Why Is It So Hard To Stop Being The Strong One?
About this episode
Carina Bull explores the impact of survival roles on women's identities and the journey of reconnecting with one's true self.
A lot of women believe they're "just the strong one." The peacekeeper. The responsible one. The woman everyone relies on. But what if those roles were never your personality? What if they were survival? In this episode, Carina explores why so many women mistake survival roles for who they are, and how the very patterns that once helped them feel safe can quietly become the things keeping them disconnected from themselves. Because survival has a remarkable way of disguising itself as identity. In this episode, we explore: Why so many women become the peacekeeper, the fixer, or the strong one How survival roles quietly become identity Why letting go of those roles can feel surprisingly unsafe The connection between nervous system safety and self-abandonment Why compassion creates more change than self-criticism How recognising the role is the beginning of reconnecting with yourself What becomes possible when you stop mistaking survival for personality If you've ever found yourself thinking: "I've always been the strong one." "It's just easier if I do it myself." "I don't really need anything." "That's just who I am." This episode is for you. Because maybe you've mistaken a survival…
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