INFORMAZIONI SU QUESTO EPISODIO
What happens when you've built the life you were meant to want, yet no longer feel fully present inside it?
Clinical psychologist Dr. Shahrzad Jalali joins Antonette Oloo to examine the hidden emotional cost of high functioning and high achievement. Drawing on her work with successful adults, she explains how self-sacrifice, people-pleasing, trauma patterns, and constant productivity can slowly disconnect us from our needs, identity, and sense of agency.
Dr. Jalali also shares the personal tragedy behind her book, The Fire That Makes Us, which blends fiction and psychological insight to explore grief, relational trauma, and the possibility of rewriting familiar patterns.
The conversation moves from why chaos can feel safer than calm to the role of rest, attention, and nervous system regulation in finding a way back to yourself.
This episode is for anyone who looks capable on the outside but feels exhausted, numb, unsettled, or unsure what all the achievement was for.
Explore Dr. Jalali's She Owns Success Expert Profile:
https://www.sheownssuccess.com/experts/shahrzad-jalali/
Learn more from Dr. Jalali on TikTok
https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.jalalipsyd
Learn more about The Fire That Makes Us, and Regulate to Rise
https://drshahrzadjalali.com/
