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26th Jun 2025

155. Journaling Through Mom Exhaustion: 5 Min Prompts to Find Energy Leaks

Reserve your free seat at the 'Permission to Prioritize Your Energy' workshop! Learn how to stop energy leaks and become an energized woman through daily permission slips.

Are you constantly exhausted even though you're doing "all the right things" to relieve stress and overwhelm? Going to therapy, exercising, reading personal development books, scheduling self-care Sundays... but you STILL feel drained by 3pm?

Today's 5-minute journaling session is for the working mom who knows her kids and unfulfilling job are draining her, but can't figure out why nothing seems to bring her energy back. Spoiler alert: the problem isn't what you think it is.

In this episode, you'll discover:

  • Why you feel most drained during your day (and it's probably not what you expect)
  • The hidden energy leaks happening through tiny decisions all day long
  • How asking yourself one simple question can transform your entire energy level
  • The real reason self-care isn't working (and what to do instead)

Ready to go deeper? Join me for my FREE 20-minute workshop: 'Permission to Prioritize Your Energy' where you'll learn my signature Permission Slip Method to stop feeling guilty for what you want and start choosing what energizes you.

Workshop Details:

  • When: Tuesday, June 24th at 9:15am PST | 12:15pm EST
  • What: Live journaling workshop for ambitious moms who are tired of being tired
  • Cost: Completely FREE
  • Bonus: First 10 people to attend live get my exclusive 'Instant Energy Reset' visualization
  • Reserve your spot here →

Key Takeaways

✨ The real problem: You're leaking energy through tiny decisions all day long - every time you choose what you "should" do over what you genuinely want

✨ Why self-care isn't working: You're trying to add energy through external things when you're actually draining yourself through micro-choices

✨ The solution: Learning to make micro-choices that energize instead of deplete you (and this often takes things OFF your plate)

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Beyond Awareness: Closing the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
Closing the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
Beyond Awareness (formerly Journal Entries) is for successful women in leadership and business who know exactly what they need to do but can't make themselves do it.

You know you need to prioritize yourself, delegate more, set boundaries, stop bringing work home. You've tried therapy, coaching, retreats. You know the solution - but you either can't follow through, or when you DO, it doesn't stick.

Host Samantha Hawley helps business owners and executives earning $100k+ excavate the root beliefs underneath the execution gap. Why do you keep not doing the thing? Why doesn't it feel better when you do? Using strategic journaling and emotional excavation, we go beyond awareness into why you're actually stuck in the pattern.

This isn't about more tactics or tips. This is about understanding why awareness isn't enough and what actually needs to shift for you to change.

You'll hear about: decision fatigue, why you can't prioritize yourself, nervous system regulation, being present with your kids, root cause of overwhelm, why boundaries don't stick, self-sabotage patterns, and how your internal state impacts everything.

Perfect for: Female CFOs, VPs, directors, executives, business owners, and women in leadership who are tired of knowing what's wrong but not being able to change it.
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