High Achiever Mindset: Separating Self-Worth from Success

In high-pressure academic environments, it’s easy to confuse achievement with self-worth. This reflective mental health workshop invites undergraduate and graduate students to explore how achievement culture can shape identity, anxiety, burnout, and perfectionism.

Through guided reflection and discussion, the session offers a compassionate reframe of success, encouraging students to question productivity-driven self-value and external validation. Participants will be invited to explore who they are beyond grades, performance, and constant achievement, and to reflect on healthier ways of relating to ambition and self-expectations.

This workshop is especially relevant for students who identify as high achievers, struggle with perfectionism, or feel pressure to constantly perform, but it is open to anyone interested in developing a more balanced and sustainable relationship with success.