How to Stop Being the Woman Who’s Always About To. Episode 550
How to Stop Being the Woman Who’s Always About To
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Your phone is holding what you meant to come back to: a plan, a half-finished application, and an email from someone whose work you love, still marked important.
In this episode, I talk about what it feels like to be the woman who keeps circling the thing she wants to start. I unpack why waiting rarely feels like a real choice. I show how procrastination gets heavier the longer you carry it and how to put a real number on what waiting has already taken from you. If you have been stuck in the overthinking loop for months or years, this one is for you.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
- Why waiting is one of the most expensive decisions women make, and why the price tag stays invisible until you count it
- How your brain (Alli’s amygdala, affectionately named Becky) rewards a waiting season and quietly trains you to keep procrastinating
- How to tell the difference between real discernment and “praying about it” as a hiding place (hint: peace answers plainly, avoidance gets defensive)
- Why the dream you never launch stays perfect, and why part of you likes it that way
- The willpower vs. environment truth that changes how you make decisions: willpower gets you through a day, environment carries you through a year
- A simple index card exercise to price your waiting and turn a stuck “maybe” into a clear yes or a dated no
Timestamps:
00:00) — The plan you keep circling
(01:00) — The parking lot where dreams go to die
(01:35) — The hidden price tag on waiting
(01:55) — Meet Becky: why your brain loves a waiting season
(02:41) — How postponing quietly becomes a habit
(03:15) — When “praying about it” is really avoidance
(04:52) — Why waiting keeps the dream safe and untested
(05:36) — Alli’s story: three months of coaching herself in the mirror
(08:57) — Willpower vs. environment
(09:35) — The index card exercise: put a number on your waiting
(11:48) — Why a “no” with a date on it is a decision
(13:15) — Inside Catalyst Mastermind, and how Suzanne finally launched
(15:10) — Becoming her by default or by decision
Links to great things we discussed:
- Catalyst Mastermind
- Function Health – Use code AWORTHINGTON10 for a discount on comprehensive lab testing
- Wise Woman Method on Substack
- Take the Secret Superpower Quiz
- Join the Uplift Community
- Follow Alli on Instagram
- Alli on YouTube
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