You’re Not Fine — You’re Overriding Yourself

About this episode

Kim Gross discusses the concept of overriding oneself and its impact on emotional well-being, particularly for people-pleasers and perfectionists.

Are you really okay — or are you overriding yourself? In this episode, Kim Gross introduces a new concept on the podcast: override. Override is what happens when you push past your emotions, your body, your needs, or your truth in order to keep going, stay pleasing, stay productive, or stay in control. Kim explores how the Inner Controller often uses override as a survival strategy, especially for people-pleasers and perfectionists. She explains the difference between healthy regulation and harmful repression, how many of us were trained to override as children, and why pushing through may actually be keeping us disconnected from freedom. This episode will help you notice where you may be saying “I’m fine” when you are not fine, calling yourself strong when you are actually self-abandoning, or confusing control with safety. Connect with Kim: 👉 Connect with Kim (the host): 👉 New Book: https://www.kimgrosscoaching.com/free-to-be.php 👉 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kimgrosscoaching 👉 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimgrosscoaching/ 👉 Website: www.kimgrosscoaching.com 👉 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kim.gross.104 👉 Facebook Masks Off Community…

People in this episode

Host: Kim Gross

Topics covered

• emotional regulation
• self-awareness
• people-pleasing
• perfectionism
• inner freedom

Keywords

• override
• emotions
• self-abandoning
• control
• safety

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