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Welcome to the ASQPodcast where life transitions become your greatest teachers. The ASQPodcast helps midlife professionals navigate lifes most defining transitions with clarity, resilience, and meaning. Blending timeless wisdom from psychology, archetypal frameworks, and spiritual traditions with practical tools. Omar and Jessie guide listeners through reinvention from career shifts and relationship changes to personal awakenings. Featuring honest solo episodes, practical deep dives, and guest interviews, this show is a roadmap for turning endings into authentic new beginnings. Here, we dont offer quick fixes we offer a map for your quest. Whether youre feeling stuck, restless, or called to reinvent your life, youll find real talk, guidance, and community to help you transform endings into authentic new beginnings. We invite you to take this journey with us. Find Meaning, Navigate Change, Live & Lead Fully.
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She Lost Herself Trying to Be Perfect… Then Everything Changed | Candice Lyn
Episode 161
Tuesday, 31 March, 2026

In this deeply raw and transformative episode of the ASQ Podcast, Dr. Jessie Ferreira sits down with Candice Lyn — author, coach, and creator of Awaken — whose journey from people-pleasing, disconnection, and survival mode to self-trust and inner peace reveals what it truly means to come home to yourself. Born and raised in a small town in Utah, Candice grew up in what she describes as a “normal” family. But beneath the surface… life was already shaping her. After her parents’ divorce at 16 and the devastating loss of her older brother, something within her shifted: A deep, unconscious belief formed — I am not safe. For over a decade, Candice lived disconnected from herself… navigating life, marriage, and motherhood from a place of survival — not presence. Becoming a mother at just 19… Candice built her entire identity around being “the perfect mom.” She did what many women are taught to do: She gave everything to everyone else. And slowly… she lost herself. She opens up about: • Living with hidden emotional wounds despite a “normal” upbringing • The impact of losing her brother and feeling unsafe • Becoming a young mother and losing her identity • The pressure of perfection — and how it affected her children • Being a chronic people-pleaser, always shrinking to keep peace Everything changed with one heartbreaking moment. When her daughter said: “Mom, I’m sorry that all I’ve ever done is disappoint you.” That sentence shattered everything. Because Candice realized — it wasn’t her daughter who needed to change… It was her. This episode explores: • How subconscious “codes” shape your life • The nervous system patterns behind fear and people-pleasing • Why perfectionism is rooted in deeper wounds • What happens when you finally choose yourself • How inner shifts transform your relationships To stop abandoning herself… and start choosing herself — no matter the cost. What followed wasn’t just change… It was transformation. From chaos to peace. From anxiety to alignment. From survival… to self-love. Today, Candice is the author of Awaken — and is helping others break free from subconscious patterns and reclaim their true identity. This episode is for anyone who: • Feels stuck in repeating patterns • Struggles with people-pleasing or identity • Carries unresolved emotional wounds • Feels disconnected from themselves • Is ready to live more authentically Candice’s story is a reminder that: You don’t lose yourself overnight… but you can find yourself in a moment of truth. The most powerful decision you’ll ever make is to choose yourself. Connect with Candice: Website: https://thefrequencylab.to/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/candice.shepherd.125 #ASQPodcast #SelfAwareness #HealingJourney #Mindset #PersonalGrowth #InnerWork