
Susan F. Filan, ESQ., The Wake-up Call Speaker & Coach
Speaker & Strategic Advisor
For High Performers Facing Life’s Wake-Up Call™
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July 14, 2025
When Success Stops Feeling Good
You checked every box. The career. The accolades. The house. The life that looks damn good on paper. But something’s off. You can feel it in your body. In the silence between meetings. In the questions that won’t go away: Is this it?Why do I feel so empty?What am I doing all this for? This is what I call a wake-up call.It doesn’t always look like disaster. Sometimes it looks like achievement that no longer fits.You’re not crazy. You’re not broken. You’re not ungrateful.You’re awakening. When your outer success no longer matches your inner truth, life will shake the foundation

July 13, 2025
The Truth Will Set You Free (But First It Will Wreck You)
We say we want clarity. We say we want truth.But what we usually want is comfort—dressed up as clarity. Here’s what no one tells you:Real truth undoes you first. It strips away the stories, the roles, the masks.It brings up fear, grief, anger, and resistance.But underneath all of that? Is freedom. The truth isn’t cruel—it’s clean.And once you face it, you stop spinning in doubt, self-betrayal, and overthinking. You get your energy back. You stop performing.You breathe again. As The Wake-Up Call Coach™, I help clients confront the truth they’ve been avoiding—so they can finally reclaim their clarity, power, and

July 12, 2025
You’re Not Lost. You’re Waking Up.
You’re doing everything right—and still something feels wrong. Maybe it’s burnout. Maybe it’s a relationship unraveling.Maybe it’s nothing specific—just a persistent feeling that you’ve outgrown the life you’re in. Let me tell you this: You’re not lost.You’re waking up. Waking up looks like confusion, like discomfort, like exhaustion that won’t quit.But it’s not the end. It’s the beginning.Of seeing clearly.Of telling the truth.Of building a life that’s aligned with who you really are—not who you’ve been pretending to be. I’ve walked this path. I know how disorienting it feels.That’s why I’m here—to walk beside you as you cross the threshold
