In this deeply honest and powerful conversation, Katie sits down with coaching client Kayla to explore what happens when strength, perfectionism, and survival mode stop working — and what it takes to rebuild self-trust from the inside out.
Kayla shares her journey as a lifelong athlete whose identity was built on performance, discipline, and pushing through discomfort. After a major health event forced her to slow down, she realized she didn’t know how to listen to her body, sit with emotions, or show up for herself without abandoning her needs.
Together, Katherine and Kayla unpack self-abandonment, people-pleasing, hyper-independence, and trauma stored in the body — and why insight alone isn’t enough without real-time support and nervous system regulation.
This episode is a raw look at what healing actually looks like: messy, uncomfortable, nonlinear — and deeply human.
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