You’re Not Broken. Your Nervous System Is Stuck on High Alert!
- Sam Bowker
- Jan 18
- 1 min read
Updated: Jan 18

High performers rarely think they have anxiety.
They think they are driven.
Disciplined.
Ambitious.
Maybe just a bit intense.
Here is the truth.
If you are always on, always thinking, always pushing, and secretly cannot relax, that is anxiety wearing a productivity badge.
Your nervous system is stuck in sympathetic mode.
Fight-Flight-Achieve-Control-Repeat.
So you do more!
You work harder.
Train harder.
Push through.
Drink to come down.
Scroll to switch off.
Crash when you finally stop.
The performance is not the problem; your inability to downshift is.
Most high performers are not failing because they lack discipline. They are exhausted because their nervous system never stands down.
I do not coach you to slow down. I help your nervous system stand down.
When regulation returns:
focus becomes clearer
performance becomes sustainable
rest stops feeling forced
calm stops being something you chase
Let me be clear!
This is not about becoming less driven!
It's about no longer living in survival mode.
I want you to thrive, not just survive!
When your nervous system is regulated, high performance stops costing you your health.
You still get to be ambitious.
You still get to be successful.
BUT you do it from regulation, not survival.
If you're reading this and thinking, "That's me," take the Free Anxiety quiz below to discover whether your drive is coming from alignment or survival.


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