Feeling stuck is noted on almost every single intake form I get from my incoming clients. I’ve been a Dallas Life Coach for 7 years, and have coached thousands of clients who are feeling stuck in life.
Feeling stuck in career, feeling stuck in a relationship (questioning whether or not to stay in a marriage is very common, more on that HERE) and feeling stuck in life in general are the most common sticky points I see in my clients.
And I get it – I spent the majority of my adult life feeling stuck. I had a career that I had no passion for, felt like I was stuck on loop dating the same avoidant guy over and over again and was lacking clarity on how to move forward in life.
I figured out how to get unstuck in life before becoming a life coach (in fact it led me to becoming a life coach!), and I feel like I did it the hard way so you don’t have to!
Why Do I Feel Stuck In Life
You feel stuck in life because you are lacking clarity on who you really are, what you really want and how to actually get it. This was me. I had no idea who I really was at my authentic core. I was trying to people please and chameleon myself to everyone around me. I asked other people for advice and took it, even when it didn’t feel right to me. I was living my life for other people and wondering why I wasn’t happy.
I knew what I didn’t want, but I was so focused on it that I got lost in the misery of what I didn’t want instead of creating a new reality for myself. I didn’t want my corporate job, so I complained about it and wished it was different. This just drained my energy and left no room for creativity and forward thinking. I didn’t know what I wanted, so there was no need to figure out how to get it!
What I see with my clients who know what they want is that most people get stuck in the how – how am I going to get what I want. They hit roadblocks, sabotage themselves with limiting beliefs and find themselves spinning their wheels trying to move forward only to get more and more stuck. This feels maddening, and is avoidable with the right mindset, tools and plan.
You might also feel stuck in life because you are outgrowing a version of yourself. This is a big one with my clients. Here’s a relatable, yet somewhat surprising, example: You spend years hustling and grinding at your job and have a good level of success, but are also totally burned out from it. You meet someone and get married. Suddenly your priorities are shifting – they used to be all about work, and now your personal life has entered the chat. You’re talking about having kids soon. These are all good things, you’re really happy, but you find yourself feeling stuck in life and don’t know what to do.
It’s funny how even when we are getting what we want, or experiencing positive changes in our lives, we can feel stuck. This is because the person we have been and the way we have done things up until now no longer fits where we are going.
I always say that if something isn’t happening in your life, it’s because you are lacking clarity. So if you’re asking yourself how to stop feeling stuck, clarity is always the answer.
How To Gain Clarity In Life | Life Coach Dallas
As a Confidence Coach (Dallas is home, but you and live anywhere and coach with me), I help my clients to reconnect to their authentic selves – the person they are at their core, who has been buried underneath things like past pain, limiting beliefs and the expectations of others. Reconnecting to your authentic self helps you to access your intuition, stop overthinking and leads to clarity on what it is that you really want.
Reconnecting with your true self is step one in how to get unstuck. Sounds easy enough right?! If only it was!
It’s amazing how most of us weren’t even taught to be connected to our authentic selves. We are instead taught to give our power away to anyone who will take it – this includes well meaning authority figures, and even influencers! In a world where we are constantly being “influenced,” sold to and where comparison to highlight reels is the norm, it’s very easy to lose connecting with your authentic self.
It’s time to start asking yourself how to change your life direction to be more aligned with who you really are. We can start this process with a complimentary consultation and start getting you the clarity you crave on how to get unstuck.
