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10th Jun 2025

150. Why 'I Don't Have Time' Is Actually Self-Sabotage (& how to break free)

Does this sound familiar? "I barely have time to breathe, let alone add another thing to my plate. Between crushing it at work, being present for my kids, and keeping our home running, when am I supposed to find time for me? I should be able to handle this on my own..."

If you're a working mom who feels maxed out but keeps pushing through, this episode is for you.

3 Game-Changing Insights You'll Discover:

🔄 The Time Paradox Truth: Why the very thing you think you don't have time for is exactly what creates more time in your life (it's like refusing to stop for gas while running on empty)

⚡ The Energy Multiplication Effect: How my client Kristi, a CFO working 7-5 daily, transformed her exhausting evenings of crashing on the couch into energized time connecting with her husband—without changing her work schedule

🎯 The Root Cause Revelation: Why therapy, exercise, and self-care aren't fixing your overwhelm (hint: they're band-aids on symptoms, not solutions to the real problem)

By the end of this episode, you'll understand why you're actually wasting precious hours on patterns that drain you—and how to reclaim 3-4 hours each week without changing your schedule. You'll finally see the difference between being busy and being productive, and discover the one investment that transforms how you experience every other hour of your day.

Perfect For Working Moms Who:

  • Feel like they're running on empty but can't stop to refuel
  • Are crushing it at work but collapsing at home
  • Think "I should be able to figure this out myself"
  • Want to be present with their kids but feel constantly overwhelmed
  • Are tired of just surviving day-to-day instead of actually living

Key Topics Covered:

  • Time scarcity mindset vs. time abundance reality
  • The subconscious sabotage patterns keeping you stuck in overwhelm
  • Real client transformations: From survival mode to thriving
  • Why surface-level solutions don't create lasting change
  • The strategic approach to creating more time and energy
  • How my private coaching transforms your relationship with time

Featured Stories:

  • My personal journey from overwhelmed single mom to empowered entrepreneur
  • Kristi's transformation from exhausted CFO to energized working mom
  • The working mom who was "throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks"

Work With Samantha:

Remember: You don't need more time. You need to stop wasting the time you have on patterns that aren't serving you.

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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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