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11th Aug 2025

212 The Real Reason Your Motivation Keeps Disappearing (And What to Do About It)

You start off strong – fired up, full of plans – and then, a few weeks later, motivation has left the building. Sound familiar? It’s one of the most common cycles I see, and it leaves so many women stuck, frustrated and blaming themselves for “not being motivated enough”.

Here’s the truth: motivation isn’t the golden ticket we’ve been told it is. It’s fun when it shows up, but it’s unreliable, fleeting and often disappears when you need it most. In this episode, we’re breaking down the real reason motivation keeps vanishing, the sneaky habits and beliefs that kill it, and what you can do to build something more solid in its place.

You’ll discover how to create lasting progress by focusing on the process, meaningful goals, and small flexible steps – so that motivation becomes a bonus, not a requirement.

Key Takeaways

  • Why motivation keeps disappearing (and why that’s not a personal failing)
  • The common mistakes that kill motivation before you’ve even started
  • How to set goals that actually last, instead of relying on short bursts of willpower
  • Why action – not motivation – is what really gets results
  • A simple mindset shift to stop waiting for motivation and start building momentum today

Motivation will always come and go. The good news? You don’t need it to take that first step or to keep moving forward. This episode shows you exactly how to create a system that works – with or without motivation on your side.

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Busy Woman's Guide to Wellbeing
Mindset, Balance & Fitness for Real Life
The Busy Woman’s Guide is a wellness podcast for women looking for a healthy lifestyle that fits THEIR rhythm, not a cookie cutter version of all the “shoulds” and to-do lists out there.

Hosted by Alix Hubble, women’s therapeutic, fitness and life coach, I take you deeper into a wellbeing for YOU.

Because you already know what it takes to build healthy habits, and you’ve got enough productivity tips, workout motivation hacks, and tips for how to be consistent, how to stop procrastinating and how to achieve work life balance to last a lifetime.

So let’s explore what really sits beneath your burnout, your lack of consistency, your self sabotage, or your need to always “be on it.”

This is your permission slip to stop performing, start listening to yourself, and create a rhythm that actually fits your life.

If you’re asking questions like these….this is the place to be:

- How to stop overthinking?
- How can I be productive without burning out?
- How can I stop tying my self worth and self esteem to being busy?
- How can I stop self-sabotaging my progress?
- How do I feel more comfortable in my own skin again?

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