THE 5-WEEK SELF-PACED COURSE

Grounded Ambition

Learn how to truly rest—without losing your drive.

Consciously resolve the tension between work and rest.

A 5-week guided course for ambitious, always-on people who struggle to rest because something inside them insists they should always be productive.

You’ll learn simple, experiential skills for working with inner tension—so rest and ambition come from clarity, not compulsion.

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Immediate access · Special price · Clarity guarantee

Do you feel like it’s hard to rest—even when you want to?

If you’re driven and capable, you may know this experience:

You stop working—but your system doesn’t.
Rest triggers guilt.
Stillness feels irresponsible.
Being productive feels relieving.

Even when you slow down, something in you stays on guard—scanning for what you should be doing next.
Ambition feels non-negotiable.
Even though another part of you wants to relax.

You’re caught in an ongoing inner tug-of-war that never quite resolves.

If that feels familiar, this course is for you.

It’s for people who’ve begun to notice an internal conflict—between the part that wants rest and the part that insists on productivity— and who are ready to learn how to relate to that inner tension differently.

Learn how to rest without fighting yourself

Grounded Ambition is a 5-week guided course that teaches you practical ways to navigate your inner world—especially the guilt, urgency, and inner tension that show up around work and rest.

Not by getting rid of anything.
Not by picking a side.
Not by learning something complicated.

But by learning simple, embodied ways of becoming more aware of what’s happening inside you—and staying with it long enough for natural inner resolution to occur.

When inner tension is no longer running the system reactively, rest becomes possible.
And ambition begins to flow from alignment instead of force.

This isn’t about becoming less driven or ambitious.
It’s about developing the capacity to feel, in real time, whether work or rest is the most supportive response—and acting from that clarity.

How the course works

Each week, you’ll practice a small but meaningful shift in how you meet inner tension.

You’ll learn how to:

pause and recognize what’s happening inside you
stay present without forcing or overriding yourself
listen to inner signals instead of managing or suppressing them
trust what emerges from that listening

These are short, guided practices you can use in real moments—at the end of a workday, on weekends, or whenever that familiar push-and-pull appears.

The result:greater inner coherence and self-trust.
You’ll rest when rest is needed, and act when action feels aligned.

Fully recorded. Fully self-paced.

How the course is structured

Each week builds one core capacity, practiced gently and integrated over time:

Week 1 — Recognizing
Noticing and naming inner tension without immediately obeying it
Week 2 — Resourcing
Creating enough steadiness to stay present with inner tension
Week 3 — Relating
Listening to inner tension instead of managing it
Week 4 — Respecting
Letting action emerge from inner coherence, not force
Week 5 — Returning
Integrating this work over time—without chasing a finish line

Together, these capacities form a simple, repeatable way of working with inner conflict—one you can return to long after the course ends, across all areas of life.

Grounded Ambition teaches you how to understand inner tension instead of reacting to it.

When tension no longer runs the system automatically, rest and ambition become conscious choices—made in response to what’s actually needed.

This isn’t about doing less.
It’s about living with greater clarity and agency.

Why I created this course

I'm Stephen Tracy.

From working in high-performance environments to building my own business, for years rest made me anxious. Not because I didn’t need it—but because I felt guilty about enjoying it.

I’d go on a trip and spend the whole time wanting to get back to my to-do list—while also feeling frustrated that I couldn’t just enjoy being away.

What changed wasn’t a better routine or improved self-management.
My ambition didn’t disappear.
Neither did my need for rest.

What changed was learning a way of relating to inner tension that I’d never been taught.

As I developed a new relationship with the parts of me that believed productivity kept me safe, rest became something I could allow—and eventually enjoy.

Grounded Ambition is the distillation of that shift.
It draws from years of lived experience, coaching, somatic practice, and parts-based work with founders, creatives, and high-performing professionals navigating guilt, rest, and ambition.

All of that has been condensed into a simple, accessible course—designed to meet you where you actually are.

This is the first public version of Grounded Ambition.

I’m inviting a small group of founding participants at a reduced rate in exchange for honest feedback, reflections, and help shaping the future version of the course.

Founding Cohort Details

Start: Immediate access after purchase
Format: Recorded, self-paced
Founding price: $50 (future price: $250)
Spots: Limited to the first 100 participants

In return, I ask for:

candid feedback on what landed and what didn’t
short reflections on your experience (optional testimonials)

As a thank-you:
Anyone who completes the course and shares feedback will receive a complimentary 1:1 coaching conversation with me (additional value: $250).

Founding cohort special invitation

What’s included

~2 hours of short, focused teaching videos
5 guided experiential practices you can return to anytime
5 one-page PDF summaries (one per week)
A short supporting email series for integration
A complimentary 1:1 coaching conversation upon completion
Lifetime access

Everything is designed to be simple, non-overwhelming, and easy to return to.

Clarity Guarantee

If, after spending time with the first two modules, you don’t feel:

more self-aware
less internally tense
clearer about what’s happening inside you

Email me for a full refund.
No questions asked.

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