Overachiever Recovery Podcast
Claim This Podcastby Dasha Tcherniakovskaia
Podcast Overview
<p>You've checked all the boxes and built a successful life, but you feel flat and disconnected. Life feels like Groundhog Day - same patterns, same reactivity, same exhaustion from taking care of everyone else. You know you should be happy with your good life, but you're wondering: "Is this all there is?" I'm Dasha Tcherniakovskaia, and I help successful women tone down their overachieving, but damaging traits and start making choices from their own desires instead of obligation. You have choices: you can talk about your headaches in therapy over and over again and get a sympathetic ear, or you can actually take radical responsibility for your life and your choices and create a life worth cherishing. So if you're burnt out from people pleasing, if you are overly responsible for everyone’s emotions and actions and don't even know where you end and someone else begins, or if you feel trapped in a life that looks good on paper - this show is for you. But only if you're ready to take personal responsibility and do the deep work. I won't hold your hand or give you superficial tips on boundary setting or time management. . You already have everything you need within you. It's time to give yourself permission to want more and learn how to access your own wisdom. We're going to get to the root of what's keeping you stuck so you can live life on your terms without apology. Ready to stop being brainwashed into taking care of others and start choosing yourself? Let's disrupt that thinking together.</p>
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December 22, 2025
Episode 15: Boundaries — If They Feel Mean, You're Doing Them Right
<p>If your boundaries feel “mean,” that’s not a red flag—it’s a sign you’re finally breaking your good girl conditioning.</p><p><br><b>The bold truth:</b> Boundaries only feel selfish when you’ve spent a lifetime abandoning yourself to be liked.</p><h3><b>Episode Description</b></h3><p>In this episode, Dasha unpacks one of the most uncomfortable—and liberating—parts of recovery from people-pleasing: giving yourself permission to set boundaries that <i>don’t feel nice at first.</i> When you grow up believing that saying yes makes you lovable, any form of “no” feels like betrayal. But what you’re actually betraying is the old identity built on guilt, fear, and self-abandonment.</p><p></p><p>Dasha shares her personal journey from chronic overgiving to building boundaries rooted in healthy self-interest. She breaks down why women often confuse people-pleasing with kindness, why guilt shows up the moment you set a limit, and why pushback from others is not a sign you're doing something wrong—but a sign you’re rewriting the rules of engagement.</p><p></p><p>She also offers practical boundary scripts for work, family, and friendships, and explains the emotional resilience required to hold the line when others react. This is the episode every recovering overachiever needs to hear.</p><h3><b>Key Topics</b></h3><ul><li>Why boundaries feel “mean” when you’re unlearning people-pleasing</li><li>The difference between self-interest and selfishness</li><li>How guilt and pushback show up—and why they’re normal</li><li>Practical boundary scripts for real-life situations</li><li>Why your “yes” becomes more trustworthy when it’s no longer driven by guilt</li></ul><h3><b>Signature Dasha Quote</b></h3><p>“Boundaries aren't punishment. They’re information.”</p><p></p><hr><h3><b>Want support practicing boundaries without guilt?</b></h3><p>Join the waitlist for <b>Soft & Strong</b>, Dasha’s signature program for women who want to be both deeply spiritual and unapologetically boundary:<br>👉 <a target="_new" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="decorated-link" href="https://coachingbydasha.kit.com/e427163727"><b>Soft & Strong Waitlist</b></a></p><p></p><p>You can also grab Dasha’s free guide:<br>👉 <a target="_new" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="decorated-link" href="http://coachingbydasha.kit.com/boundaries"><b>Recovering Good Girl’s Guide to Setting Boundaries</b></a></p><p></p><hr><h3><b>Connect with Dasha</b></h3><p>Website: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://coachingbydasha.com"><b>coachingbydasha.com</b></a><br>LinkedIn: <a target="_new" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="decorated-link" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dashat/"><b>Dasha Tcherniakovskaia</b></a></p>
December 15, 2025
Episode 14: The Hidden Cost of People Pleasing
<p>People-pleasing looks generous on the surface—but underneath, it slowly drains your energy, integrity, and self-respect.</p><p></p><p><b>The bold truth:</b> Saying yes from fear isn’t kindness. It’s self-abandonment wearing a polite smile.</p><h3><b>Episode Description</b></h3><p>In this episode, Dasha pulls back the curtain on the real cost of people-pleasing—the exhaustion, resentment, and self-silencing so many high-achieving women normalize as “being a good person.” She shares the story of a client who stayed up until midnight baking for a school fundraiser during one of the most demanding weeks of her career…and how no one even noticed. Because that’s how people-pleasing works: you pay the price, and no one else even knows the debt exists.</p><p></p><p>Dasha reveals how these patterns chip away at self-trust and keep women in cycles of overextending, overfunctioning, and earning love instead of receiving it. She explains how your body signals the moment you cross your own boundary—the tightness, the resentment, the silent scorekeeping—and how honoring your bandwidth can transform both your relationships and your self-respect.</p><p></p><p>This episode invites you to pause, reconnect with your truth, and practice giving from overflow instead of obligation.</p><h3><b>Key Topics</b></h3><ul><li>Why people-pleasing masquerades as generosity</li><li>The emotional, energetic, and relational cost of saying yes from fear</li><li>How your body signals boundary-crossing</li><li>The difference between sustainable generosity and self-abandonment</li><li>How to rebuild trust in your own “yes”</li></ul><h3><b>Signature Dasha Quote</b></h3><p>“People-pleasing isn’t love. It’s a form of self-abandonment dressed as kindness.”</p><p></p><hr><h3><b>Ready to break the cycle of overgiving and resentment?</b></h3><p>Join the <a target="_new" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="decorated-link" href="https://coachingbydasha.thrivecart.com/freedom-bootcamp/"><b>Freedom From Guilt & Obligation Bootcamp</b></a>—a 14-day transformation to unwind people-pleasing, honor your bandwidth, and rebuild a self-respecting “yes.”</p><p></p><hr><h3><b>Connect with Dasha</b></h3><p>Website: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://coachingbydasha.com"><b>coachingbydasha.com</b></a><br>LinkedIn: <a target="_new" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="decorated-link" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dashat/"><b>Dasha Tcherniakovskaia</b></a></p>
December 8, 2025
Episode 13: What Does Recovery Look Like?
<p>What does it <i>actually</i> look like to stop people-pleasing—and live from self-interest instead of self-abandonment?</p><p></p><p><b>The bold truth:</b> Recovery from “good girl conditioning” isn’t a checklist. It’s an identity shift.</p><h3><b>Episode Description</b></h3><p>In this episode, Dasha shares a deeply personal story about what recovery from people-pleasing looks like in real life—not as a concept, but as a lived transformation. Most successful women can’t imagine what life would be like if they didn’t constantly earn their belonging through overgiving. Dasha reveals how she used to believe her generosity was a virtue, when in truth it was tied to an unconscious agenda: buying love, safety, and acceptance.</p><p></p><p>Through her own journey, she explores the invisible beliefs that kept her overfunctioning, the disorienting transition of relearning how to receive, and the moment she realized she no longer collapses under someone else’s misperception—including those of her own family. She explains how giving has changed—not less giving, but cleaner, more honest, without strings or self-sacrifice.</p><p></p><p>This episode is an invitation to notice your own reactions, your own conditioning, and the places where your “yes” is still coming from fear, habit, or obligation—not from truth.</p><h3><b>Key Topics</b></h3><ul><li>What “good girl conditioning” looks like beneath the surface</li><li>The unconscious agenda driving people-pleasing</li><li>Learning to receive without earning</li><li>Shifting from self-abandonment to self-respect</li><li>What real recovery looks like inside relationships</li></ul><h3><b>Signature Dasha Quote</b></h3><p>“Giving isn’t bad. But giving from depletion is self-abandonment.”</p><p></p><hr><h3><b>Ready to stop people-pleasing from the root?</b></h3><p>Join the <a target="_new" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="decorated-link" href="https://coachingbydasha.thrivecart.com/freedom-bootcamp/"><b>Freedom From Guilt & Obligation Bootcamp</b></a>—a 14-day transformation to unwind resentment, overcommitting, and the invisible rules that keep you living for everyone but yourself.</p><p></p><hr><h3><b>Connect with Dasha</b></h3><p>Website: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://coachingbydasha.com"><b>coachingbydasha.com</b></a><br>LinkedIn: <a target="_new" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="decorated-link" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dashat/"><b>Dasha Tcherniakovskaia</b></a></p>
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<p>You've checked all the boxes and built a successful life, but you feel flat and disconnected. Life feels like Groundhog Day - same patterns, same reactivity, same exhaustion from taking care of everyone else. You know you should be happy with your good life, but you're wondering: "Is this all there is?" I'm Dasha Tcherniakovskaia, and I help successful women tone down their overachieving, but damaging traits and start making choices from their own desires instead of obligation. You have choices: you can talk about your headaches in therapy over and over again and get a sympathetic ear, or you can actually take radical responsibility for your life and your choices and create a life worth cherishing. So if you're burnt out from people pleasing, if you are overly responsible for everyone’s emotions and actions and don't even know where you end and someone else begins, or if you feel trapped in a life that looks good on paper - this show is for you. But only if you're ready to take personal responsibility and do the deep work. I won't hold your hand or give you superficial tips on boundary setting or time management. . You already have everything you need within you. It's time to give yourself permission to want more and learn how to access your own wisdom. We're going to get to the root of what's keeping you stuck so you can live life on your terms without apology. Ready to stop being brainwashed into taking care of others and start choosing yourself? Let's disrupt that thinking together.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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