They called it drive.But looking back? It was depletion that looked like dedication.

In today’s episode of Daily Power Boost, we explore how high performance, without emotional integration, becomes a hollow shell of leadership. The constant striving, saying yes to everything, pushing past limits... not out of clarity, but out of fear.

Because leadership without self-trust isn’t leadership. It’s self-abandonment on autopilot.

If you’re always producing but never present, this episode is for you.

You’re not lazy. You’re not broken.You’re just overdue for permission to lead from alignment.

In This Episode:

* Why high-performance achievers mistake exhaustion for excellence

* How overcommitment becomes a trauma response

* The difference between embodied leadership and performance

* A personal story of over-volunteering and reclaiming boundaries

* Three truths to realign your leadership with trust

✦ Reflection Prompts

* Where am I performing competence instead of embodying confidence?

* What do I believe will fall apart if I say “no”?

* How would my leadership shift if I fully trusted my inner rhythm?

✦ Action Steps

* Audit the OvercommitmentList the roles or tasks you're carrying. Which ones serve identity, not alignment?

* Feel Before You Say YesPause before you commit. Ask: “Is this an integrity yes, or an approval yes?”

* Rebuild from TrustChoose one task today to complete from a place of grounded clarity, not performance.

✦ Bonus Resources

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✦ On the Next Episode:

If Success Still Feels Empty, You’re Performing It

When achievement becomes a shield against truth—it’s time to come home to self.

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✦ References & Influences

* Gabor Maté – When the Body Says NoOn the cost of saying yes too often, and how performance masks trauma.

* Steve Chandler – The Prosperous CoachOn inner alignment as the real source of leadership power.

* Gay Hendricks – The Big LeapOn how upper limits can show up as over-responsibility.

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