Most people think they’re stuck because they're not quite "there" yet. They’re not confident enough yet.They’re not healed enough yet.They’re not successful enough yet. But what if the real reason you feel stuck has nothing to do with any of that… and everything to do with how you unconsciously learnt to survive? For years, I thought the problem was me. The overthinking.The people-pleasing.The need to perform. I genuinely believed I just needed to work harder on myself (more therapy, more...

August 2023.I volunteer for an impromptu speech at a Toastmasters event. A few hours earlier I’d given my first paid talk and was still riding the high. The host asks me a question. I begin speaking, but notice someone in the crowd with a stern expression. Suddenly my mind goes blank. Nothing. For almost a minute I stand there frozen, words gone, a deer in headlights. I somehow finish and sit down. That moment haunted me for months. Every time I thought about speaking again, the same images...

Exhaustion isn’t weakness.It's a message.Your mind can ignore it.Your calendar can override it. But your body will always tell the truth. At first it whispers: fatigue, tension, headaches.Then it gets louder: insomnia, burnout, illness. And if you still don’t listen, it will scream. Because your body doesn’t care about your deadlines. It doesn’t care about your image.It doesn’t care about who you think you need to be. It cares about survival. For Sensitive High Achievers, this is the hardest...