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How To Stop Living In Survival Mode, Without Losing Your Edge

Ep. 285

Episode 285. How To Stop Living In Survival Mode, Without Losing Your Edge


This week on Confidence From Within Podcast, we go deeper on the topic of urgency. 

If you are feeling the pressure of time, if your schedule is always overflowing and it feels like you are living in survival mode - it's time to opt out of urgency.

 

Why Listen To This Episode?
  • Why opt out of urgency, especially if you are a high-performing women 
  • Survival is very costly to women, especially in midlife
  • My challenging relationship with time
  • How I used urgency in my life (and why it stopped working in midlife)
  • What happens in menopause transition that leads to a lot of women's symptoms
  • Invitation to a wonderful live event, happening on January 28th, 2026


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