{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep 75: Resilience is a Lie - The Dark Side of "Get Hard" Culture","description":"Resilience has become a badge of honour. Cold plunges. 4am alarms. No days off. \u201cStay hard.\u201d But what if most of what we call resilience is actually emotional suppression, chronic stress exposure and identity armour masquerading as strength? In this deep psychological dive, Dean & Acos dismantle the modern narrative of resilience and rebuild it properly through the lens of neuroscience, stress physiology, emotional processing and high-performance culture. We explore: \u2022 The difference between acute stress and chronic nervous system dysregulation \u2022 Why suppression is not strength \u2022 How sympathetic dominance quietly erodes performance \u2022 When resilience becomes ego-driven self-destruction \u2022 The hidden cost of \u201cunfuckablewith\u201d culture \u2022 Why high performers burn out silently \u2022 The role of psychological flexibility in real toughness \u2022 How to build durable humans without breaking them This is not a motivational episode. It\u2019s a clinical, uncomfortable and evidence-based conversation about what resilience actually is and what it isn\u2019t. If you pride yourself on being tough\u2026 this one might challenge you. ","author_name":"The Art of Performance Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/399845","html":"