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EPISODE · Oct 14, 2025 · 21 MIN

Breaking up with Superhuman Mode

from Your Odyssey Podcast · host Tara Alexandra & Karen Novy

We’ve all worn the cape. The one that says you can do it all, hold it all, fix it all. From the outside, it looks powerful. On the inside, it’s exhausting.   In this episode of Your Odyssey Podcast, Tara and Karen explore what it means to finally break up with Superhuman mode — the overfunctioning, overachieving, always-on identity that culture celebrates but our bodies and hearts can’t sustain.   You’ll hear: The lies that keep us striving to be Superhuman (“I’m the only one who can do it right,” “Rest is weakness”) The real cost of over-functioning — in our health, our relationships, and our sense of self What it looks like to choose wholeness instead: asking for help, saying no without guilt, and resting as resistance  Whether you’re burned out from hustle culture, tired of carrying everyone else’s weight, or simply ready to put the cape down, this conversation is your reminder: you don’t have to be Superhuman to be worthy. Being human is enough. Music: Love Is Waiting Produced in collaboration with VMJ Arts Collective Follow us on Instagram! Playlists: Spotify YouTube Music Chapters (00:00:54) - Checking In: How's Your Energy?(00:01:37) - The Superhuman Myth(00:02:57) - The Lies We Tell Ourselves(00:06:04) - The Costs of Being Superhuman(00:08:14) - Breaking Up with Superhuman Mode(00:10:03) - Practical Steps to Embrace Wholeness(00:14:35) - Question of the Day

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We’ve all worn the cape. The one that says you can do it all, hold it all, fix it all. From the outside, it looks powerful. On the inside, it’s exhausting.   In this episode of Your Odyssey Podcast, Tara and Karen explore what it means to finally break up with Superhuman mode — the overfunctioning, overachieving, always-on identity that culture celebrates but our bodies and hearts can’t sustain.   You’ll hear: The lies that keep us striving to be Superhuman (“I’m the only one who can do it right,” “Rest is weakness”) The real cost of over-functioning — in our health, our relationships, and our sense of self What it looks like to choose wholeness instead: asking for help, saying no without guilt, and resting as resistance  Whether you’re burned out from hustle culture, tired of carrying everyone else’s weight, or simply ready to put the cape down, this conversation is your reminder: you don’t have to be Superhuman to be worthy. Being human is enough. Music: Love Is Waiting Produced in collaboration with VMJ Arts Collective Follow us on Instagram! Playlists: Spotify YouTube Music

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