Episode10: Cut the Chase at 8: Unblurring Identity: How to Separate Who You Are from What You Do

About This Episode: Who are you… when you’re not producing, achieving, or performing?

In today’s episode of Cut the Chase at 8, Madison Samone Chase explores one of the most deeply rooted struggles of modern life — the blurred line between identity and productivity.

Many of us were taught that our job title defines our worth.

That our output determines our value.

That rest must be earned.

But what if who you are is not what you do?

In this episode, we unpack:

• Why high-achievers often attach their self-worth to work

• How burnout forms when identity and productivity merge

• The emotional and nervous-system toll of corporate survival mode

• How micro-choices help us reclaim purpose, presence, and peace

Through lived experience, reflection, and intentional micro-learning, this episode offers clarity, compassion, and a path back to self-trust, authentic identity, and freedom.

You’ll walk away with three grounding keys and one powerful reflection question to help you reconnect to who you truly are — beyond titles, roles, and expectations.

So take a breath.

Pull up a digital chair.

And let’s cut through the noise — together.

3 Keys 🔑 Featured in This Episode:

1️⃣ Identity is not productivity

2️⃣ Burnout begins when worth equals output

3️⃣ Micro-choices rebuild self-trust and purpose

1 Reflection Question:Who am I becoming when I remove my job title from my identity?

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