
What Happens When Survival Mode Ends
What happens when the business finally gets quiet enough for you to hear yourself think again?
In this episode, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper explores the emotional space that opens up after survival mode starts to loosen its grip. Not the chaotic version of survival mode — the competent version. The nonstop producing, solving, carrying, and maintaining that slowly becomes normal.
Tara reflects on:
why the first thing that surfaces in quiet is often guilt, worry, or discomfort
how maintenance work drains creativity, joy, and connection
what starts re-emerging once the right people are in the right…
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