Some things stay on your plate long after they've stopped serving you. Not because they have to, but because somewhere along the way they became part of who you believe you need to be. The task isn't just a task anymore. It feels like proof that you're responsible, capable, caring, or enough.

Today's journal is about slowing down long enough to notice what you're really carrying and why it still feels so heavy.

Journal Prompts

1. What feels heavy on your plate right now?
2. Did you put it there yourself, or did it find its way onto your plate because someone asked you to, because everyone else was doing it, or because it felt like something you should do?
3. Finish this sentence. By having this on my plate, it makes me a better....Then try the opposite.Without doing this, I would be...
4. Now imagine taking it off your plate completely. What could you do with that space? Not what you'd replace it with. Just the space itself.

Sometimes going this deep is all the permission you need to put something down. Other times it shows you there's something underneath that's been keeping it there all along. That's exactly what we work through inside Lighter.

Work with me:

1. Lighter: finally release the weight attached to your plate www.samanthapenkoff.com/lighter
2. The Leaders Table: https://www.samanthapenkoff.com/leaders-table
3. Breakthrough Intensive: You already know you should slow down, delegate more, stop overcommitting & be emotionally present. So why can't you? That's what we figure out in 90 minutes + integration call 1 week later. Book your Breakthrough
4. Exhale Private Coaching: For women ready to do this work until it sticks and you can't revert back. 3 open spots: Work with me

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