#106 You Don’t Have to Prove You’ve Recovered

Still trying to prove you're okay? Real recovery doesn't need performance. This episode exposes the pressure to prove and invites you into peace-driven leadership.

For high-capacity humans, healing doesn’t always come after hardship — sometimes it follows a season of success. But instead of rest, many feel pressure to prove they’re still elite, still productive, still capable.

This episode unpacks the unseen exhaustion of performing your recovery and explores what it really looks like to lead from overflow instead of effort.

You’ll hear:

• The subtle identity-level pressure that drives high achievers to “prove” they’ve healed
• Julie’s vulnerable story about the internal distortion that followed success — and the honesty required to recalibrate
• Why recovery is not always a reaction to trauma, but sometimes to achievement
• Daniel Ek’s example of recalibrated leadership under pressure from Spotify investors
• What it means to model regulated leadership without apology

Today’s Micro-Recalibration:
What are you still trying to prove?
And what would happen if peace became your proof?

Leader-Specific Recalibration:
Let your presence — not your performance — do the leading. Stop over-explaining your recovery. Show your team what regulated leadership looks like.

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