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Podcast Description
We’ve been taught to sacrifice joy now in hopes of earning it later.
But what if that entire model is broken?
In this episode of Beneath the Surface, we explore one of the most important truths about performance, presence, and fulfillment:
👉 You don’t train joy by training stress.
👉 You don’t arrive at peace by living in tension.
👉 The nervous system doesn’t wait for success to feel safe — it adapts to what you repeat.
So if you’re constantly grinding now, hoping for joy “someday,” your system is only learning one thing: how to live in stress. And that becomes your baseline — even when you reach your goals.
This isn’t about abandoning ambition.
It’s about refusing to abandon yourself in pursuit of it.
Through insights from neuroscience, performance psychology, spiritual teachers, and real-world examples, we unpack the hidden cost of over-efforting — and why that cost is often your very identity.
This is an episode for high-performers, creators, athletes, and anyone who’s ever felt like success is costing them their presence.
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I am Sean DeLaney, the executive performance coach with over a decade of experience working with CEOs, executives, and leadership teams, guiding them beyond traditional definitions of success.
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I exclusively work with high-achieving CEOs, executives, and professional athletes who, even at the height of their careers, continue to explore deeper avenues of potential. While these driven individuals aspire for elevated professional heights, they equally crave profound personal fulfillment and a distinct path to infuse their lives with more clarity, direction and purpose.
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