EP 731 When Productivity Becomes a Prison: Releasing the Survival Cycle

Productivity can look like success on the outside… but inside, it can feel like a prison. In this episode of ProjectME with Tiffany Carter, I’m pulling back the curtain on a survival pattern I carried since childhood and how it shaped my business, my nervous system, and my relationship with abundance. If you’ve ever felt guilty for slowing down, unsafe when you’re still, or terrified that your success will collapse if you stop producing… this conversation will speak directly to you.

Productivity can look like success on the outside… but inside, it can feel like a prison. In this episode of ProjectME with Tiffany Carter, I’m pulling back the curtain on a survival pattern I carried since childhood — and how it shaped my business, my nervous system, and my relationship with abundance. If you’ve ever felt guilty for slowing down, unsafe when you’re still, or terrified that your success will collapse if you stop producing… this conversation will speak directly to you.

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You’ll learn why your brain clings to constant productivity, how this pattern once protected you but now keeps you stuck, and the powerful reframe that will help you release it so you can step into true freedom and overflow.

Inside this episode, you’ll discover:

  • The hidden survival wiring that makes stillness feel dangerous (and why it’s not your fault)
  • Why control doesn’t equal safety — and the neuroscience proving surrender is safer for your success
  • The signs that productivity has become your prison, even if your business looks abundant on the outside
  • How to re-pattern your nervous system so you can feel safe to rest, trust, and receive
  • The truth about how surrender actually expands your abundance, instead of risking it
  • The connection between productivity and burnout, productivity and childhood trauma, plus entrepreneurship and nervous system healing.

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