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20th Feb 2025

119. Journal With Me: 5-Minute Prompts to Identify & Release Self-Sabotage Patterns

Ever find yourself saying you want to make changes but somehow never following through? You're not alone! In this quick 5-minute journaling session, I guide you through identifying the sneaky self-sabotage patterns that might be keeping you stuck.

This episode is perfect for you if you've been:

  • Postponing that important conversation
  • Wanting to feel differently but not prioritizing actions to make it happen
  • Choosing mindless scrolling over activities that would actually fulfill you
  • Feeling stuck in overthinking and indecision

I know what it's like to be deep in self-sabotage mode—I did it for years during my transition to single motherhood and building my businesses. That's why I created this bite-sized practice that fits into your busy mom life while delivering powerful clarity.

What You'll Experience:

  • How to identify the stories you tell yourself that keep you stuck
  • A simple method to recognize how self-sabotage feels in your body
  • The one question that instantly reveals what's possible when you release limiting patterns
  • A practical action step to move forward TODAY

This journaling practice is designed specifically for busy moms who know they want more peace, presence, and fulfillment but find themselves repeating patterns that keep those desires just out of reach.

Resources Mentioned:

  • [FREE] Calm Mind Blueprint: My 5-day journaling challenge for finding peace amidst overwhelm. Get started immediately at samanthapenkoff.com/calm-mind-pod
  • Self Sabotage Detox: Ready to break free from self-sabotage patterns for good? Join our transformative group program where we identify, disrupt, and replace self-sabotaging behaviors. Learn more here
  • Sabotage Quiz: Discover which sabotage patterns show up the strongest for you https://www.positiveintelligence.com/saboteurs/

More Ways to work with Samantha:

1:1 coaching: Now accepting applications, 4 spots open. Apply here.

Emotionally Empowered: The BEST (and maybe only) journaling membership on the internet that focuses on taking your big emotions & situations and transforming them into the clarity + direction you need to get what you want...combined with a 24/7 uplifting community. You receive journal prompt flows, journaling workshops and special 'Breakthrough Themes'. Access it all with a 7 day FREE trial!

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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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