Raised to Perform: The Long-Term Impact of Performance-Based Childhoods

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Dr. Simone explores the psychological cost of relentless ambition and the importance of embracing softness and connection for success.

Power, Pressure, and the Price of Constant Output: Dr. Simone's explores the psychological cost of relentless ambition and the imbalance between masculine drive and the suppressed feminine side. Through personal stories and observations, she highlights how constant output affects mental and physical well-being. Inspired by successful, feminine women she met in Shanghai, Dr. Simone's urges embracing softness, beauty, and connection as a path to greater success, balance, and nervous system recovery—especially for women navigating male-dominated environments. @drschwank @unesurcent

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Simone, drschwank

Topics covered

• performance-based childhoods
• psychological cost of ambition
• mental well-being
• feminine success
• male-dominated environments
• nervous system recovery

Keywords

• performance
• childhood
• ambition
• mental health
• feminine
• success
• balance
• nervous system

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Organizations: unesurcent

Places: Shanghai

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