**This podcast has been renamed to The Conditioning Culprit, the podcast for growth-oriented, high-achieving individuals ready to initiate radical change in life and work. This episode is highly relevant to those looking for content related to the intersection between business, mindset, and spirituality.

This is the introductory episode of Musings of a High Achiever, the podcast for people who identify as type A, driven personalities who are interested in deepening their self-awareness. This episode discusses the conditioning that high achievers are susceptible to, the professional dissatisfaction that led Maki to go on a deep personal development journey, and how what she discovered along the way applies to other high achievers who want to release the burden of the expectations of others to live life on their own terms.

When you're ready for a change, you might feel crazy. Are you insane to want something different for your life when you have it good already? Nope. Success that's created based on someone else's expectations and not your own can never be truly fulfilling. The point of this first episode is not only to introduce you to the premise of the show, but also to give you permission to want something different. To see yourself reflected in someone else's experience in a way that is validating, and perhaps galvanizing. Are you ready to go deep?