If stillness feels unsafe, if your value has always been measured by what you do—this episode is for you. Dawn Elgin unpacks the truth about hustle, performance, and power: how what we call “drive” is often unresolved trauma in a productivity costume.

In this raw and sacred transmission, Dawn shares her own story of breaking up with hustle and learning to let alignment, not urgency, lead. You’ll be guided through the Power Repatterning Drop-In, a practice to reconnect with your body and rewrite the story of what power really means.

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💡 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ How performance and productivity became your safety strategies
✅ Why hustle is a nervous system pattern, not a personality trait
✅ A guided somatic practice to return to your body and power from within

Takeaways

Hustle is often a response to trauma and societal conditioning.
True power is about coherence and flow, not control.
Competition is a learned behavior, not a natural state.
Intimacy with the self is essential for personal growth.
Understanding one's truth is a pivotal step in self-discovery.
The journey of self-awareness involves letting go of external validation.
Ego plays a role in our identity but should not define us.
Cultivating self-trust is crucial for inner peace.
Leading from presence allows for authentic expression.
We are all capable of recognizing the light within ourselves.
Chapters
00:00 Reclaiming Power Through Alignment
03:18 The Illusion of Hustle and Productivity
06:41 The Dichotomy of Masculine and Feminine Energy
12:39 Understanding Ego and Competition
16:30 Cultivating Self-Trust and Awareness
20:45 Personal Journey: Letting Go of the Hustle
30:25 Finding Your True Self Beyond Performance