Why do so many purpose-driven people find themselves exhausted, burned out, and constantly giving to everyone else while neglecting themselves? In this deeply honest episode of Show Up With Priyanka, Priyanka sits down with Mazarine Treyz, author, speaker, government contracting educator, nonprofit consultant, and leadership trainer who has trained more than 22,000 leaders across the United States, Canada, the UK, and Jamaica. After spending over a decade helping nonprofits raise millions of dollars, Mazarine began asking a difficult question: Why are the very people dedicating their lives to helping others often sacrificing their own wellbeing? Drawing from her new book Healing from the Nonprofit Sector, Mazarine shares how childhood conditioning, people-pleasing, workplace culture, systemic power structures, grief, and self-abandonment quietly shape our careers, relationships, leadership, and sense of worth. Although much of the conversation draws examples from the nonprofit world, the lessons extend far beyond one industry. Whether you're an entrepreneur, executive, corporate professional, leader, caregiver, or someone who constantly puts others first, this episode will help you recognize the hidden patterns keeping you stuck and inspire you to reclaim your voice, your boundaries, and your authentic self. If you've ever felt guilty for resting, struggled to say no, or believed your value comes only from what you give, this conversation will change the way you see yourself and your leadership. Connect with Mazarine Treyz Website: https://mazarinetreyz.com Get her new book, Healing from the Nonprofit Sector Healing From the Nonprofit Sector: https://healingfromnonprofits.com LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mazarine-treyz
Many high achievers believe burnout is simply the price of making an impact.
But what if the real problem isn't your workload?
What if it's the belief that your worth depends on how much you sacrifice?
In this profoundly moving conversation, Mazarine Treyz shares the deeply personal journey behind her latest book, Healing from the Nonprofit Sector, revealing how years of working inside mission-driven organizations exposed a painful reality: many people dedicated to helping others slowly lose themselves in the process.
As someone who has trained more than 22,000 leaders, helped nonprofits raise millions of dollars, and worked extensively with government agencies, Mazarine has witnessed firsthand how systems can unintentionally reward overworking, emotional suppression, and self-abandonment.
Together, Priyanka and Mazarine explore how these patterns don't only exist in nonprofits, they also appear in corporate environments, entrepreneurship, leadership, and even within families.
The conversation dives into childhood experiences that create lifelong people-pleasing tendencies, including being the "good child," becoming parentified, suppressing emotions, and learning that love must be earned through service.
Mazarine explains how these early experiences often shape adults who become exceptional caregivers, leaders, and professionals but at the expense of their own wellbeing.
Throughout the episode, Priyanka vulnerably shares her own healing journey, discussing childhood trauma, corporate experiences, family dynamics, and learning to choose peace over unhealthy relationships. Together, they offer listeners a powerful reminder that healing begins when we stop abandoning ourselves to earn acceptance.
One of the most transformative parts of the conversation explores grief not simply as losing someone we love, but grieving lost dreams, unhealthy relationships, childhood wounds, and versions of ourselves we never had the chance to become.
Mazarine also introduces practical healing tools like the Feelings Wheel and Needs Wheel, encouraging listeners to reconnect with emotions that many were never taught to identify or express.
The episode concludes with a hopeful message: authentic leadership isn't built by endlessly giving more it begins when we honor our own humanity, speak our truth, establish healthy boundaries, and create lives aligned with who we truly are.
Whether you're leading a company, serving your community, raising a family, or rebuilding your life after hardship, this conversation offers a compassionate reminder that healing yourself is not selfish, it's one of the greatest gifts you can give the world.
In This Episode, We Explore
Discover how early family dynamics, people-pleasing, and becoming the "helper" can quietly shape your career, leadership style, relationships, and sense of self-worth.
Learn why exhaustion isn't always a personal failure but often the result of workplace cultures and systems that normalize overwork, self-sacrifice, and silence.
Understand how grief, emotional healing, and finding your voice become essential steps toward creating healthier relationships, stronger boundaries, and authentic leadership.
Discover practical tools including the Feelings Wheel and Needs Wheel that help reconnect you with your emotions, intuition, and unmet needs.
Learn why true impact isn't created by sacrificing yourself, but by leading from wholeness, honoring your needs, and allowing yourself to receive as much as you give.
Connect with Mazarine Treyz
Website: https://mazarinetreyz.com
Get her new book, Healing from the Nonprofit Sector Healing From the Nonprofit Sector: https://healingfromnonprofits.com
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mazarine-treyz
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