The Breakdown That Rebuilt Me: My Origin Story

🎙 Episode 2: The Breakdown That Rebuilt Me: My Origin Story

Summary:
In this raw and revealing episode, Lauren shares the untold origin story that cracked her open and rebuilt her from the inside out. What began as a #MeToo moment in corporate turned into a full-blown systemic collapse of identity, leaving her questioning everything she thought she knew about success, safety, and self-worth.

This isn’t a burnout story.
This is an initiation.
Into truth. Into power. Into a version of you that doesn’t have to perform to be valuable.

What You’ll Hear:

• The moment Lauren walked away from her corporate career… with no plan

• The shame spiral of quitting and turning 40 in the same breath

• A terrifying identity rupture that no one saw coming

• What happens to your brain and body when you’ve lived in hyperfunction for too long

• What neurotransmitter testing revealed and why it explained everything

• The phrase Lauren coined to name what so many high-achieving women silently endure: Systemic Collapse of Self

• The tools and trainings that helped her rebuild

• A powerful email from a listener in New Zealand that proves: this podcast is already changing lives

This episode is for you if:

• You’ve ever felt like you’re losing yourself in the pursuit of keeping it all together

• You’re questioning everything success promised you

• You’re unraveling and wondering if that might be the beginning, not the end

• You’re craving permission to rest, reclaim, and remember who you are underneath the performance

✨ Mentioned in this episode:

• Neurotransmitter testing (dopamine, serotonin, GABA)

• Subconscious reprogramming tools like Neurolinguistic Programming, Rapid Resolution Therapy, and clinical hypnosis

• A listener email from New Zealand that had a breakthrough after listening 

📣 Take Action:

• Reflect on the Cosmic Reframe: Where are you mistaking survival for strength?

• Share this episode with the woman who looks “fine” but is secretly unraveling

• Subscribe, leave a review, or DM Lauren your story on Instagram: @lauren.degolia

• Connect on LinkedIn

Next Episode Teaser:
Lauren takes you into her dark night of the soul—a season she once described as walking naked across a raging river in the dark. No map. No logic. Just a deep, shaky knowing that she had to keep going.

You’re not just listening to a podcast.
You’re stepping into a reclamation.