You’re aware of it.
You can feel it.
You know you’re overriding your intuition sometimes…

So why doesn’t anything actually change?

In this episode, we’re going deeper than awareness into the real reason you’re stuck in the same patterns, even when you “get it.”

Brenda breaks down:

• Why awareness alone can actually create frustration
• The missing piece between knowing and changing
• How your nervous system quietly overrides your intuition
• Why affirmations sometimes make things worse (and what to do instead)
• What self-trust actually feels like in your body
• The identity shift required to stop second-guessing yourself

Plus, she shares powerful reflection questions to help you reconnect with your inner knowing - without pressure or perfection.

This isn’t about fixing yourself.
It’s about learning to stay with yourself.

Links + Resources:

• Free Energy Audit: https://www.brendawinkle.com/audit
• Apply for the IGNITE Retreat (limited spots): https://www.brendawinkle.com/igniteretreat
• Join the Empowered Empath Collective - https://www.skool.com/empoweredempathcollective/about

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Have you ever walked away from a situation thinking:

👉 “I knew it… Why didn’t I listen to myself?”

That feeling has a name.

Brenda calls it an empathy hangover.

In this deeply personal episode, Brenda shares a real-time experience where she overrode her intuition during a vulnerable moment and what it revealed about how empathy can quietly override self-trust.

This isn’t about blame.

It’s about awareness, nervous system patterns, and learning how to stay with yourself — even when it’s uncomfortable.

Inside this episode:

• what an empathy hangover actually is (and why it happens)
• the subtle signs you’re overriding your intuition
• how being under-resourced impacts your decision-making
• the real cost of over-accommodating (it’s not just time or money)
• how to repair self-trust in real time
• why “I’ll never do this again” isn’t the goal
• the identity shift required to stop abandoning yourself

Brenda also shares:

• a personal story involving a business agreement that didn’t feel right
• the moment she realized she overrode her own gut
• how she navigated the repair without shame

Reflection Questions:

• Where did I know… and override?
• What did I feel in my body?
• What did I tell myself to stay?
• What would choosing differently look like next time?

Ready to go deeper?

✨ Join the Empowered Empath Collective (practice this in real time) https://www.skool.com/empoweredempathcollective/about
🔥 Get on the waitlist and apply for the Ignite Retreat (limited to 10 spots) https://www.brendawinkle.com/igniteretreat

🎧 Listen now and start rebuilding self-trust from the inside out

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There’s a version of you that feels real, familiar… and true.

It’s how you describe yourself.
How others know you.
How you make decisions.

But what if that version of you is also the reason you can’t see what you actually want?

In this episode, we explore the intersection of identity and nervous system safety — and how your current identity might be quietly limiting what feels possible for you.

Because this isn’t about whether you can have what you want.

👉 It’s about whether you can see it as available to you

Inside this episode:

• how identity shapes what feels realistic, safe, and “like you”
• why you might dismiss opportunities or talk yourself out of things that excite you
• the nervous system patterns behind procrastination, overthinking, and self-sabotage
• why affirmations don’t work (and what to do instead)
• how to begin shifting identity in a way your body can actually support

Plus, Brenda shares personal stories about:

• transitioning from teacher → entrepreneur
• claiming identity (and the resistance that comes with it)
• continuing to show up during grief and emotional intensity

Powerful reflection questions from this episode:

• What if this was available to me?
• What version of me would say yes to this?
• Where am I defaulting to who I’ve been instead of who I’m becoming?

Ways to go deeper:

✨ Join the Empowered Empath Collective https://www.skool.com/empoweredempathcollective/about
🎙 Explore more episodes of Your Yes Filled Life
🔥 Get on the waitlist for the Ignite Retreat https://www.brendawinkle.com/igniteretreat
💫 Apply for private coaching https://www.brendawinkle.com/coaching

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