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High performers, quick check: is your “heads-down, get it done” mode quietly draining connection at home? If you’re a black-or-white thinker, it probably is.
In this episode, I share a hard truth I faced at a high-level event (hat tip to my guy Chris Whitehead): I carried a hidden belief, “If I level up, I’ll lose my person.” That belief was steering my marriage, my pace, and my stress. And it shows up everywhere for high achievers.
Then we dig into the one critical skill most people skip while “doing all the right things”: actually being in your body while you act, so your nervous system releases the e-brake instead of white-knuckling through change. No more phoning it in with therapy, journaling, workouts, or PT. Presence is the multiplier.
What we cover:
- Why success can trigger distance (and how to stop spouse “whiplash”)
- The two beliefs that sabotage intimacy and momentum—and what to install instead
- The E-Brake Exercise: a quick, guided practice to feel the emotion, get the message, and release tension so action finally sticks
- The 4 reset questions that rebuild connection fast (with your partner, your kids, and yourself)
- How inner-child work turns self-sabotage into speed and clarity
Try the E-Brake Exercise (on the pod):
Close your eyes, recall the charged moment, feel the body tighten, then soften your focus and ask:
- What do I need to learn here?
- What matters most right now?
Open the “paper” in your palm (you’ll hear me cue it) and read what your body’s been trying to tell you. That’s your next move.
Why grab the FREE High-Performer’s Cheat Sheet (right now):
✅ Spot Your Blind Spots Fast – See the body signals and stress tells most high performers miss until burnout.
✅ Flip Stress Into Clarity – Use the Pain-to-Power scale to downshift your nervous system in minutes.
✅ Upgrade Your Language – Get simple words for what you feel so you can change it, not stuff it.
✅ Release Hidden Scripts – Replace “success = sacrifice” with beliefs that let you win at business and love.
✅ Do More With Less Energy – Free up bandwidth to lead, love, and live—without grinding yourself down.
👉 Get it here
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High performers, quick check: is your “heads-down, get it done” mode quietly draining connection at home? If you’re a black-or-white thinker, it probably is.
In this episode, I share a hard truth I faced at a high-level event (hat tip to my guy Chris Whitehead): I carried a hidden belief, “If I level up, I’ll lose my person.” That belief was steering my marriage, my pace, and my stress. And it shows up everywhere for high achievers.
Then we dig into the one critical skill most people skip while “doing all the right things”: actually being in your body while you act, so your nervous system releases the e-brake instead of white-knuckling through change. No more phoning it in with therapy, journaling, workouts, or PT. Presence is the multiplier.
What we cover:
- Why success can trigger distance (and how to stop spouse “whiplash”)
- The two beliefs that sabotage intimacy and momentum—and what to install instead
- The E-Brake Exercise: a quick, guided practice to feel the emotion, get the message, and release tension so action finally sticks
- The 4 reset questions that rebuild connection fast (with your partner, your kids, and yourself)
- How inner-child work turns self-sabotage into speed and clarity
Try the E-Brake Exercise (on the pod):
Close your eyes, recall the charged moment, feel the body tighten, then soften your focus and ask:
- What do I need to learn here?
- What matters most right now?
Open the “paper” in your palm (you’ll hear me cue it) and read what your body’s been trying to tell you. That’s your next move.
Why grab the FREE High-Performer’s Cheat Sheet (right now):
✅ Spot Your Blind Spots Fast – See the body signals and stress tells most high performers miss until burnout.
✅ Flip Stress Into Clarity – Use the Pain-to-Power scale to downshift your nervous system in minutes.
✅ Upgrade Your Language – Get simple words for what you feel so you can change it, not stuff it.
✅ Release Hidden Scripts – Replace “success = sacrifice” with beliefs that let you win at business and love.
✅ Do More With Less Energy – Free up bandwidth to lead, love, and live—without grinding yourself down.
👉 Get it here