kate Northrup
Plenty with Kate Northrup
Kate Northrup, Author, Entrepreneur, and Speaker
181. When Success Becomes a Trap and You Don't Know What's Next with Christine Thompson
54 minutes Posted Oct 20, 2026 at 6:00 am.
The Beginning of Wonder05:36 Dreams Coming True07:15 How Alchemy of Chaos Began15:46 When the Book Took Longer16:44 What Chaos Really Is20:10 Learning to Trust the Unknown29:36 When Christine Needed Her Own Book39:34 Kate's Questions About Success42:42 When Success Becomes a Trap47:20 Don't Skip the MiddleLinks and ResourcesKate’s InstagramBig Money Decision MatrixConnect with Christine ThompsonInstagramAlchemy of Chaos✨ What If You Trusted Yourself With Money Decisions?The free Big Money Decision Matrix is the exact framework Kate uses for major financial decisions — from investments to business moves to buying property.Because second-guessing is expensive.And hesitation compounds fast.Inside, you’ll explore:🔹 How to regulate your body before making money decisions🔹 The difference between desire and proving something🔹 How to get clear on the real numbers🔹 Whether your wealth systems can actually sustain the winThis is body first, bank account second.And it’s designed to help you become the kind of person who can say:“I don’t make bad decisions.”Not from arrogance.From self-trust.👉 Download The Big Money Decision Matrix and use it on a decision you’ve been circling. ✨
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What if the chaos in your life isn't something you need to fix, but something that's opening the door to possibilities you can't see yet?In this episode, Kate sits down with her dear friend and executive advisor Christine Thompson, author of Alchemy of Chaos: A Radical Guide for Harnessing the Power of the Unknown. Christine shares the unexpected story of how her book came to her at the beginning of the pandemic, why it took years to finally bring it into the world, and how the very wisdom she had written for others became the guide she needed when her own life began to unravel.They explore what happens when the life you've carefully built no longer feels like the life you're meant to live. Christine opens up about navigating divorce, uncertainty, and the humbling experience of learning to trust the unknown. Kate shares her own questions about success, visibility, and feeling trapped by a business model that has brought her so much abundance, yet may no longer fit the life she's being called toward.Together, they unpack why success can become just as limiting as failure, why our constant search for answers can keep us from discovering what's possible, and what it means to stop trying to control every outcome. Christine offers a different way of approaching uncertainty—not as something to escape, but as a creative space where something entirely new can emerge.What unfolds is more than a conversation about navigating change. It's a deeply personal reminder that life isn't something we need to figure out before we can fully experience it. Sometimes the most transformative thing we can do is stop rushing toward the ending, embrace the unknown, and allow ourselves to experience everything happening in between.“The end of understanding exactly what's about to happen is the beginning of wonder.”    -  Christine Thompson 🎤 Let’s Dive into the Good Stuff on Plenty 🎤 00:00 The Beginning of Wonder05:36 Dreams Coming True07:15 How Alchemy of Chaos Began15:46 When the Book Took Longer16:44 What Chaos Really Is20:10 Learning to Trust the Unknown29:36 When Christine Needed Her Own Book39:34 Kate's Questions About Success42:42 When Success Becomes a Trap47:20 Don't Skip the MiddleLinks and ResourcesKate’s InstagramBig Money Decision MatrixConnect with Christine ThompsonInstagramAlchemy of Chaos✨ What If You Trusted Yourself With Money Decisions?The free Big Money Decision Matrix is the exact framework Kate uses for major financial decisions — from investments to business moves to buying property.Because second-guessing is expensive.And hesitation compounds fast.Inside, you’ll explore:🔹 How to regulate your body before making money decisions🔹 The difference between desire and proving something🔹 How to get clear on the real numbers🔹 Whether your wealth systems can actually sustain the winThis is body first, bank account second.And it’s designed to help you become the kind of person who can say:“I don’t make bad decisions.”Not from arrogance.From self-trust.👉 Download The Big Money Decision Matrix and use it on a decision you’ve been circling. ✨