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7th Aug 2025

167. Journal with Me: 5 Min Prompts for When You're Carrying TOO Much

Save this episode for when you have 5-mins to strategically break free from holding it all together! (Prompts below)

I made this episode for the woman who feels like you're the only one who sees how much you're actually handling. Like everyone around you just assumes you've got it all under control, while you're secretly drowning in the weight of keeping everyone else's world spinning.

If you're nodding along thinking "finally, someone gets it," grab your journal & pen or open Google Docs!

In today's 5-minute journaling session, we're diving into why you might be addicted to being indispensable - and how that pattern is actually keeping you trapped in cycles that drain you instead of fulfill you.

What you'll discover:

  • The real reason you can't stop "carrying it all" (spoiler: it's NOT about being helpful)
  • Why asking for help feels so terrifying (and what you're really afraid of)
  • How proving your worth through productivity shows up across ALL areas of your life
  • The breakthrough question that will shift you from surviving to thriving

4 Journal Prompts Covered:

  1. Write about a time when you felt completely unseen for everything you were handling
  2. What are you afraid would happen if you stopped being the person who handles everything?
  3. Where else do you prove your worth through how much you can carry?
  4. What would change if you believed you were worthy of support and recognition just as you are?

Perfect for the ambitious woman who's tired of being everyone's go-to person but doesn't know how to step back without feeling guilty or incompetent.

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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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