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About "hustling" 🤬!
"Hustle was never meant to be a permanent state. It was a survival tool that has now expired."
- Dr. Mariel Buqué
This quote hit home...
We've been sold hustle as an identity. As proof of worth. As the price of admission for anyone who wants to build something meaningful.
But what if the very thing driving you is also draining you?
Dr. Buqué, a psychologist and trauma expert, explains that for many of us, especially high achievers, children of immigrants, anyone who's had to prove their place—hustle wasn't a choice. It was protection.
- Hustle kept us safe when we didn't feel "enough."
- Hustle gave us control when life felt chaotic.
- Hustle was the armour we put on so no one could see the soft spots underneath.
And it worked. It got us here.
But here's the catch: What once protected you now just weighs you down when there's no battle left to fight.
If you're feeling:
- Exhausted but unable to stop
- Successful but empty
- Driven but disconnected from why
...it might not be that you're doing something wrong.
It might be that your survival tool has expired, and your nervous system is still running on emergency mode.
The neuroscience? (My fav!)
When we operate from survival hustle, we're stuck in sympathetic dominance (fight or flight). The brain perceives not hustling as a threat. So we keep running... even when no one's chasing us.
The way out isn't more discipline. It's safety.
It's letting your system know: You can rest now. You've already survived. Now it's time to build from wholeness, not from lack. I shared a little bit more of my story / about this topic HERE.
So here's my question for you today:
What would you build if you stopped building to prove you belong and started building from a place of already belonging? Are you already doing that?
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