Survival Mode: When Does It Help Us & When Does It Work Against Us?

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">‘Tis the season for functioning in survival mode. With busy schedules, to-do lists, holiday plans, and the usual end-of-year stuff, sometimes all we can muster is just “good enough”. We can’t always be in peak achievement mode, and that’s okay. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But when survival mode becomes less a temporary phase, and more a chronic state of being, there’s a problem. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How can we tell if survival mode is becoming more maladaptive and toxic? What can we do when we’re stuck in survival mode? </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, I share what a long-term state of survival tells us and what we can do about it. </span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Three Things You’ll Learn In This Episode </strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>- The good thing about survival mode </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Is working in survival mode ever acceptable? </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>- Chronic survival mode vs. hibernation </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sometimes we slow down to prepare for a big leap forward, but how do we make sure that’s what’s happening? </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>- The giant caveat of functioning in survival mode </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How can we tell if our survival mode is a symptom of something deeper and far more serious?</span></p>