180 - When Your Identity Gets Threatened

Getting After It · Mar 2, 2026 · 31m · transcript

This week shook me.

Not because I failed publicly.

Not because I got injured.

But because things that used to feel easy suddenly became heavy.

I started a new role. The pressure increased. My mental load expanded. And when I went out to run 30 miles… I only ran 10.

What hurt wasn’t the missed miles.

It was the story my mind told me afterward.

In this episode, we talk about:

Why growth often feels like regression

The psychology of imposter syndrome

Performance growth vs. capacity growth

How stress affects physical output

How to stabilize when your identity feels threatened

Tactical ways to…