A simple brain hack when feeling stuck

June 14, 2025

Hello Beautiful Human – How are you?! Are you ‘good’, ‘busy’, ‘fine’… AND also struggling to know how to show up and/or ignore everything that is going on?

I get it.

As humans, we can feel multiple emotions without making one wrong or bad. Shaming yourself for feeling or not feeling something only leaves your brain (and emotional body) stuck.

I want to invite you to:

Please take time to celebrate and express gratitude for the accomplishments and good things happening in your life and work.

This is ESSENTIAL for maintaining motivation and mental health, especially when your nervous system is constantly being bombarded with perceived threats, as the speed of change and authoritarian leaders threaten our country and globe.

Daily Practice for your wellbeing & leadership:

List 3-5 Things going well:

I’ll start

The internet is working (and has brought this encouragement to you)
The sun is shining (relatively calm weather is like one’s health, it’s goes unnoticed until it’s gone)
I am surrounded by hundreds of change agents who care deeply about humanity. (see the inspirational video below as proof).

Your Turn

This is the fuel that will keep you connected to your power and out of feeling helpless.

What’s your natural tendency when your brain hits fear mode?

Freeze – Can’t get yourself to do what you know you need to.

Fight – Defensive, angry, seeing every interaction as threat.

Flight – Avoiding emotions, responsibility, & uncomfortable situations.

Fawn – Can’t say no. Hoping your agreeableness and niceness will save you.

It is natural to get stuck in a loop of fear and reactivity.

It can be so natural that choosing a different way of operating can feel uncomfortable (even dangerous to our nervous system).

This is where the somatic and nervous system work of holistic coaching comes into play.Withknowledge,awarenessandpractice (my own little change model) internal transformation brings the freedom to respond instead of react.

The more we notice our automatic reactions, the more compassion and understanding we can use in leading others to creatively and powerfully meet this moment.

If you are ready to rewire your reactions and anchor yourself in your authentic power to make the impact you desire, book a free discovery call and I’ll walk you through more details on how 1:1 coaching will leave you more empowered and effective.