How to Stop Living in Survival Mode & Trust Your Intuition FAST with Koya Webb

Earn Your Happy

Lori Harder

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Have you ever felt like no matter how much you achieve, you still can’t fully relax, feel safe, or slow down? In this episode, I sit down with Koya Webb to talk about nervous system regulation, burnout, emotional healing, and the dangerous belief that success equals safety. Koya shares why so many entrepreneurs stay stuck in survival mode and how slowing down, reconnecting with your body, and practicing self-honesty can completely transform the way you live and lead. We also dive into breathwork, emotional regulation, friendship transitions, and how to recognize when something in your life is no longer aligned. Get ready to release the pressure to constantly perform and reconnect with the version of yourself that feels grounded, aligned, and fully supported. Check out our Sponsors: Shopify - Try the ecommerce platform I trust for Glōci. Sign up for your $1/month trial period at http://Shopify.com/happy. Indeed - Spend less time searching, and more time actually interviewing candidates who check all your boxes. Indeed is giving Earn Your Happy listeners a $75 SPONSORED JOB CREDIT to help get your job the premium status it deserves. Just go to http://Indeed.com/podcast right now and support our show by saying you heard about Indeed on Earn Your Happy. Fora Travel - Curious how to become a travel advisor and earn while you explore? Start at http://foratravel.com/happy. Zazzle - Save 25% on your first order today at http://Zazzle.com with code EARN. Monarch Money - Get your first year of Monarch Core for half off at http://Monarch.com with code EYH. Northwest Registered Agent - Visit http://northwestregisteredagent.com/EarnFree and start using free resources to build something amazing. HIGHLIGHTS 00:00 Why do so many high achievers stay stuck in survival mode? 04:45 What is the difference between fear, control, and true surrender? 09:15 How hustle culture keeps entrepreneurs stuck in survival mode. 12:00 How to recognize when fear is actually a sign of misalignment. 15:45 Signs your nervous system is overwhelmed and dysregulated. 20:30 The 7 areas of wellbeing that impact stress and burnout. 24:00 Why self-care is more than workouts, productivity, and bubble baths. 27:00 What it means to “tap into yourself” and trust your soul? 30:30 How breathwork helps release stress, anxiety, and emotional overwhelm.35:30 Advice for protecting your peace and honoring what no longer feels aligned.39:00 How comparison and chasing validation disconnects you from yourself. 43:15 Friendship changes, rejection, and emotional healing during growth seasons. 49:30 Koya’s lesson about embodiment, self-acceptance, and letting go. RESOURCES Get your copy of Koya’s new book Wellbeing Rituals: Science-Backed Practices for Sustainable Healing and Living HERE! Get Koya’s book Let Your Fears Make You Fierce HERE! Learn more about Koya’s breathwork, wellness coaching, and retreats HERE! Celebrate 10 Years of Earn Your Happy + Natalie Ellis’ The Freedom-Based Business Method Book Launch LIVE on June 13 in Newport Beach HERE! Apply for the Elite Entrepreneur Mastermind HERE! Get on the waitlist for Mentor Collective Mastermind HERE! Try glōci for 40% off your first order with code HAPPY at checkout - head to getgloci.com FOLLOW Follow me: @loriharder Follow glōci: @getgloci Follow Koya: @koyawebb

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to by Shopify.
0:03.4	Try the e-commerce platform I trust for Glosi.
0:05.7	Sign up for your $1 a month trial period at Shopify.com forward slash happy.
0:11.2	Indeed, spend less time searching and more time actually interviewing candidates who check all your boxes.
0:16.4	Indeed is giving Earn Your Happy listeners a $75-sponsored job credit to help get your job the premium
0:22.3	status it deserves. Just go to Indeed.com forward slash podcast right now and support our show
0:27.5	by saying you heard about Indeed on Earn Your Happy. Fora Travel. Curious how to become a travel
0:32.4	advisor and earn while you explore. Start at foratravel.com forward slash happy. Zazzle. Save 25% on your first order
0:40.9	today at zazel.com with code earn. Monarch money. Get your first year of Monarch core for half
0:47.8	off at monarch.com with code EYH. Northwest Registered Agent, visit northwest registered agent. Visit
0:53.7	Northwest registered agent.com forward slash earn free,
0:57.1	and start using free resources to build something amazing.
1:02.2	When I think of like surrender and when I think of working with my nervous system, I'm like,
1:06.6	oh gosh, it's almost like I feel like that anxiety has purpose to it of needing it in your life
1:12.5	in order to accomplish goals or stay safe. I used to believe this and a lot of people believe
1:18.4	this. Accolades equals safety. And that's the lie. And a lot of people are caught on this
1:24.7	hamster wheel. Well, I want a relationship like them or I want money like them, I want success like them, and we're comparing and we're trying to achieve
1:32.3	things outside of us. But when we turn into our soul, when we regulate and go into our soul,
1:37.5	we know exactly what is for us. Oh, yeah, welcome to the podcast.
1:55.0	Thank you so much for coming back.
1:57.0	Thank you so much for having me.
1:58.9	Good.
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