262804066 118. High-Achieving Moms: From Yelling to Healing w/ Nervous System Regulation & Boundaries. ft. Rebecca Dollard - Beyond Awareness: Closing the Gap Between Knowing and Doing

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18th Feb 2025

118. High-Achieving Moms: From Yelling to Healing w/ Nervous System Regulation & Boundaries. ft. Rebecca Dollard

Ever feel like you're "handling it all well" on the outside but internally struggling with mom rage, overwhelm, and disconnection from yourself? You're not alone, mama!

In this powerful episode, I sit down with Motherhood Mentor and somatic healing practitioner Becca Dollard to unpack what's really happening in your body when you feel triggered by your child's meltdowns, and how to actually regulate your nervous system instead of just trying to "stay calm."

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What You'll Learn:

  • Why high-achieving moms often struggle the most with internal battles
  • The surprising truth about mom rage and what your anger is trying to tell you
  • How to set loving boundaries that teach your kids without saying a word
  • What to do when you're overstimulated and want to yell (practical tips!)
  • The real reason you feel like you've "lost yourself" in motherhood
  • Understanding somatic boundaries and why they're game-changing for moms

Key Topics We're Diving Into:

  • Nervous system regulation for busy moms
  • Somatic boundaries (what they are & why they're game-changing)
  • Building unshakeable self-trust as a mom
  • Transforming mom rage into emotional wisdom
  • The truth about dissociation and overwhelm

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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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