The Shocking Truth About Your Stress Addiction

In this episode, I unpack something most of us don’t even realise we’re doing, linking our self-worth to stress. I share a personal story of powering through a Tuesday that should have felt like a win, but left my body trembling and my mind strangely proud. It hit me: I’d become addicted to stress because my brain had wired it to mean “achievement.”We explore how our nervous systems get stuck in fight-or-flight mode and how that keeps us chasing the next “hit” of productivity. I talk about how we can gently separate adrenaline from ambition, and introduce some simple experiments to start breaking the cycle, from “pre-celebrating” wins to a Two-Tab Rule that helps protect your focus.You’ll also hear about daily body check-ins and how to spot when you’re operating from pressure instead of precision. Calm doesn’t mean you’re doing less, it means you’re doing it from a place of grounded confidence.You can grab your copy of The Calm Planner hereYou can grab your copy of The Calm Planner hereThis episode includes AI-generated content.