From Trauma To CEO

Farya Barlas
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From Trauma to CEO is where ambitious, high-functioning women learn to turn survival wisdom into conscious leadership.Hosted by trauma-informed psychologist Dr. Farya Barlas, this podcast goes beneath “mindset” and into the nervous system, identity, and lived experiences that quietly shape how you work, lead, and succeed.Each episode unpacks the real psychology of high achievement, how your hardest seasons forged your brilliance, how old survival codes still run the show, and what it looks like to expand into a version of success that no longer costs you your wellbeing.Farya’s work is known for changing people at the level that endures, her clients carry her voice for years, making calm, powerful decisions that honour both their ambition and their nervous system.If you’re ready to understand why you are the way you are, and grow into a CEO of your own life with your soul, not your survival system, leading the way, this is where it begins.

  1. From Hustling Through Life to Trusting Your Inner Knowing: A Different Way to Grow with Renee Bowen

    3 DAYS AGO

    From Hustling Through Life to Trusting Your Inner Knowing: A Different Way to Grow with Renee Bowen

    In this conversation, Farya sits down with her close friend Renee Bowen to explore what actually happens under the surface when women are ready to expand, but their nervous system hasn’t caught up yet. They talk about: Why embodiment isn’t a buzzword and why it changes everything when growth starts to feel shakyHow trauma-led drive can look like ambition, resilience, or success (until it stops working)What happens when intuition asks you to leave everything familiar—without a clear planWhy so many women feel called to “more,” but freeze at the exact moment it mattersAnd how identity, safety, and nervous-system regulation quietly shape business decisionsRenee shares deeply personal moments, from leaving her entire life behind at 25, to navigating motherhood, identity loss, and rebuilding self-trust, alongside the insights that shaped her trauma-informed approach to coaching today. If you’ve ever felt like your growth required you to override your intuition, or like your intuition was asking for something your mind couldn’t justify, this episode will speak to what you’ve been feeling all along. Guest bio: Renee Bowen is a trauma-informed coach, photographer, and host of Tried and True with a Dash of Woo. She works with visionary women to untangle unconscious patterns, regulate their nervous system, and build businesses rooted in embodiment rather than survival. Blending psychology, NLP, hypnosis, and neuroscience with grounded strategy, Renee helps women trust their inner knowing and step into their next evolution without abandoning themselves. Listen to her podcast here: https://renee.io/triedandtrue Explore her private podcast Calibrate (use code BESTIE for 20% off): https://reneebowen.com/calibrate Website: https://reneebowen.com FREE RESOURCES: Want personalised support breaking through the internal bottleneck you’re facing at this level? Book a private 20-minute Breakthrough Conversation with Farya, and together you can identify what’s currently constraining your capacity, and what needs to shift for sustainable expansion.Find out if your success is trauma-led or reparative using this FREE short diagnostic checklist to uncover whether your drive/success is coming from pressure, survival patterns, so you can have a clear next step toward reparative, grounded growth.Want to know which identity is running your success? Take the Success Shift Quiz to uncover which nervous system patterns shape your business, leadership, and ambition.CONNECT WITH FARYA: Looking for deeper, structured work? Explore The Method by Farya Barlas™, Farya’s signature framework for recalibrating the nervous system, identity, and leadership capacity for long-term success.Follow Farya Barlas on Instagram, Substack to stay connected with the version of you who’s ready to expand. Follow for daily insights on identity work, nervous system capacity, and feminine leadership — so the part of you that’s growing has a place to land.Subscribe and leave a review to help more cycle-breakers discover From Trauma to CEO.

    41 min
  2. Part 3 of 4: This is what keeps you tied to your work

    4 FEB

    Part 3 of 4: This is what keeps you tied to your work

    In this episode, Farya talks about what’s actually happening when success is achieved and why slowing down can feel more uncomfortable than pushing. You’ll hear why: Rest can feel unsettling instead of nourishingLetting go of pressure can feel like losing your identityAnd why this stage isn’t a problem, it’s a turning pointThis conversation is for people who have done well, carried a lot, and are quietly wondering why success doesn’t feel the way they thought it would. FREE RESOURCES: Find out if your success is trauma-led or reparative using this FREE short diagnostic checklist to uncover whether your drive/success is coming from pressure, survival patterns, so you can have a clear next step toward reparative, grounded growth.Want personalised support breaking through the internal bottleneck you’re facing at this level? Book a private 20-minute Breakthrough Conversation with Farya, and together you can identify what’s currently constraining your capacity, and what needs to shift for sustainable expansion.Want to know which identity is running your success? Take the Success Shift Quiz to uncover which nervous system patterns shape your business, leadership, and ambition.CONNECT WITH FARYA: Looking for deeper, structured work? Explore The Method by Farya Barlas™, Farya’s signature framework for recalibrating the nervous system, identity, and leadership capacity for long-term success.Follow Farya Barlas on Instagram, Substack to stay connected with the version of you who’s ready to expand. Follow for daily insights on identity work, nervous system capacity, and feminine leadership — so the part of you that’s growing has a place to land.Subscribe and leave a review to help more cycle-breakers discover From Trauma to CEO.

    21 min
  3. Part 4 of 4: Success Without Survival: The Shift Every High Achiever Eventually Faces

    4 FEB

    Part 4 of 4: Success Without Survival: The Shift Every High Achiever Eventually Faces

    In the last episode, Farya talked about the moment where success stops holding you the way it used to — when rest feels strange, work feels flat, and slowing down feels more unsettling than staying busy. In this final part of the series, Farya talks about what comes after that moment. She introduces the idea of reparative success - a lived shift many high achievers arrive at without language for it. If you’ve ever felt restless when things finally slow down, or unsure who you are when you’re not producing, or quietly wondered why success doesn’t feel the way you expected, this episode will feel familiar. You will learn: Why success can quietly become the place you locate yourselfWhy stillness can feel threatening when movement once meant safetyWhy fear often gets mistaken for driveAnd what actually changes when success no longer has to hold your identity togetherFREE RESOURCES: Want personalised support breaking through the internal bottleneck you’re facing at this level? Book a private 20-minute Breakthrough Conversation with Farya, and together you can identify what’s currently constraining your capacity, and what needs to shift for sustainable expansion.Find out if your success is trauma-led or reparative using this FREE short diagnostic checklist to uncover whether your drive/success is coming from pressure, survival patterns, so you can have a clear next step toward reparative, grounded growth.Want to know which identity is running your success? Take the Success Shift Quiz to uncover which nervous system patterns shape your business, leadership, and ambition.CONNECT WITH FARYA: Looking for deeper, structured work? Explore The Method by Farya Barlas™, Farya’s signature framework for recalibrating the nervous system, identity, and leadership capacity for long-term success.Follow Farya Barlas on Instagram, Substack to stay connected with the version of you who’s ready to expand. Follow for daily insights on identity work, nervous system capacity, and feminine leadership — so the part of you that’s growing has a place to land.Subscribe and leave a review to help more cycle-breakers discover From Trauma to CEO.

    19 min
  4. Part 2 of 4: Why Slowing Down Doesn’t Feel Like an Option (Even When You’re Winning): A Psychologist’s Perspective on the Tony Robbins–Alex Hormozi Interview

    28 JAN

    Part 2 of 4: Why Slowing Down Doesn’t Feel Like an Option (Even When You’re Winning): A Psychologist’s Perspective on the Tony Robbins–Alex Hormozi Interview

    Most people assume that relentless drive comes from passion, discipline, or extraordinary willpower. But what if that forward motion isn’t a choice at all? In this episode, Farya looks closely at a kind of success that doesn’t feel motivated, inspired, or even desired; it just keeps moving. Not because it wants to, but because stopping doesn’t feel like an option. Using the Tony Robbins–Alex Hormozi conversation as a lens, this episode explores what’s actually happening when achievement feels automatic, frictionless, and strangely non-negotiable, and why traditional conversations about motivation, purpose, or joy often miss the mark for high-functioning people. This episode is about understanding the difference between ambition and a nervous system that learned early that staying in motion was the safest option. What You’ll Learn How to tell if your drive is coming from desire or defaultWhy pressure can feel “normal” instead of effortfulThe subtle difference between being disciplined and being unable to stopWhat actually shifts when success moves from survival-led to reparativeWant personalised support breaking through the internal bottleneck you’re facing at this level? Book a private 20-minute Breakthrough Conversation with Farya, and together you can identify what’s currently constraining your capacity, and what needs to shift for sustainable expansion. Looking for deeper, structured work? Explore The Method by Farya Barlas™, Farya’s signature framework for recalibrating the nervous system, identity, and leadership capacity for long-term success. FREE RESOURCES: Follow Farya Barlas on Instagram, Substack to stay connected with the version of you who’s ready to expand. Follow for daily insights on identity work, nervous system capacity, and feminine leadership — so the part of you that’s growing has a place to land.Want to know which identity is running your success? Take the Success Shift Quiz to uncover which nervous system patterns shape your business, leadership, and ambition.Subscribe and leave a review to help more cycle-breakers discover From Trauma to CEO.Get the Diagnostic Checklist Here.

    26 min
  5. Part 1 of 4: What the Tony Robbins Alex Hormozi Interview Reveals About Trauma-Led Success (A Psychologist’s Perspective)

    28 JAN

    Part 1 of 4: What the Tony Robbins Alex Hormozi Interview Reveals About Trauma-Led Success (A Psychologist’s Perspective)

    In this episode, Farya brings a psychologist’s lens on the now widely discussed Tony Robbins–Alex Hormozi interview, not to critique it, but to name the pattern many high achievers felt while watching it and couldn’t quite explain. Because what was described in that conversation isn’t a motivation issue. It isn’t a purpose problem. And it isn’t solved by slowing down or trying harder to feel grateful. This episode begins a 4-part series on trauma-led success: achievement driven by survival patterns that produce results, control, and stability, until they don’t deliver relief anymore. Listen now and follow the series as it unfolds. What You’ll Learn: The difference between burnout and trauma-led successWhy success can neutralize a threat but not create fulfillmentHow survival-based achievement quietly replaces alivenessWhat it means to outgrow a success engine, without killing ambitionWhy the next phase of growth requires a different internal contractWant personalised support breaking through the internal bottleneck you’re facing at this level? Book a private 20-minute Breakthrough Conversation with Farya, and together you can identify what’s currently constraining your capacity, and what needs to shift for sustainable expansion. Looking for deeper, structured work? Explore The Method by Farya Barlas™, Farya’s signature framework for recalibrating the nervous system, identity, and leadership capacity for long-term success. FREE RESOURCES: Follow Farya Barlas on Instagram, Substack to stay connected with the version of you who’s ready to expand. Follow for daily insights on identity work, nervous system capacity, and feminine leadership — so the part of you that’s growing has a place to land.Want to know which identity is running your success? Take the Success Shift Quiz to uncover which nervous system patterns shape your business, leadership, and ambition.Subscribe and leave a review to help more cycle-breakers discover From Trauma to CEO.Get the Diagnostic Checklist Here.

    23 min
  6. Playing Small vs Playing Personally: The Difference That Changes How You Experience Success

    20 JAN

    Playing Small vs Playing Personally: The Difference That Changes How You Experience Success

    You're not confused about how to work harder. You're not afraid of challenges. So why does something still feel dense, even when things are going well? In this episode, Farya introduces a powerful reframe: You're not playing small. You're playing too personally. Discover what it means when your nervous system is still personally fused with outcomes, and why that matters more than you think. Learn the difference between carrying responsibility and internalizing every result as a reflection of you. And find out why rest doesn't feel restorative when your identity is still on duty. What You’ll Learn: Why success can feel personal long after it stops being fragileThe subtle difference between leadership and internal vigilanceHow early competence turns into quiet pressure later onWhy rest doesn’t actually restore you at this stageThe shift that allows success to feel spacious instead of dense Want personalised support breaking through the internal bottleneck you’re facing at this level? Book a private 20-minute Breakthrough Conversation with Farya, and together you can identify what’s currently constraining your capacity, and what needs to shift for sustainable expansion. Looking for deeper, structured work? Explore The Method by Farya Barlas™, Farya’s signature framework for recalibrating the nervous system, identity, and leadership capacity for long-term success. FREE RESOURCES: Follow Farya Barlas on Instagram, Substack to stay connected with the version of you who’s ready to expand. Follow for daily insights on identity work, nervous system capacity, and feminine leadership — so the part of you that’s growing has a place to land.Want to know which identity is running your success? Take the Success Shift Quiz

    21 min
  7. The Hidden Weight of Being the Capable One (How to Spot and Release It)

    13 JAN

    The Hidden Weight of Being the Capable One (How to Spot and Release It)

    Even when your business is working, does it still feel like everything depends on you? Clients are coming in. Decisions are being made. Momentum is there. And yet, there’s a quiet sense that if you stop paying attention, something might fall apart. This episode isn’t about control, fear, or micromanaging. It’s about understanding the intelligence that built your success, and why it may no longer need to run the show. In this episode, Farya Barlas explores why so many successful businesses are quietly organized around one person’s nervous system, and how that pattern often began long before entrepreneurship. This is a conversation for leaders who are ready for success to feel lighter, not heavier. What You’ll Learn Why success can still feel personal even when systems and support are in placeHow early responsibility becomes leadership capacity — and when it becomes compulsoryThe difference between wanting control and being wired for continuityWhy delegation can feel difficult even when you trust your teamHow to update old internal assumptions without dismantling what you’ve builtA simple reflection that can immediately change how “heavy” leadership feels in your body FREE RESOURCES: Follow Farya Barlas on Instagram, Substack to stay connected with the version of you who’s ready to expand. Follow for daily insights on identity work, nervous system capacity, and feminine leadership — so the part of you that’s growing has a place to land.Want to know which identity is running your success? Take the Success Shift Quiz to uncover which nervous system patterns shape your business, leadership, and ambition.Subscribe and leave a review to help more cycle-breakers discover From Trauma to CEO.

    22 min
  8. The Upper Limit Problem: Why Trauma Makes You Pull Back From Success

    6 JAN

    The Upper Limit Problem: Why Trauma Makes You Pull Back From Success

    In this episode of From Trauma to CEO, Farya Barlas explores a pattern that quietly caps growth for high achievers, not through fear or failure, but through logic, responsibility, and “doing the right thing.” This isn’t about self-sabotage. And it’s not about mindset. It’s about what happens in the nervous system after success makes things real. Drawing from real client work and lived experience, this episode reframes the “upper limit problem” through the lens of trauma, attachment, and regulation, revealing why capable, steady, high-functioning people often stall right when things start working. What You’ll Learn:  Why the upper limit rarely looks like fear in high achievers — and what it actually sounds likeHow “I just need to fix this first” can be a nervous system response, not a strategyThe subtle difference between anxiety and high-functioning freezeWhy success activates attachment history more than ambitionHow over-responsibility and over-control quietly replace celebrationWhat it really takes to expand with your nervous system instead of overriding it FREE RESOURCES: Follow Farya Barlas on Instagram, Substack to stay connected with the version of you who’s ready to expand. Follow for daily insights on identity work, nervous system capacity, and feminine leadership — so the part of you that’s growing has a place to land.Want to know which identity is running your success? Take the Success Shift Quiz to uncover which nervous system patterns shape your business, leadership, and ambition.Subscribe and leave a review to help more cycle-breakers discover From Trauma to CEO.

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From Trauma to CEO is where ambitious, high-functioning women learn to turn survival wisdom into conscious leadership.Hosted by trauma-informed psychologist Dr. Farya Barlas, this podcast goes beneath “mindset” and into the nervous system, identity, and lived experiences that quietly shape how you work, lead, and succeed.Each episode unpacks the real psychology of high achievement, how your hardest seasons forged your brilliance, how old survival codes still run the show, and what it looks like to expand into a version of success that no longer costs you your wellbeing.Farya’s work is known for changing people at the level that endures, her clients carry her voice for years, making calm, powerful decisions that honour both their ambition and their nervous system.If you’re ready to understand why you are the way you are, and grow into a CEO of your own life with your soul, not your survival system, leading the way, this is where it begins.

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  • Creator
    Farya Barlas
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    21
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 From Trauma To CEO
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