If you’re ambitious, driven, and still feel like you’re constantly behind, this episode is for you. In this episode of Clock In, I sit with Israa Nasir, a trained therapist and the author of Toxic Productivity: Reclaim Your Time and Energy in a World That Always Demands More. Israa offers grounded psychology-backed tools for navigating stress and redefining their relationship to productivity, identity, and emotional wellbeing. We unpack: - Why productivity culture makes even successful people feel like they’re failing - How ambition gets tied to self-worth and identity - Why rest feels uncomfortable (or even unsafe) for high performers - How “doing more” becomes a coping mechanism, not a strategy - What a healthier relationship with work actually looks like If you’ve ever felt guilty for slowing down, anxious when you’re not being productive, or like no amount of success ever feels like enough — this conversation will help you understand why you feel this way, and how to start ...