How to Make Confident Decisions: 5 Journal Prompts To Stop Overthinking #beaguest, #collab, #findaguest, #podswap
Journal Entries is a podcast for women looking to peel back the layers, understand why they feel stuck & gain clarity in their life so that they can make positive changes.
Your host, Samantha Hawley, believes that you can journal through anything as simple as why it’s so hard to stop pressing the snooze button or as trivial as anxiety or why your relationship is struggling. She will help you do this in each Journal Entry (or, episode).
Tune in weekly to get tips, tricks and journal prompts as well as hear from guest speakers to help you to uncover your truths, gain clarity and make your move.
This is for you if you stare at your to-do list and feel your chest tighten! You wrote everything down to feel more in control, but somehow you’re drowning in your own handwriting. That master list that was supposed to save you? It’s actually making everything worse.
Episode Highlights:
🎯 The Control Trap – Why your 47-item to-do list is creating fake urgency (and what actually matters)
🎯 The Master List Method – My simple Google Doc system that prevents overwhelm while keeping you focused
🎯 Productive vs. Feeling Productive – How to celebrate crossing off ONE thing instead of beating yourself up for not doing ten
After listening to this episode:
You’ll stop rewriting the same overwhelming list over and over. Instead of feeling behind even when you’re crushing it, you’ll wake up knowing exactly what matters today. No more Sunday scaries about everything you “should” be doing.
Picture this: It’s 6 PM and instead of stressing about your endless list, you’re actually proud of what you accomplished. You can be fully present with your kids because work isn’t spinning in your head. Your evenings become yours again.
One more thing:
Your productivity isn’t measured by how much you cross off. It’s about choosing to feel good about what you DID accomplish. One working mom told me she cleaned the office kitchen between therapy sessions and felt guilty it wasn’t “enough.” But who decided that wasn’t enough?
You get to choose how productive you feel, regardless of what your list looks like.
Resources Mentioned:
Calm Mind Blueprint: www.samanthapenkoff.com/calm-mind-pod
Ways to work with Samantha:
1:1 coaching: Now accepting applications, 2 spots open. Learn More here: www.samanthapenkoff.com/privatecoaching
Application to get on the 1:1 waitlist: https://www.samanthapenkoff.com/assessments/2148353310
Connect with Sam on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samantha.s.says
- 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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