What happens when you take all your childhood trauma, perfectionism, and people-pleasing... and aim it at climbing the corporate ladder?

In this episode, I'm getting real about my years in corporate America, where I was praised for the exact same behaviors that were destroying me. Where "dedication" was code for ignoring my body's warning signals. Where I was building someone else's empire while slowly dying inside.

I worked 60-70 hour weeks. Got the promotions. Earned the raises. Looked successful on the outside while feeling completely empty on the inside. Because I was working from a place of unworthiness, trying to prove I was valuable instead of knowing I was valuable.

And then my body said enough.

Cancer at 35 became my wake-up call. My "change or die" moment. The point where I had to ask: if I survive this, what kind of life do I actually want to live?

You'll hear about:

• Why corporate culture rewards the behaviors that destroy you
• How perfectionism disguises itself as "high standards"
• The difference between working hard and working at the wrong things
• Why external validation never fills the void of not knowing your purpose
• How cancer forced me to choose between transformation and death
• The questions that changed everything: "Am I building my dream or someone else's?"

If you're in corporate burnout right now, if you're climbing a ladder that's leaning against the wrong wall, if your body is screaming at you to change something... this episode is your permission slip.

You don't need cancer to give you permission to transform your life. You can choose it right now.

Your exhaustion is not a character flaw. It's information.

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