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28th Aug 2025

173. Why Being a 'Good Mom' Makes Your Kids Meltdown MORE | 5 Min Journal Prompts

If you've been thinking "I'm doing everything right, so why are my kids so "difficult?" Like the harder you try to be the perfect mom, the more your kids seem to fall apart? I see you!

You're absolutely crushing it at work - managing teams, solving problems, keeping everyone happy. Then you come home with every intention of being present, patient, and fun... only to watch your kids have complete meltdowns over the tiniest things.

In this 5-minute journal session, we'll uncover:

  • The hidden reason "good mom" energy actually triggers more meltdowns
  • What your kids are really picking up on when you're trying your hardest
  • Why perfectionist parenting creates the exact chaos you're trying to prevent
  • How to shift from performing motherhood to simply being enough

Today's Journal Prompts:

  1. Think about your most stressful parenting moment recently - what were you trying to control or fix?
  2. When your kids don't respond how you hoped after you've been trying so hard, what fear comes up?
  3. Where else in your life does "trying harder to be good enough" make things fall apart?
  4. What if your kids are responding to the pressure they feel from you trying to be perfect?

Your kids don't need a "good mom" - they need a mom who believes she's already enough, so they can feel safe being themselves too.

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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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