Uma Thana B: Every High-Performing Man I Know Has Daddy Issues

Virtually every high-performing man I've ever worked with has the same thing running underneath. Conditional love. A dad who was present but never said enough. A childhood where love came through achievement, sport, good grades, being useful. Most founders never connect the dots between that wiring and the way they're running their business today. This conversation does. Uma spent 20 years in corporate, became one of the youngest VPs on a senior leadership team in Singapore, and then walked away from all of it to figure out who she actually was. What she found in that process is something most high-performers spend their entire career avoiding. We talk about where the drive really comes from, what it costs when you never deal with it, and why the body tends to carry everything the mind refuses to face.   Topics covered: Conditional love and the performance patterns it creates Dark fuel vs light fuel and why shame-based motivation has a ceiling Why virtually every high-performing man has unresolved father stuff How your body stores what your mind won't process Why your HIIT sessions and ice baths might be making burnout worse What allostatic load is and how high performers get it completely wrong The self-awareness trap most intelligent people fall into What tall poppy syndrome is actually revealing about the person reacting The body-first approach to getting your nervous system out of survival mode Body, mind, heart, spirit and why the order of those matters   Follow Uma: @uma__raw IG: @dr_ryangleesonTikTok: @dr.ryangleeson