# Ep 86: From Survival to Seven Figures - Healing the Trauma Behind Your Business Ceiling with Farya Barlas

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Podcast: [The Boutique CEO® with Chris Williams](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-boutique-ceo-with-chris-williams-6977309)
Published: 2026-05-25T19:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode of Soulful Abundance with Chris Williams, Chris sits down with licensed psychologist and trauma expert Farya Barlas for a powerful conversation about why so many high-achieving business owners hit invisible ceilings, and why the answer almost never lies in a new strategy. Farya shares how 23 years of working with high performers led her to a groundbreaking framework that weaves together trauma psychology and business growth, helping founders move beyond survival-mode hustle into true expansion. Whether you're chasing your first six figures or pushing past seven, this episode will shift the way you see yourself, your patterns, and your potential. What You'll Learn Trauma isn't just something to heal, it can be a superpower: Farya reframes trauma not as something broken that needs fixing, but as the source of many of the traits that make entrepreneurs exceptional, grit, resilience, reading a room, anticipating problems. The key is developing awareness of these patterns so you can harness them intentionally rather than be unconsciously driven by them. What got you to six figures won't get you to seven, and it's not about strategy: The leap from six to seven figures requires a completely different internal operating system. Six-figure success is often fuelled by necessity and survival energy. Seven-figure growth requires desire, and most people, especially women, haven't been given a template for going after what they simply want , without a crisis driving them. Knowing information and embodying it are two very different things: One of the most common reasons business owners stay stuck isn't a lack of knowledge, it's that unresolved psychological patterns prevent them from actually doing what they know. Farya's method works by identifying the specific bottl…

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