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Good Kid Trauma: Why High-Achieving Adults Feel So Exhausted | Maggie Nick (Bonus Episode)
·43 min·3 clips
Maggie Nick reveals how her viral post exposed the hidden pain of high-achieving 'good kids' worldwide.
As heard by us
What looks like easy composure can turn into a habit of staying in the head.
This episode follows easygoing, rational people who learn to live in their heads, then asks what that habit costs. It connects the good kid pattern to intellectualizing everything, nervous-system reactions, and the effort to make life feel logical when it is mostly being felt.
Why you'd press play
For when the good-kid reflex has you living in your head, saying yes on autopilot, and calling it being easygoing.
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