In this episode, I connected with Paula Torraco, founder of To Be Honest, whose journey from performing perfection to trusting what she knows deep inside became a process of remembering who she is beneath achievement and expectation.

Growing up in Argentina, Paula learned early to give the expected answer and excel at everything. In 2013, returning from Europe to find her apartment emptied by a robbery became a wake-up call. 

Starting again in the Netherlands without her possessions, professional identity or familiar surroundings confronted her with a deeper question: 

⇾ 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗺 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀? 

Deep dive talking points:

👉🏾 Performing perfection: how achievement gradually disconnected Paula from herself;

👉🏾 Starting again: why losing almost everything shattered an identity built around accomplishment;

👉🏾 Reconnecting with inner authority: learning to listen to her body and act on what she knows;

👉🏾 Choosing the unknown: leaving corporate security without knowing what came next;

👉🏾 Possibility through curiosity: questioning what no longer fits!

Nuggets of empowerment:

🙌🏾 Awareness creates the space to choose differently;

🙌🏾 We don't always need to know what's next but we do need to pay attention;

Paula's empowering words: 

🙌🏾 “My life changed when I started exploring and getting curious about what I didn't know.” 🙌🏾 

What changes when we stop giving the expected answer and start listening to our own?

Connect with Paula: 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulatorraco/ 

Website: https://www.paulatorraco.com/tobehonest 

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