Ep. 165 Why You Keep Quitting (It's Not What You Think)

Ep. 167 We Were in Rachel Hollis's Room. Here's What We Actually Took Home.

A few weeks ago, my guest and I were in the same room in Austin for Rachel Hollis's Rise Elevate conference. Today we're unpacking what actually happened including the honest parts that not every would say out loud. This is a real conversation between two women who showed up nervous, got cracked open, and came home with more than they expected.  IN THIS EPISODE: * What it actually feels like to walk into a room full of strangers and try to be brave...even when you're a confident, high-achieving woman * The writing exercise that created an aha moment * Why Rachel pricing drama is one of the most relatable things she shared from stage and what it means for every woman who's ever undercharged * "There are no fairy godmothers," Asia's keynote philosophy and the 2026 goal she called out loud * What actually keeps the conference magic alive after you go home -- It's less sexy than you think * "Something doesn't have to be wrong for it to not be right for you" -- a note on outgrowing rooms, relationships, and containers If you enjoyed today’s conversation, please follow, rate, and review Unblocked. It helps more people find these conversations and keeps this work going. RESOURCES: * Order my #1 New Release book In Pursuit [https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-After-Alive-Aligned-Fully-ebook/dp/B0FR2QK8XP/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1S9SOXI5PJOXM&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xv5hTCXuQkLmRPIxWEu-EA.Uj6CH7EVsb2TXJj0WoYr4FoLedMK5hfWWIl29RHdvcI&dib_tag=se&keywords=in+pursuit+jessica+smarro&qid=1758646954&sprefix=jessica+smarro%2Caps%2C144&sr=8-1#averageCustomerReviewsAnchor] * Get your complimentary copy of The Unblocked Journal  [https://jessicasmarrocoaching.com/unblocked-journal]to help bring awareness to perfectionist thinking and what it's creating in your life. * Join My Do The Thing Community [https://www.facebook.com/groups/getunblocked]  WANT MORE SUPPORT? If this episode resonated with you and you want deeper, personalized support, you can learn more about working with me at jessicasmarro.com [https://jessicasmarro.com/] STAY CONNECTED: * Follow me on Facebook & Instagram: @jessicasmarro * Share this episode and tag me with what landed for you ABOUT ASIA GENTRY Asia Gentry is a speaker and resilience advocate whose keynote, There Are No Fairy Godmothers, is about doing the hard thing without waiting to be rescued. Find her on Instagram: @as.told.by.asia Let's Get Unblocked!

Ep. 166 How I Coached Myself Two Hours Before Recording This, Arrival Addiction, & People Pleasing | Ask Me Anything

You submitted the questions. I answered them, including one I had to coach myself through two hours before hitting record. This episode covers four listener questions on the stuff that actually keeps people stuck: the cycle of chasing confidence through goals that never deliver it, people-pleasing that survives every book and podcast and therapy session, how coaches get out of their own heads, and what to do when life feels too good to be true. IN THIS EPISODE: * Why saying "I am a people pleaser" is part of what's keeping you stuck  * Arrival Addiction: why you cannot out-perform or out-achieve a feeling, and what to do instead * Thoughts that create people-pleasing behaviors and the thoughts that don't * How I coached myself through a real spiral today using the thought model I teach  * What to do when life feels too good to be true  If you enjoyed today’s conversation, please follow, rate, and review Unblocked. It helps more people find these conversations and keeps this work going. Resources: * Order my #1 New Release book In Pursuit [https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-After-Alive-Aligned-Fully-ebook/dp/B0FR2QK8XP/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1S9SOXI5PJOXM&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xv5hTCXuQkLmRPIxWEu-EA.Uj6CH7EVsb2TXJj0WoYr4FoLedMK5hfWWIl29RHdvcI&dib_tag=se&keywords=in+pursuit+jessica+smarro&qid=1758646954&sprefix=jessica+smarro%2Caps%2C144&sr=8-1#averageCustomerReviewsAnchor] * Get your complimentary copy of The Unblocked Journal  [https://jessicasmarrocoaching.com/unblocked-journal]to help bring awareness to perfectionist thinking and what it's creating in your life. * Join My Do The Thing Community [https://www.facebook.com/groups/getunblocked]  Want more support? If this episode resonated with you and you want deeper, personalized support, you can learn more about working with me at jessicasmarro.com [https://jessicasmarro.com/] Stay connected: * Follow me on Facebook & Instagram: @jessicasmarro * Share this episode and tag me with what landed for you Let's Get Unblocked!

Ep. 165 Why You Keep Quitting (It's Not What You Think)

You started strong. Then something didn't go the way you hoped and before you made a single conscious decision, you had already pulled back. That moment is where goals go to die, and I don't think we're talking enough about it. In this episode, I'm breaking down the Pursuit Cycle. This is the four-phase framework I use inside my coaching practice, and I'm showing you exactly where most people fall out of it.  What You'll Learn: * The single most dangerous moment in any pursuit  * Why your brain treats every setback like a verdict on your worth and how to interrupt it * The Pursuit Cycle: Bold Action → Intentional Belief → Deep Learning → Iteration * Why going back to action before you clean up your belief is the mistake that keeps the loop going * How to shorten the time you spend outside the cycle every time you fall out of it If you enjoyed today’s conversation, please follow, rate, and review Unblocked. It helps more people find these conversations and keeps this work going. Resources: * Order my #1 New Release book In Pursuit [https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-After-Alive-Aligned-Fully-ebook/dp/B0FR2QK8XP/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1S9SOXI5PJOXM&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xv5hTCXuQkLmRPIxWEu-EA.Uj6CH7EVsb2TXJj0WoYr4FoLedMK5hfWWIl29RHdvcI&dib_tag=se&keywords=in+pursuit+jessica+smarro&qid=1758646954&sprefix=jessica+smarro%2Caps%2C144&sr=8-1#averageCustomerReviewsAnchor] * Get your complimentary copy of The Unblocked Journal  [https://jessicasmarrocoaching.com/unblocked-journal]to help bring awareness to perfectionist thinking and what it's creating in your life. * Join My Do The Thing Community [https://www.facebook.com/groups/getunblocked]  Want more support? If this episode resonated with you and you want deeper, personalized support, you can learn more about working with me at jessicasmarro.com [https://jessicasmarro.com/] Stay connected: * Follow me on Facebook & Instagram: @jessicasmarro * Share this episode and tag me with what landed for you Let's Get Unblocked!

Ep. 164 How to Think: What Great Minds Know That Nobody Taught You

The world spent years telling you what to think. Today, we talk about how to think and why learning this one skill changes everything. I'll walk you through the S.T.E.A.R. framework I use with all my coaching clients. This is a step-by-step tool for understanding how your thoughts are literally creating your results, and how to interrupt the patterns keeping you stuck. If you've ever spiraled, over-analyzed, or talked yourself out of something you really wanted, this episode is for you. What You'll Learn * Why most of us were educated but never taught to think, and what that costs us * The critical difference between a situation and a thought (and why mixing them up is keeping you stuck) * How your brain builds evidence for whatever story you already believe * The S.T.E.A.R. framework: a step-by-step coaching tool for changing your mental loops * How the highest performers manage the space between what happens and what they make it mean  If you enjoyed today’s conversation, please follow, rate, and review Unblocked. It helps more people find these conversations and keeps this work going. Resources: * Jessica’s book, In Pursuit. Order my #1 New Release book In Pursuit [https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-After-Alive-Aligned-Fully-ebook/dp/B0FR2QK8XP/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1S9SOXI5PJOXM&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xv5hTCXuQkLmRPIxWEu-EA.Uj6CH7EVsb2TXJj0WoYr4FoLedMK5hfWWIl29RHdvcI&dib_tag=se&keywords=in+pursuit+jessica+smarro&qid=1758646954&sprefix=jessica+smarro%2Caps%2C144&sr=8-1#averageCustomerReviewsAnchor] * Get your complimentary copy of The Unblocked Journal  [https://jessicasmarrocoaching.com/unblocked-journal]to help bring awareness to perfectionist thinking and what it's creating in your life. * Join My Do The Thing Community [https://www.facebook.com/groups/getunblocked]  Want more support? If this episode resonated with you and you want deeper, personalized support, you can learn more about working with me at jessicasmarro.com [https://jessicasmarro.com/] Stay connected: * Follow me on Facebook & Instagram: @jessicasmarro * Share this episode and tag me with what landed for you Let's Get Unblocked!

Ep. 163 How Do You Know What's True? A Real Conversation About Faith, Worth, & Spiritual Truth

This episode feels different. If you’ve been listening this year, you know I’ve been shifting the format of Unblocked. I want these conversations to feel less like interviews and more like real life. Friends around a table. Honest wrestling. Communion over conclusions. And that’s exactly what this episode is. I’m joined by Reverend Mary Hahn and Jamie Bell Showmaker for a conversation about faith, spirituality, Christianity, ego, worthiness, and a question that many of us grapple with:  How do we know what’s actually true? We talk about: * Growing up inside rigid religious frameworks * Questioning without abandoning God * The tension between spiritual texts and inner knowing * What it means to be “fully human and fully divine” * Why worthiness can feel dangerous * Ego, humility, and the stories we inherit about ourselves * Whether truth lives in a book or inside us This is three women talking honestly about their journeys with God and sitting in the discomfort of not having neat answers. If you’ve ever felt like the “truth” you were taught was incongruent with the truth within, wondered where to go for answers, or wrestled with your own worthiness, this conversation is for you.  I don’t know where this episode will land for you. But I trust that if you’re here, something in it is meant for you. If you enjoyed today’s conversation, please follow, rate, and review Unblocked. It helps more people find these conversations and keeps this work going. Resources: * Jessica’s book, In Pursuit Order my #1 New Release book In Pursuit [https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-After-Alive-Aligned-Fully-ebook/dp/B0FR2QK8XP/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1S9SOXI5PJOXM&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xv5hTCXuQkLmRPIxWEu-EA.Uj6CH7EVsb2TXJj0WoYr4FoLedMK5hfWWIl29RHdvcI&dib_tag=se&keywords=in+pursuit+jessica+smarro&qid=1758646954&sprefix=jessica+smarro%2Caps%2C144&sr=8-1#averageCustomerReviewsAnchor] * Get your complimentary copy of The Unblocked Journal  [https://jessicasmarrocoaching.com/unblocked-journal]to help bring awareness to perfectionist thinking and what it's creating in your life. * Join My Do The Thing Community [https://www.facebook.com/groups/getunblocked]  Want more support? If this episode resonated with you and you want deeper, personalized support, you can learn more about working with me at jessicasmarro.com [https://jessicasmarro.com/] Stay connected: * Follow me on Facebook & Instagram: @jessicasmarro * Share this episode and tag me with what landed for you Let's Get Unblocked!