The identity crisis nobody warns high-performing women about after becoming a mother. Why maternity leave feels psychologically harder for high-achieving women. Motherhood is the first job where high-performing women often feel invisible. At work, effort gets rewarded. In motherhood, it goes unnoticed. Why so many high performing women feel “lost” after having children. Returning to work after maternity leave changes more than your schedule — it changes your identity. Why amb

How early conditioning shapes adult ambition, burnout, and self-worth. Growing up under a never good enough parenting approach, pushed these women to over perform, yet as a consequence have an incredibly low self esteem, caused by an incredibly harsh self evaluation. The inner critic never stops until complete exhaustion. Listen to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/se/podcast/dr-simones-mind-space/id1532493956 @drschwank @unesurcent

A nuanced psychological take on ambition, polarity, and nervous system imbalance. Throughout my life, I was striving after self competition, wanting to be better, faster, stronger, embracing the masculine side in me to the fullest. Yet, this had a clear impact on my physical wellbeing. Always suppressing the feminine side in me. I never felt balanced, always something missing that I didn’t dare to embrace: the feminine, softer side in me. The balance among the two sides is cr

A high-level discussion on extreme personality traits in corporate environments - and how to protect your nervous system. Narcissistic personalities, especially in leadership positions are unfortunately common. People with these traits are clearly drawn to such positions of power, status, and reputation. Positions, where they can decide over others, manipulate them, and play with them. Play a cats and mice game. When exposed to such a personality, the safest choice is, to di