185. Your Childhood Trauma Made You Successful — Bizzie Gold on Brain Patterns & Workaholism

185. Your Childhood Trauma Made You Successful — Bizzie Gold on Brain Patterns & Workaholism

 

What if the childhood instability that nearly broke you is actually what made you successful?

 

In this mind-bending episode of The Big Silence, Karena sits down with founder of Break Method, creator of brain pattern mapping technology, and author of Your Brain is a Filthy Liar, Bizzie Gold. They explore how childhood trauma creates predictable patterns that either fuel or sabotage your life. Bizzie breaks down the source belief spectrum and explains how your childhood created a "distortion filter" through which you see everything. She also reveals why she keeps attracting chaotic people into her life, what pattern opposition means for mental health, and why self-care feels impossible for high achievers. If you've ever wondered why you keep repeating the same patterns—or why success still doesn't feel like enough—this conversation will blow your mind.

 

How do you rewire the brain patterns formed in childhood that still control your life today?

Understanding your source belief pattern is the first step toward breaking free from self-deception and building the life you actually want.

(02:05) Brain Pattern Mapping & Bypassing Your Story

     How Bizzie created a predictive algorithm with 98.3% accuracy

     Understanding childhood experiences as a "distortion filter"

     Helping people see their own blind spots

(06:16) The Sweet Spot of Trauma That Makes Great Entrepreneurs

     Why childhood instability creates self-trust and self-efficacy

     Developing situational awareness to stay safe and how it translates to business

     Being able to "think five rings down" when others can't see what's coming

     Attracting chaotic people because you have too much empathy

     Why workaholism is easier than intimate relationships for abandonment patterns

(13:47) Enmeshment Patterns & The Right Side of the Spectrum

     The struggle with self-trust and decision-making

     Why enmeshed patterns need to learn to disappoint people

     Understanding why some people can't say no

(27:18) Self-Deception & Why Your Brain Lies to You

     How childhood patterns create self-deception mechanisms

     Why Bizzie keeps giving chances to people with bad intentions

     The lesson: don't let empathy destroy your business from the inside

(40:33) Growing Up with Psychiatric Illness & Finding Your Drive

     Bizzie's experience with an unstable, abusive childhood

     Activities and achievement as a distraction from chaos at home

     Why self-preservation instincts don't come naturally for some patterns

(49:08) Self-Care for Workaholics & Pattern Opposition

     Why self-care is actually mental health work for go-go-go people

     Doing things that make you feel accomplished in self-care

     For avoidant patterns: the opposition is to just do it messy and commit

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