When ”Hard Work” Is Just Avoidance (and What You’re Really Running From)

You might call it ambition. Work ethic. Faithfulness. Discipline.
But sometimes "busy" is just pain avoidance with better branding.

In this episode, Spencer and Sammi unpack what they call hustloin—the cycle where hustle and busyness become a way to outrun what you don't know how to feel. From the tension of motherhood and autonomy, to entrepreneurship, provision pressure, and the subtle addiction to significance… we get honest about what's really driving you when you can't slow down.

We talk about:

• The difference between purposeful work and pain-driven hustle

• How "I have to do it all" creates chronic overwhelm

• Why you can't problem-solve well while you're triggered (and what to do first)

• The motherhood tension: impact and autonomy vs presence and slow living

• The "10x version of you" high—and how it can become a form of self-medication

• Integrity, impostor syndrome, and why connection has to come first

If you've been calling it productivity but it feels like pressure… this conversation will put language to what's happening inside you—and give you a path back to peace without quitting your life.

If this hit home, share it with a friend who's "always busy."
And if you want to go deeper into emotional health, wholeness, and building a life from connection, stay close—we're bringing you into the real conversation.

 

 

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