142// Why trying harder or putting MORE effort in, isn't working anymore

I've been thinking about something a lot lately. There's this really specific kind of frustration that happens when trying harder used to work… and now it just doesn't. Like you know how to be disciplined. You know how to show up. You've done hard things before. You've built things before. You're not new to effort. But lately it feels like you're putting in the same energy and getting half the movement. Or you're pushing and instead of momentum, you just feel more tired. And that's the part that's unsettling. Because if effort has always been your safety net, your identity, the thing that made you capable… what does it mean when it stops working? I see so many women quietly turn this inward. They start wondering if they've gotten lazy. If they've lost their drive. If they just need to get it together. But what if that's not what's happening at all. What if trying harder isn't working because you're not lacking discipline… you're lacking capacity. Effort works beautifully when there's space inside you to receive the results of that effort. When your nervous system isn't already overloaded. When you're not carrying layers of responsibility, emotion, identity shifts, invisible labor. If you've been holding a lot for a long time, pushing more doesn't create progress. It creates pressure. And pressure doesn't build. It braces. Sometimes when effort stops working, it's not a sign to double down. It's a sign that your system is asking for room to breathe. You don't need to prove you still have it in you. You don't need to earn your rest by collapsing first. It might just be that this season requires something different. Not more force. More space. I talk about this more deeply in this week's podcast episode, but I just wanted to say this here in case you needed to hear it. Nothing is wrong with you. You're not behind. You might just be full. BOOK A BREATHWORK SESSION COME HANG ON INSTAGRAM