Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work

Get out of your own way and rediscover your sensitivity as a superpower.

Melody Wilding, LMSW
4 min readApr 1, 2022

Do you feel like you’re “not good enough” or “take things too personally” at work?

My clients say these exact words to me all the time.

  • They tell me they actively get in their own way.
  • They put too much pressure on themselves.
  • They have trouble “turning off” at the end of the day.
  • They overwork, and are on their way to burnout.

Can you relate? Then you may be a Sensitive Striver.

As a Sensitive Striver, you’re a high-achiever who’s also more sensitive to your emotions and the world around you.

You’re driven to succeed. But because you process information more deeply than others, you’re more susceptible to stress, emotional overwhelm, and self-doubt.

Here’s a quick quiz to see if you fit the profile:

___ Highly sensitive and high performing?
___ Need time to think through decisions before you act?
___ Judge yourself harshly when you make mistakes?
___ Take feedback…

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Melody Wilding, LMSW

Author of TRUST YOURSELF. Executive coach to Sensitive Strivers. Human behavior professor. Featured in NYT, NBC, CNN. https://melodywilding.com/book