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Beyond Awareness: Closing the Gap Between Knowing and Doing

by Samantha Hawley

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 k

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  1. 281. Why You Become More Strict With Food in Certain Seasons of Life

    For a long time, I thought I was just being healthy. I was a health and wellness coach, after all. I didn't question the cleanses, the strict food rules, or the pressure I put on myself to exercise. I thought these were good habits. I didn't realize how often I turned to them when other parts of…

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  2. 280. How to Work Without Feeling Like You're Choosing Your Career Over Your Kids

    I thought having more time to work would make me feel less behind. Instead, I found myself feeling guilty when I worked and overwhelmed when I didn't. And when my son told me, “I never get to see you anymore,” it hit me hard. I'd made changes to my schedule so I could spend more time with him…

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  3. 279. Why You Can Get Things Done Under Pressure but Can't Start Them Earlier

    Procrastination can feel like a superpower when you know you can pull it all together at the last minute. But what if the pressure you rely on to get things done is also part of the pattern? I’ve definitely done this. I’ll put something off, tell myself I work better under pressure, and then...

  4. 278. The Things That Made You Successful Might Be What's Keeping You Stuck

    You know what you want. You know you’re exhausted. You know you need to stop doing everything yourself, set better boundaries, speak up, or finally change the way you’re working. So why is it still so hard to actually do it? Kelsea Koenrich and I talk about the beliefs underneath the patterns…

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  5. 277. How to Stop September Stress From Following You Into October

    September can bring this strange pressure to get your life back on track. New routines, new goals, getting back into work, ending the year strong. But what if you’re already carrying too much? When everything on your plate already feels like one thing too many, adding more goals or routines can...

  6. 276. From Copying Others to Trusting Your Own Ideas

    You don’t need their ideas...you need to trust your own. I was sitting in a doctor’s office reading an email I loved, and within seconds I was thinking, “Wait, I should be doing this too.” I caught myself comparing, questioning my own ideas, and feeling like I was already behind. So I opened my...

  7. 275. You Already Know What to Do. So Why Aren’t You Doing It? Feat. Jenna D'Annunzio

    You can read all the books. Listen to all the podcasts. Know exactly what you should be doing and still find yourself doing the same thing. That was one of my favorite parts of this conversation with Jenna D’Annunzio. We talked about what happens when awareness isn't enough, and how the beliefs...

  8. 274. You’re Not Saying Yes Because You Want To - You’re Saying Yes to Keep the Peace

    I still think about the $30 Bumblebee toy from Target. My son wanted to ride it through the store, and I said yes, with the very clear boundary that we were not buying it. Then, of course, he wanted to buy it. I said no. He pushed back. And eventually I gave in because I did not want to deal with...

  9. 273. Journal With Me: Why You Keep Doing Things You Don't Want to Do

    You know you don't want to keep doing it, but somehow you keep doing the same thing anyway. Maybe you keep overcommitting. Maybe you push through when you need to stop. Maybe asking for help still feels harder than doing everything yourself. You know the pattern, but knowing hasn't been enough to...

  10. 272. Why You Keep Overachieving Even When You Know You're Exhausted - with Holly Beitel

    The to do list keeps growing, the next goal is already waiting, and slowing down doesn't feel as satisfying as getting one more thing done. From the outside, it can look like ambition. But what if there's a story underneath all that achievement that's been quietly calling the shots? Holly Beitel...

  11. 271. Journal With Me: Figuring Out Where Your Life Is Pointing You

    You might be looking for clarity about what comes next, what you actually want, or whether the things happening in your life mean anything at all. But what if you stopped trying to figure it all out and simply looked at what’s already happening? In this journaling episode, I’m walking you through...

  12. 270. The #1 question for when you’re not getting what you want

    I’ve been thinking about one question a lot lately: What feedback is the universe showing me? Not what do I want to happen. Not what do I think should be happening. What is actually showing up? When I started paying attention to that, I noticed things I’d been overlooking. The conversations I was...

  13. 269. Journal With Me: From ‘I’m Not Ready’ to Letting Yourself Be Seen

    You keep telling yourself you're not ready. The website needs work. The logo isn't quite right. The offer needs one more tweak. But what if being "not ready" isn't really the reason? Sometimes the thing we're fixing on the outside is giving us somewhere to hide from what's actually uncomfortable:...

  14. 268. You’re Not Procrastinating on Building Your Brand - You’re Waiting to Feel Ready (with Morgan Specht)

    You’ve got a logo. You’ve picked your colors. Maybe you’ve even built the website. And somehow, you’re still waiting to feel ready to actually put yourself out there. Morgan Specht and I talk about the part of branding that has very little to do with choosing the right font or making everything...

  15. 267. Journal With Me: How to Know When to Let Go vs. Pivot

    Some things become heavy because they were never yours to carry. Some become heavy because the way you're carrying them isn't working anymore. Those aren't the same thing. If something that's always mattered to you suddenly feels different, this is your chance to slow down before deciding whether...

  16. 266. The Real Reason Things You Love Start Feeling Like Obligations - And What to Do Instead (Part 3)

    Something changes when the things you once loved start feeling heavy. The project you chose. The hobby you couldn't wait to begin. The commitment that once gave you energy. Nothing about it has necessarily changed, yet somehow it starts feeling like another obligation. It's easy to believe that...

  17. 265. Journal With Me: When Your To Do List Starts Defining Who You Are

    Some things stay on your plate long after they've stopped serving you. Not because they have to, but because somewhere along the way they became part of who you believe you need to be. The task isn't just a task anymore. It feels like proof that you're responsible, capable, caring, or enough....

  18. 264. What Makes Your Mental Load Heavier Than It Needs to Be (Part 2)

    Some things land on your plate because life asks them of you. Others show up so quietly that you don't even notice you've picked them up. A workout because everyone else is doing it. Saying yes because it feels like the right thing to do. Trying harder to be a better parent, a better boss, a…

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  19. 263. Journal With Me: Peace Isn't Something You Earn

    The hardest part isn't always knowing how you want to feel. It's believing you're allowed to feel that way before everything is finished. Peace can seem like something you have to earn. Once the work is done. Once the house is clean. Once everyone else is okay. Until then, your mind keeps…

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  20. 262. How to Stop Feeling Drained Without Doing Less

    You can wake up with the best intentions, move through your day doing all the "right" things, and still find yourself completely wiped out before dinner. For a long time, I thought that meant I was carrying too much. Lately, I've been seeing it differently. Everything has weight. Making…

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  21. 261. Journal With Me: Why a Finished To Do List Still Has Your Brain in Overdrive

    One of the hardest parts about carrying a full mental load is that finishing everything rarely feels the way you imagined it would. The emails are sent. The laundry is folded. The boxes are checked. Yet your mind is already racing toward the next thing. Rest still feels out of reach. This...

  22. 260. The Real Reason You Can't Make the Change You Already Know You Need - with LauraAura

    Making a big change rarely comes down to not knowing what to do. More often, the answer is already there. It's been sitting quietly underneath the overthinking, the people pleasing, the endless pros and cons, and the hope that one day confidence will magically arrive first. Laura Aura shares the...

  23. 259. Girls Just Want to Exhale: Why Connection Matters More Than Self Care

    Your to do list gets shorter, but something still feels heavy. The work gets done. The laundry gets folded. Everyone else seems taken care of, yet your body never really settles. Maybe what you're craving isn't another self care routine. Maybe you just need somewhere to exhale. A random thought…

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  24. 258. Are You Exercising Out of People Pleasing?

    You skip a workout and the guilt shows up almost immediately. It feels like you've failed before the day has even started. Somewhere along the way, exercise stopped feeling like a choice and became another thing you should do. What if that's not about discipline at all? A simple realization after...

  25. 257. How to Feel Happier Today (Without Changing Your Circumstances)

    You keep thinking happiness is waiting for you somewhere else. On the next holiday. The next girls' night. The next massage. The next time life finally slows down. Then the trip ends, you come home, and within a few days you're carrying the same mental load you were hoping to escape. This guided...

  26. 256. From Waiting for Vacation to Feeling Fulfilled on a Random Tuesday

    Travel has become one of those goals almost everyone shares. The next vacation. The next retreat. The next chance to get away for a while. But after hearing the same thing in coaching conversations over and over again, I started wondering if travel is really what we're craving. This conversation...

  27. 255. How to Start Delegating Without Feeling Guilty or Out of Control (Part 2)

    The task is sitting there waiting to be handed off. Maybe you've hired support. Maybe your team is capable. Maybe your partner keeps offering to help. But somehow, it still feels easier to keep doing it yourself. Not because you don't want help. Because letting go feels uncomfortable. In this...

  28. 254. From Self-Doubt to Self-Trust: What Happens After You Finally Choose Yourself - with Maddie Elysse

    Sometimes the hardest part isn't making the decision. It's staying with it. The initial clarity fades. Doubt gets louder. What once felt obvious suddenly feels uncertain. A decision that was meant to create freedom can quickly become another thing to question. This episode with Maddie Elysse...

  29. 253. Why You Still Can't Delegate Even Though You're Burnt Out (Part 1)

    Delegation isn't usually a systems problem. Most people already know what they could hand off. They've thought about hiring. They've considered asking for help. They've downloaded the planner, created the SOP, or promised themselves they'll stop carrying so much. Yet somehow, everything ends up...

  30. 252. What Actually Helped Me When Something Felt Off & What Happened When I Stopped Fixing It

    Your life looks good on paper. The business is working. The relationships are there. You're doing everything you're supposed to do. But something feels off, and you can't quite explain why. In this episode, I share the story of a night that changed everything for me. A few months after my son was...

  31. 251. The First Question to Ask Yourself When You're Overwhelmed

    You finally sit down for the night, but your mind is already making tomorrow's to do list. You're halfway through a conversation with your partner while mentally drafting an email. You're playing with your child while thinking about the next thing you need to do. In this week's reflection…

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  32. 250. From People Pleasing and Perfectionism to Self-Trust: What Ambitious Women Need to Know - with Dr. Anne Welsh

    Perfectionism, people pleasing, and pretending you have it all together are often talked about as personality traits. What if they're actually survival strategies? In this conversation, I sit down with clinical psychologist and executive coach Dr. Anne Welsh to explore why so many ambitious women...

  33. 249. Journal With Me: What Feels Unsafe About Slowing Down

    You have a list. Maybe it's on paper. Maybe it's in your phone. Maybe it's running through your head right now. And if someone told you to put that list away for a week, no planning, no organising, no keeping track of every little thing, something in you would probably feel uncomfortable. Not...

  34. 248. What If Your To-Do List Is Keeping You Overwhelmed?

    Your desk is covered in sticky notes. There are reminders on your phone, notes in a notebook somewhere, and a running mental list that never seems to stop. Crossing things off feels productive. It feels responsible. It feels like you're staying on top of everything. But what if your to do list is...

  35. 247. Journal With Me: What Feels Safe About Staying Stuck?

    You keep thinking about making the change. Setting the boundary. Starting the thing. Having the hard conversation. But somehow, you keep ending up back in the same place. Not because you don’t care. Because some part of your current life still feels safer than the unknown. This episode is an...

  36. 246. Why “Doing It All” Still Never Feels Like Enough

    I’ve noticed that so many women already know they’re overwhelmed. We know we’re carrying too much. We know we’re stuck in “I should” thoughts all day long. But what actually changes things is understanding the belief underneath those thoughts. Because underneath “I should be doing more” is…

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  37. 245. Journal With Me: From Fear of Change to Trusting What’s Pulling You Forward

    Something in life isn’t fitting the way it used to. The path that once made sense now feels heavy, forced, or disconnected from who you actually are. But walking away from it brings up its own fear. Fear of disappointing people. Fear of losing the identity attached to it. Fear of not knowing what...

  38. 244. How to Reinvent Yourself After Outgrowing the Life You Built - with Diane Van Staden

    Closing your laptop at the end of the day but still feeling emotionally tied to a life that no longer fits. Looking around at everything you’ve built and quietly thinking, “Why doesn’t this feel right anymore?” There’s grief in outgrowing a version of yourself that once made sense. Grief in...

  39. 243. How to Notice Your Growth (Instead of Only Seeing What’s Left) | Journaling

    The goals keep moving. The to do list keeps growing. And without even realizing it, it becomes easy to measure life by everything that still hasn’t happened yet. A version of you from one year ago wanted some of the things that are normal to you now. But when life feels busy or unfinished, growth...

  40. 242. How to Come Back to Yourself (From Constant Noise to Clear Intuition)

    Constant input from social media, business advice, trends, and other people’s opinions can slowly pull you away from yourself without you even realizing it. What feels inspiring at first can eventually turn into mental noise. After taking a year away from social media, I started noticing quiet…

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  41. 241. Journal With Me: How to Shift Your Identity (Even When It Feels True)

    You keep telling yourself this is just who I am. It sounds true. Being messy. Always late. Bad with money. The one who doesn’t follow through. You’ve said it enough times that it feels settled, like something you don’t question anymore. But there’s still a part of you that doesn’t fully agree....

  42. 240. From Doing Business the “Right Way” to Creating What Actually Feels Aligned

    Something starts to feel off, even when everything looks like it’s working. The offers are selling. The structure makes sense. On paper, it’s solid. But underneath that, there’s resistance. Not loud, not dramatic. Just a quiet knowing that something doesn’t fit anymore. This episode goes into a...

  43. 239. Journal With Me: When Your Life Looks Nothing Like You Expected

    You thought your life would look different by now. Different relationships. Different pace. Different version of you. And instead, you’re here. Trying to make sense of a reality you didn’t plan for, while part of you keeps going back to how it was supposed to be. This is where you either stay…

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  44. 238. What Changes When You Stop Waiting for Life to Feel the Way You Want

    Turning a year older is supposed to feel a certain way. More settled. More clear. Like things have clicked into place. But that’s not always the case. Life still feels like it's shifting. You're figuring it out as you go. And there's a quiet gap between what you expected and what's actually here....

  45. 237. Journal With Me: How to Make Decisions Faster (When You Keep Putting Things Off)

    There’s always that one thing sitting in the background. The email draft, the decision that hasn’t been made, the task that keeps getting pushed to later. It starts small, but it lingers. It shows up as mental noise, low-grade guilt, and a constant sense of “I need to get to that.” What looks…

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  46. 236. The Simple Way to Start Decluttering & Feel Less Overwhelmed with Tracy Hoth

    There’s always that one thing you keep meaning to get to. Clear the desk. Tackle the closet. Finally deal with the pile that’s been sitting there for weeks. But when the moment comes, it feels like too much. So it gets left. Again. And somewhere along the way, it quietly turns into “I’m just a...

  47. 235. From Rushing and Always Being Late to Calm Mornings (Why It’s So Hard to Slow Down)

    You tell yourself to slow down. You know rushing doesn’t feel good. But somehow you’re still filling every spare minute, still leaving late, still carrying that tension into your mornings. You even catch the moment where you could start getting ready a bit earlier. And instead, you do one more...

  48. 234. Journal With Me: From Staying Quiet to Speaking Up. The Beliefs That Made You a People Pleaser

    You had something to say. You felt it come up. And then you pushed it down. You told yourself it’s not necessary. That it’s better to keep things smooth. But later, you’re still thinking about it. That’s not random. There’s a belief underneath that moment. One that decided speaking up changes how...

  49. 233. Why You Keep Falling Back Into Old Patterns (Even After Doing the Work)

    You did the work. You named the belief. You felt the shift. And then somehow… you’re right back in it. Saying yes when you meant no. Filling your time again. Second guessing yourself. Apologizing after you finally spoke up. It makes you question everything. Like maybe it didn’t actually stick....

  50. 232. Journal With Me: From "I Don't Know My Purpose" to Finally Seeing It

    You’re asked what you’re passionate about and your mind goes blank. Not because it’s not there. Because you haven’t slowed down long enough to hear it. Your days are full. Work, kids, responsibilities, constant output. You keep everything running, but somewhere in that, you lost connection with...

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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 k

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