Send us a text "What if the smartest part of your brain is the one that learned to hide?" We start with a grounding practice to meet the body where it is, then sit with therapist and podcast host Malisa Hepner to unpack how the "golden child" mask, complex trauma, and perfectionism can quietly fracture a life—and how she pieced it back together. In this conversation: Trauma as separation from self, not just "bad events"Why high achievers often carry hidden hypervigilanceThe spiritual awakenin...
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Send us a text "What if the smartest part of your brain is the one that learned to hide?" We start with a grounding practice to meet the body where it is, then sit with therapist and podcast host Malisa Hepner to unpack how the "golden child" mask, complex trauma, and perfectionism can quietly fracture a life—and how she pieced it back together. In this conversation: Trauma as separation from self, not just "bad events"Why high achievers often carry hidden hypervigilanceThe spiritual awakenin...
Your Brain is Getting High on Dreams You Never Chase
Lift OneSelf -Podcast
8 minutes
2 months ago
Your Brain is Getting High on Dreams You Never Chase
Send us a text Ever notice how good it feels to dream about that business you'll start, that trip you'll take, or that project you'll finally finish? There's a reason for that intoxicating rush – your brain is literally throwing you a chemical party. Dopamine, serotonin, endorphins, and norepinephrine flood your system, creating a natural high that feels amazing... but often leads nowhere. The uncomfortable truth? Most of us have become dream addicts. We get high off possibilities without doi...
Lift OneSelf -Podcast
Send us a text "What if the smartest part of your brain is the one that learned to hide?" We start with a grounding practice to meet the body where it is, then sit with therapist and podcast host Malisa Hepner to unpack how the "golden child" mask, complex trauma, and perfectionism can quietly fracture a life—and how she pieced it back together. In this conversation: Trauma as separation from self, not just "bad events"Why high achievers often carry hidden hypervigilanceThe spiritual awakenin...
