19. The Applause Identity: How High Achieving Women Can Stop Living for Approval with Farrah Khimji

Send us Fan MailMany high achieving women spend years building impressive lives without realizing they're building them for someone else.In this episode, Robina is joined by business strategist, keynote speaker, and founder of The Wellth Experience, Farrah Khimji, for a conversation about what she calls the "applause identity." They discuss how women can unknowingly build their lives around external validation, chasing recognition, achievement, and acceptance while becoming disconnected from who they truly are.Farrah shares the pivotal life experience that challenged the identity she had built around performance and success, leading her to redefine what it means to live and lead authentically. Together, she and Robina explore why external validation shapes our decisions, relationships, and careers, and how learning to trust yourself instead of chasing applause creates greater freedom, confidence, and fulfillment.In this episode, they share:• What the "applause identity" is and why so many high achieving women experience it• How external validation shapes your decisions and sense of self• Why achievement alone will never create lasting fulfillment• The difference between performing for approval and leading with authenticity• How self trust creates a more sustainable and meaningful definition of successConnect with Farrah:• Instagram: @farrahkhimji | @thewellthexperience• LinkedIn: @farrah-khimji• Website: thewellthexperience.com Support the showConnect with Robina:• Substack: Becoming Her • Website: routeofhealing.com• Instagram: @routeofhealing• Quiz: Personalized Hormone Balance Reset