This Seems Personal
This Seems Personal is not a perfectly packaged self help space. It is me, Leigh Gall, telling the truth in real time and saying the things most people are scared to say out loud. I am done hiding, done performing, and done pretending any of us have it all together.This channel is for anyone who has ever worn a mask in their own life. The overthinkers, the achievers, the people pleasers, the ones who feel disconnected from themselves even when everything looks fine on the outside. If you have ever wondered whether everyone else is faking it too, you...
Episode 5: What People Think About You is None of Your Business
This episode is a deep breath for anyone who has spent their life trying to manage how they are perceived. I walk through the psychology behind why we care so much about what people think, why it feels like survival, and why it’s actually just projection. I share my own history with codependency and the ways I outsourced my worth to other people’s reactions. If you’ve ever walked into a room and immediately started scanning for judgment, this conversation will hit home.
You’ll learn why you can never actually know what someone is thinking...
Episode 4: You're Not Broken - You're Programmed
Most of us spend years believing the voice in our head is our own. The doubts. The criticism. The second‑guessing. The constant feeling that someone else must know better. But what if those thoughts were never yours to begin with.
In this episode, I break down the moment I realized my inner critic had been running my life on outdated software. I share how conditioning, childhood wiring, and the default mode network shape the way we think, react, and show up without us even noticing. And I talk honestly about the patterns I lived with for de...
Episode 3: Nervous System 101: Why You Feel the Way You Feel
In this episode, we’re pulling back the curtain on something most high‑functioning humans never realize: your nervous system is running the show… and it has been for decades.
If you’ve ever wondered why you overreact, shut down, over‑prepare, people‑please, or go into “go mode” without meaning to, this is the episode that finally explains it.
I break down Nervous System 101 in simple, human language:
• bottom‑up vs. top‑down reactions
• why your body responds before your brain
• how childhood conditioning becomes adult performing
• why self‑abandonment f...
Episode 2: Why We Wear Masks
In this episode, I talk about self abandonment and the subtle ways we disconnect from who we really are. This is a real and unfiltered conversation about mask wearing, people pleasing, nervous system conditioning, and the survival strategies we learn long before we ever realize we are using them.
I share how I spent years adapting, performing, smoothing edges, chasing approval, and calling burnout normal. I talk about the pressure to be likable, the fear of disappointing others, and the quiet ways we override our own needs to stay safe. I also share the parts of myself...
Episode 1: Time to Stop Pretending
This first episode is me stepping out from behind the mask and telling the truth. This is the beginning. I talk about what brought me here, the years of performing, the pressure to hold it all together, and the burnout I kept calling normal. This episode is the line in the sand. What I will be talking about from here on out, what I am done pretending, and why I am choosing to start this without the polished version of me.
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