How to Make Confident Decisions: 5 Journal Prompts To Stop Overthinking #beaguest, #collab, #findaguest, #podswap
Journal Entries is the podcast for ambitious women in business and leadership who want to stop bringing their work stress home.
Host Samantha Hawley, MBA and Clarity Coach, specializes in the ripple effect — how your internal state at work directly impacts your patience, presence, and peace at home with your family.
If you’re making $100k+ but find yourself snapping at your kids after a tough workday, overthinking during bedtime, or feeling like you can’t turn off “boss mode” — this podcast will help you master the transition from boardroom to living room. Because success shouldn’t cost you your sanity or your family connection.
You keep telling yourself you’ll rest after this project. After the busy season. After you get through this month.
But here’s what actually happens: you hit your breaking point, book a retreat or take a week off, feel temporarily better — and then you’re right back where you started. Overstimulated. Exhausted. Running on fumes again.
This episode pulls back the curtain on why we wait until we’re desperate to prioritize ourselves, and why those big drastic measures (the retreats, the content courses, the “I’m taking next month off” declarations) aren’t actually solving the problem. You’ll walk away understanding what’s really driving your overstimulation — and three practical ways to regulate your nervous system without needing to escape your life first.
Key Takeaways:
- Why retreats should enhance your life, not be a lifeline to revive you
- The question that reveals if you’re actually prioritizing yourself (or just decision fatigued)
- How to stop the cycle of “I’ll rest when…” and feel grounded in your actual everyday life
- Three tips to regulate your nervous system right now — no retreat required
You’ll stop waiting for permission to feel calm. And you’ll start trusting that you can feel less overstimulated without blowing up your schedule or booking a flight.
Resources Mentioned:
- Free Calm Mind Blueprint:http://www.samanthapenkoff.com/calm-mind-pod
- Newsletter:www.samanthapenkoff.com/prompts
Work with me:
- 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. Click here for details.
- Private Coaching – 4 open spots: www.samanthapenkoff.com/privatecoaching
- Why do smart, capable women get trapped in overthinking loops even when they logically know what they should do?
- What are the three most common decision-making approaches that actually keep women stuck instead of creating clarity?
- Can you walk us through your Calm Mind Blueprint and why it cuts through mental noise when traditional journaling fails?
- What's the single most powerful journal prompt that has created breakthrough moments for your clients facing major life decisions?
- How can listeners tell the difference between fear-based hesitation and genuine intuition when making decisions?
They've tried the pros and cons lists, asking everyone for advice, and even traditional journaling, but they still feel frozen. These women are tired of feeling like they're living on autopilot, going through motions that look good on paper while feeling disconnected from their true desires.
They want to be more present with their families & feel more fulfilled in their careers. They're craving the confidence to trust themselves again and make decisions that actually align with who they're becoming rather than who they've been. They're ready for a simple, practical & sustainable method that cuts through their mental chatter + helps them access & trust their inner voice.
Calm Mind Blueprint (framework for busy women who crave peace & decisiveness but feel too overwhelmed to find it)
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