Achievement Was Her Drug: Dr. Jen Heemstra on High Achievers, Self-Worth, and Finding What Really Drives You (Part 1)

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If you're a high achiever, this one's for you.

Dr. Jen Heemstra figured out early that achievement was the one thing she could control. So she controlled it. Grades, awards, being the person who had it all together. She literally calls it her drug, and here's the part that gets you: it worked. It built the kind of career most people chase their whole lives.

Then she got to the top, and the drug stopped working. That's where part one begins.

In this episode you'll hear:

Why achievement became the thing she reached for, and what it was really coveringThe wake-up call that made her question everything she'd builtHow being told she was "bad at science" at fourteen backfired in the best wayThe box of rocks that showed her what actually drives herWhat changes the day you stop performing your life and start choosing it

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
03:00 The home she grew up in
05:00 Why achievement became her anchor
11:00 The worst day, and the wake-up call
13:00 Deciding to show up as herself
29:00 When we start questioning our lives
35:00 "You're bad at science"
38:00 The box of rocks
42:00 The lab she runs now
49:00 Gratitude, and the people who carried her

Jen's book, Labwork to Leadership: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674258630

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