We explore how delayed grief hides behind productivity, why high performers avoid feelings, and how unprocessed pain erupts later at the worst time. We share tools for self-awareness, practical daily structure, and permission to perform at 80 percent without guilt.
• foundations and purpose as a coping style
• delayed grief versus immediate grieving
• high-stakes performance and emotional avoidance
• triggers, tears, and owning your responses
• stress curves, perfectionism, and 80 percent goals
• strengths that grow under adversity and weaknesses that need care
• cognitive load and the laundry pile metaphor
• building and using a support system
• small restorers: pets, walks, low-tech downtime
• practical strategies and the 3-2-3-2 method created by Dr. Angelia Williams
