What if the drive to achieve more is its own kind of addiction? Host Sana talks with trauma specialist Anu Verma about redefining success away from external validation and toward how you actually feel inside.

Anu shares how childhood trauma can leave the nervous system stuck in fight, flight, or freeze, why running from problems rarely solves them, and why forgiving those who hurt her was about releasing weight she no longer wanted to carry.

About the Guest:

Anu Verma is a trauma specialist, author, and speaker, and the founder of Victim to Victor. She holds an MSc in Physiology and Health and postgraduate training in psychological traumatology, combining neuroscience with her own lived experience.

Key Takeaways:

• Success looks different for everyone, there's no single right way to measure it.
• Achievement can become its own addiction, chasing wins because stopping feels unbearable.
• Childhood trauma can leave the nervous system stuck in fight, flight, or freeze.
• Forgiving someone is mainly about releasing weight you no longer have to carry.
• Self-love and self-acceptance often have to be learned, they don't always come naturally.

Connect With Anu Verma:

Website: https://victim2victor.net

Social media: search Anu Verma or Victim2Victor (with the number 2) on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn

Book and podcast: Victim 2 Victor

Links hub: linktr.ee/healing.journeyy

ANu Verma on The Mindful Living

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Welcome to The Mindful Journey (approx.)

[02:00] Meet Anu Verma (approx.)

[06:00] Redefining Success Beyond One Template (approx.)

[14:00] When Achievement Becomes an Addiction (approx.)

[22:00] Childhood Trauma and Nervous System Regulation (approx.)

[30:00] Forgiveness as Releasing Weight, Not Excusing Harm (approx.)

[36:00] Where to Find Anu (approx.)

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