How Comparison Hijacks Your Identity, Nervous System, and Meaning—And How to Break Free

Comparison is not “just insecurity.” It’s a psychological algorithm your nervous system runs when it believes: “I am not safe being me.”

And the cost isn’t just emotional. Comparison quietly fuels:

•      anxiety

•      burnout

•      procrastination

•      perfectionism

•      resentment

•      self-betrayal

•      identity confusion

•      relational disconnection

•      chronic dissatisfaction

•      and the silent death of joy

Comparison doesn’t just steal confidence. It steals your life.

Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Time: 12-2pm (EST)

CEUs: 2

Online via Zoom

This course is eligible for 2 CEUs for Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psychologists in New York State

For more information about CEU approval, please click here.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN (Science-Based + Transformational)

In this powerful 2-hour training, you will learn how to:

•      Understand comparison as a neurobiological threat response (not a character flaw)

•      Identify how comparison operates through the Body–Mind–Meaning system

•      Recognize the hidden “comparison identities” (Perfectionist, Performer, Achiever, Rescuer, Invisible One, Outsider)

•      Interrupt comparison loops using the SWEET Four Layers of Transformation

•      Replace comparison with self-trust, alignment, grounded action, and freedom

THE SWEET FRAMEWORK

This seminar is grounded in:

1.    SWEET Four Layers of Transformation
Conscious → Pre-Conscious → Unconscious → Existential

2.    Body–Mind–Meaning Framework
Because comparison is not only a thought problem—it’s a nervous system problem and a meaning problem.

YOU WILL LEAVE WITH TOOLS

Including:

•      The 5-Step SWEET Reset (Stop • Witness • Exhale • Examine • Turn)

•      The Comparison-to-Creation Rule

•      Trigger mapping + identity-based interventions

•      A practical framework you can apply immediately in daily life and clinical work

THIS SEMINAR IS FOR YOU IF…

You work with individuals who’ve ever:

•      felt behind even while succeeding

•      questioned their worth in silence

•      struggled to enjoy their progress

•      overworked to “prove” themselves

•      lost themselves trying to keep up

We don’t need to be more impressive. We need to be more ours.

Here's what attendees have been saying about SWEET seminars:

"I love the courses, they are meaningful & practical!" - Lorie, LCSW-R

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