#314: Getting Unstuck: The Three Hidden Roadblocks Blocking Your Progress with Cat Mulvihill
About this episode
Cat Mulvihill discusses the three hidden roadblocks to productivity and how to diagnose them.
Most productivity advice operates in one of two categories: you’re missing a skill or system, or you have a mindset problem. Cat Mulvihill thinks both camps are right — and both are incomplete. There’s a third category that almost nobody is talking about, and she argues it’s the one most likely to be the actual culprit when you’re stuck. My guest this week is Cat Mulvihill, a speaker, trainer, accountability coach, and licensed Immunity to Change facilitator who has been leading workshops for more than 20 years. After being formally diagnosed with ADHD in 2024, she developed the Momentum Formula — a framework separating the reasons we fail to follow through into three distinct categories: logical, biological, and psychological. Cat is a longtime Lab member and led the second-highest-rated session at this year’s Lab Offline event in Boise. In this episode, we talk about: The three roadblocks to follow-through — and why the biological one is the category almost everyone overlooks How to diagnose which roadblock is actually keeping you stuck, and why the order you check them matters The “dreaded identity” — the hidden, subconscious version of yourself you’re afraid of becoming — and…
People in this episode
Host: Jay Clouse
Guest: Cat Mulvihill
Topics covered
- productivity
- roadblocks
- accountability
- ADHD
- follow-through
- mindset
Keywords
- productivity advice
- momentum formula
- logical roadblock
- biological roadblock
- psychological roadblock
- identity
- Gretchen Rubin
- accountability strategies
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Lab
Books & works: Momentum Formula
Places: Boise
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