Ep 63 | S3 E18: Self-Override at Work: The Pressure to Push Through

About this episode

This episode explores how the pressure to push through at work keeps women stuck in survival mode and the subtle patterns of self-override that contribute to burnout.

In this episode of the Self-Override Mini-Series, we explore how the pressure to push through at work keeps women stuck in survival mode. You’ll learn how self-override shows up in subtle workplace patterns, over-functioning, over-explaining, and ignoring the body’s signals in the name of productivity. Because burnout isn’t the root. Override is. We’ll explore: • Why high-performing women override themselves at work • How survival mode becomes normalized in professional spaces &nb...

People in this episode

Host: Natasha

Topics covered

• self-override
• workplace pressure
• burnout
• women in the workplace
• productivity
• survival mode

Keywords

• self-override
• workplace patterns
• over-functioning
• over-explaining
• burnout
• high-performing women

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