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Podcast: The SPIRAL UP Podcast with Dr. LaChelle Wieme
Episode: Ep. 123 – Becoming Stoppable: The Skill High Achievers Need Most with Paul Simard
Description: Have you been pretending you’re fine, while shame and pressure quietly run the show behind the scenes?In this episode of the Spiral Up Podcast, I sit down with Paul Simard, a death doula and men’s wellbeing guide, to talk about what most of us avoid: grief, shame, and the emotional weight we keep stuffing down because we think we should “handle it.” Spoiler alert, that strategy is exactly what keeps you stuck.Paul shares a powerful story about unexpectedly losing his job, hiding it for weeks, and how unpro...