The Liz Show: Executive Psychology & Performance Under Pressure
Welcome to The Liz Show: Executive Psychology & Performance Under Pressure.
Hosted by Elizabeth Louis, an executive psychology advisor specializing in identity architecture, thinking traps, and performance under pressure, this podcast explores how high-performing individuals think, decide, and operate when the stakes are real.
Episodes break down the psychological patterns that shape decision-making, confidence, composure, and leadership capacity. Topics range from cognitive distortions and identity structure to behavioral economics, high-performance psychology, and the internal constraints that limit expansion.
Elizabeth also integrates biblical wisdom throughout many conversations, reflecting her own Christian worldview and the role faith can play in shaping identity, responsibility, and resilience.
Some episodes focus deeply on psychological frameworks and performance science, while others explore the intersection of psychology, faith, and personal responsibility.
If you're interested in understanding how internal architecture affects performance in business, leadership, and life, The Liz Show examines the patterns underneath how people think, act, and grow under pressure.
The Liz Show: Executive Psychology & Performance Under Pressure
Latest Episodes
Why a Scarcity Mindset Limits You in Negotiations
Liz explains how a scarcity mindset—not a lack of negotiation tactics—often drives executives to undersell themselves, concede early, or lose leverage in high-stakes conversations. Drawing from her executive advising and performance psychology ...
Overgeneralization: The Thinking Trap Driving Toxic Shame (and How to Fix It)
Liz explains overgeneralization as a shame-induced cognitive distortion that hurts performance and identity by turning a single incident into a sweeping conclusion, often marked by absolute words like “always,” “never,” “all,” and “everybody,” ...
How All-or-Nothing Thinking Fuels Perfectionism, Fear of Failure, and Toxic Shame
Liz breaks down the cognitive trap of all-or-nothing (either/or) thinking—seeing life as black-or-white—and explains how it increases suffering by driving rigid self-judgment and critical self-talk. Drawing on psychometrics work and her root-an...
Why You Feel Unsafe When Nothing Is Wrong
Liz explains how trauma can leave you feeling anxious and unsafe even in objectively safe environments because the nervous system stays conditioned to detect threat based on what it has learned to expect. She describes how post-trauma bias towa...
Dissociation: The Invisible Trauma Response (How to Spot It and Come Back to Presence)
Liz explains dissociation as an often-invisible trauma response that can persist from childhood into adulthood, allowing people to appear high-functioning while feeling absent from their own lives. She distinguishes dissociation from simple “zo...
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