#124 Why Success Still Feels Scarce — And How to Stop Over-Earning From Fear.

You’ve built success, but it still doesn’t feel safe. This episode unpacks why high-capacity humans over-earn from fear — and how recalibration shifts you into enoughness, peace, and true provision.

What happens when success still feels scarce — even after you’ve built more than enough?

For many high-capacity humans, over-earning isn’t about greed — it’s about fear. The nervous system learned early that self-reliance equals survival, and so every season of abundance is still shadowed by an old story: collapse is coming.

That’s why provision without alignment becomes pressure. No number in the bank can settle the ache, because the nervous system doesn’t measure dollars — it measures identity congruence. Until who you are feels secure, no income level will feel safe.

In this episode of The Recalibration, Julie Holly unpacks why enoughness is an identity issue, not a net-worth issue. You’ll discover:

• Why abundance often feels provisional — the body still living in yesterday’s story
• The science of over-earning as a survival strategy, not ambition
• The language of the striving zone and provisional mindset — and why they never resolve with more zeros
• Andrew Carnegie’s story: from poverty to over-earning, to philanthropy still shaped by pressure
• A five-step framework to begin recalibrating your money story into true enoughness

Today’s Micro Recalibration:
“Where am I still chasing security through more — when alignment would give me enough right now?”

If you’ve ever pushed for more but never felt safe enough to rest, this episode will give you language for what you’re experiencing and show you how recalibration shifts provision from pressure into peace.

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