Have you been called "so calm" and "so together" your whole life, but inside you're screaming?

This episode is going to shake you to your core.

In this raw and honest conversation, I'm exploring the difference between performing calm and actually feeling calm and why the performance might be slowly killing you. We're unpacking how being praised for your composure when what you really needed was permission to fall apart has shaped every relationship you have.

In this episode, you'll discover:

1. Why emotional suppression masquerades as emotional maturity (and how to tell the difference)

2. The cultural weight of being the "strong one" and how it's passed down through generations

3. How performing calm attracts people who can't handle your humanity

4. The physical, mental, and spiritual cost of suppressing your emotions

5. Why your panic attacks, headaches, and exhaustion might be your body demanding to feel what you won't let yourself express

6. How to start feeling instead of performing without becoming an emotional mess

This episode is for you if:

• You're the one everyone comes to when they need someone to stay composed

• You've been called "low-maintenance" but you're actually just self-abandoning

• You feel lonely in your relationships because no one knows the real you

• You're exhausted from being everyone else's emotional stabilizer

• You want to learn the difference between regulation and suppression

You were not born to be everyone else's emotional stabilizer. Your feelings are not too much. Your needs are not inconvenient. Your emotional reality is not something you need to perform away.

The world needs your authentic presence, not your perfect performance. It's time to stop earning love through composure and start receiving it through honesty.

If you're ready to trade performance for presence, this episode will show you how.

🎧Tune in now!

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