#18 You Don't Have to Hate Yourself to Win

The Dr. Olafsson Podcast · Oct 8, 2026 · 37m

Today's guest is... me.

At a young age, I learned that I was loved for what I did, not for who I am. For the vast majority of my life, I've been driven by not being enough, always working to validate my existence and prove my worth through something external. That program gave me accomplishments I once only dreamed of. But nothing on the inside ever quite filled up.

You have that inner critic too. And if you're like me, at some point in your journey, after trying to fill the emptiness inside with something outside yourself, you get tired of living this way and want to change. But you're…