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11th Nov 2025

194. How to Calm Your Nervous System Without Adding More to Your Plate

The meditation apps aren't working. The bubble baths feel like another task. That morning routine everyone swears by? You're too exhausted to even start it. And somehow, you're still sitting at your desk at 9pm with your heart racing, completely fried from the day.

My client sent me a screenshot of her Oura Ring Results last month — during our one-hour coaching call, her stress level dropped to "restored." The lowest it had been all day. We weren't meditating or doing breathing exercises. We were talking about company policies, team structure, and how to stop putting out fires at work. Her nervous system regulated while we strategized the hard stuff.

After listening, You'll then know:

Why your body stays in fight-or-flight even when you're "doing everything right"
The two gut fears that keep you from getting the support you actually need
How to stop making decisions from overwhelm (so your nervous system can finally exhale)

Stop blaming yourself for not meditating enough — and start addressing what's actually keeping your stress high.

Resources Mentioned:

90 min Breakthrough Intensives: We get to the root of what keeps you performing instead of enjoying. Plus a 30-minute follow-up call 2 weeks later. https://www.samanthapenkoff.com/offers/LN9xep94
Calm Mind Blueprint: http://www.samanthapenkoff.com/calm-mind-pod

Work with me:

Private Coaching - 2 open spots: www.samanthapenkoff.com/privatecoaching
Clarity Call: https://calendly.com/samanthasays/clarity-call

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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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