As a High Achiever, a System that is Accelerating and Braking
at the same time – is Common.
This is the autonomic conflict most high achievers never identify.
The sympathetic nervous system – the accelerator – drives performance, vigilance, and output.
The parasympathetic – the brake – attempts to regulate, to bring the system back to balance.
Both running at the same time means the system
isn’t seamlessly switching between the two (branches) as it should.
The result is a system burning through its own resources.
Your system is being flooded with adrenaline and cortisol,
which are like a poison to the system when released over prolonged periods.
This results in insomnia and the inability to truly rest,
even when the body is exhausted.
To others, who don’t understand,
it can look like you’re lazy; to you, weakness, it is neither.
You’re running two systems against each other, indefinitely.
The system isn’t, however, antagonistic, as it was once thought,
and this is where the importance of the environment comes into play.
Living in Overdrive is Exhausting…
I did it all my life…
…stuck in the stress response.
I’m living proof you don’t have to keep living this way…
2014, the ICU experienced a complete collapse on all levels
2016 – Barcelona to Monaco
Mont Ventoux – after a rebuild.
This demonstrates a complete system recalibration, starting with a change in identity,
neuroplasticity – neurology – neurobiology
endocrinology and epigenetics,
a move out of overdrive, sympathetic dominance, stress, and low-level anxiety,
frustration, insecurities, insomnia…
The VISION I created is what I aimed for, doing whatever was required at that time…
… to move me forward.
No “blueprint” – just aligned choices based on current capacity, not capabilities…
…adaptability, flexibility, compassion for self.
If you’re like I used to be, you’re attempting to think into the future, plan for everything.
Controlling the external environment means you’ll not be at risk, vulnerable
If you control – force – grind and hustle hard and long enough – you’ll get what you’re looking for.
But what is it exactly you’re attempting to find?
You’re outsourcing your “self” regulation to activities and substances, environments.
When I transformed my life, I understood it must be changed from the inside out.
Making a commitment to living into my new
Identity, naturally meant,
the old one no longer existed, along with
the things it did by default to feel like itself.
Otherwise known as coping mechanisms.
There is no mythical perfect version of you,
it’s far better to consciously create a new YOU.
These photographs show intentional growth,
on the nervous system (regulation/flow)
emotional, mental (Mindset),
physical and spiritual levels.
Connection, rebuilding of trust,
measured competition, a change in
self-concept, awareness, esteem,
embodied confidence that isn’t
performance specific…
Go with The Flow
The Conscious Edge | Insight