You know those traits people constantly praise you for — your resilience, your strength, your emotional intelligence, your ability to hold everything together? What if those very qualities weren’t things you chose, but things life quietly assigned to you long before you ever thought about success?
In this episode, Farya Barlas, Psychologist, explores the invisible link between childhood dynamics, nervous system survival codes, and the gifts high-achievers are celebrated for, even when those gifts were born from moments they don’t remember or never want to relive.
Inside this episode, you’ll uncover:
- Why certain strengths feel “natural” even though you never consciously chose them
- How to identify the moment your most admired qualities were first needed
- Which gifts come from nervous system survival coding, and why people praise you for them
- Why high achievers often run their businesses on skills learned in childhood chaos
- The subtle signs that your leadership is still tied to an old assignment, not a mature identity
- How hyper-attunement, radical independence, or over-delivering can turn into burnout
- A simple reflection to trace your brilliance back to its origin (and evolve it)
- The difference between being brilliant from survival and being brilliant from choice
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