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The Pressure to Always Perform.You get to not manage sometimes, without anything falling apart.

Functioning is your default setting, no matter what it costs, and not delivering for once feels worse to you than any amount of overload. This compulsion doesn't live in your calendar, it lives in a spot in your body.

What it is

The pressure to always perform is a pattern locked into your body, where not functioning feels like an existential threat. People with it keep pushing their own output even when exhaustion has long since taken over, because falling short feels more unbearable than the overload itself. Resolving to slow down doesn't stick, because the drive sits deeper than the insight does.

Sound familiar?

You say yes even though your calendar is already full, because a no feels like failure.
Going to work sick feels more normal to you than disappointing anyone for a single day.
The moment one project is done, you don't feel relief, you feel the pressure of the next one starting.
On vacation you secretly check email, because otherwise it feels like you're sneaking off.
People praise how reliable you are, and you don't know who you'd be without it.

Why more of the same won't fix it.

At some point, for your nervous system, performing may have become the price of belonging. Now every thought of stopping sets off danger signals instantly, faster than any reasonable thinking. That's why you pull yourself together again, even when you already know it's too much.

The compulsion isn't in your work and it isn't on your to-do list. It sits in a specific spot in your body, and that's exactly where it can loosen.

The way out: one session.

1

Find your desired feeling

We start with the feeling you want in place of the constant pressure. Often it's a quiet I-am-enough in your heart space, the kind that keeps you okay even when you're not delivering anything right now.

2

Locate the block, don't explain it

Your Guide doesn't ask why you drive yourself so hard or since when. She just asks where you feel the pressure in your body right now, and your body finds the spot on its own.

3

Release it and anchor it for 40 days

That's where the pattern releases, without you having to fight your way through guilt or fear. You lock in the new feeling for 40 days with the app, 90 seconds morning and night.

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Common questions.

If I push myself less, won't I lose my performance?
Your abilities stay exactly where they are, what releases is the compulsion behind them. A lot of people end up working more clearly afterward, because they're doing it from wanting to, not from fear of falling short.
Do I have to talk about my past?
No. No looking back, no analyzing your history. The Session stays fully in the present.
Does one Session really cover it?
Usually exactly one. Over 40 certified Guides across five countries work by this exact one-Session principle.
Is this therapy?
No. FIVE MOVES doesn't replace a doctor or a therapist. It's a body-based method with one clear focus.

What holds you back has an address.

Over 40 certified guides in 5 countries work with this method. Around 1,000 people have had a session. Yours takes 90 minutes.

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Where do you find support near you?

The Pressure to Always Perform: A session takes 90 minutes, in person or online via video. Then the app anchors the result over 40 days.

Andy Dittrich, Founder & Trainer bei FIVE MOVES in Rheinfelden
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Andy Dittrich
Rheinfelden · easy to reach from Basel, Liestal, Frick, Bad Säckingen
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Sévérine Bächtold, Guide & Trainer bei FIVE MOVES in Sursee
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Sévérine Bächtold
Sursee · easy to reach from Lucerne, Olten, Zofingen, Willisau
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Alexandra Koch, Guide & Trainer bei FIVE MOVES in Zurich
Alexandra Koch
Guide & Trainer · Zurich · easy to reach from Winterthur, Uster, Dietikon
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