247. Journal With Me: What Feels Safe About Staying Stuck?

About this episode

This episode invites listeners to explore the safety of staying stuck and the fears associated with making changes in their lives.

You keep thinking about making the change. Setting the boundary. Starting the thing. Having the hard conversation. But somehow, you keep ending up back in the same place. Not because you don’t care. Because some part of your current life still feels safer than the unknown. This episode is an invitation to stop overthinking and start getting honest about what your comfort zone is protecting you from. Journal prompts: What is the one thing you keep circling back to but haven't fully committed to yet? What is it that you want to feel, create, or do? If you fully committed to that decision or vision, what are you afraid of? What do you think you'd be risking? If you just stayed where you are, claiming it might get easier or a sign will come, what feels safe and comfy cozy about right now? The journaling prompts in this session will help you uncover what you’ve been avoiding, what you’re afraid could happen if you actually moved forward, and what staying where you are has been giving you emotionally. Because sometimes the hardest part isn’t making the change. It’s admitting that a part of you still feels safe staying the same. Resources Mentioned: The Should Session: To Stop you from…

People in this episode

Host: Samantha Hawley

Topics covered

• personal growth
• comfort zone
• journaling
• change
• boundaries
• self-reflection

Keywords

• journaling prompts
• comfort zone
• personal development
• self-awareness
• change management

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