The Gap Between Knowing What To Do – And Actually Doing It
Why smart, self-aware women still feel stuck and what actually shifts it.
A FREE 60-Minute Workshop
📅 Wednesday 25 February
⏰ 12.30pm UK
📍 Live on Zoom
🎥 Free - Replay available for 48 hours
Most women think they’re stuck because they don’t know what to do.
But far more often, the truth is this:
You know.
You just haven't moved.
It’s the conversation you keep rehearsing.
The boundary you keep softening.
The application you haven’t sent.
The decision you’ve rolled around in your head a hundred times.
Deep down, you know what the next right step is.
And yet… you don't do it.
Not because you’re incapable or lack insight.
But because you’ve become very good at managing and putting up with what isn’t quite right.
And even when you think you don’t know what you want, often you actually do – you just don’t feel safe enough to maybe even acknowledge it, let alone move.
If you genuinely feel unclear, we’ll explore whether that’s true confusion… or fear dressed up as uncertainty.
That distinction matters.
This workshop is about understanding that gap.
The Cost
Now let's get real.
Often the thing keeping you stuck isn’t confusion.
It’s the cost of change. You anticipate change might cost you a loss in
Security.
Identity.
Approval.
Stability.
Being the reliable one.
Not rocking the boat.
You sense moving will cost you something. And you might be right.
But here’s the harder question we’ll gently explore:
What is staying already costing you?
Energy.
Self-respect.
Aliveness.
Intimacy.
Time.
And perhaps most of all… self-trust.
Because every time you override what you know, something in you shrinks just a little.
Insight without action slowly chips away at your self-trust.
What this workshop is (and isn’t)
In this 60–75 minute live workshop, we’ll explore:
• Which stuck state you’re actually in – genuine confusion or quiet avoidance
• The deeper pattern keeping you there (it’s not laziness)
• Why insight alone doesn’t create change
• What actually creates steady, grounded action
No dramatic reinvention.
No blowing your life up.
Just honest clarity about what’s holding you back and what shifts it.
This workshop is not:
• A “fix your life” session
• A motivational pep talk
• A shortcut to transformation
This workshop is for you if :
• You’ve done the therapy, the retreats, the books, the journalling
• You want more, but haven’t taken steps towards it
• You don’t want to derail your life, but you can’t keep circling
• You’re ready to move from insight into action
If you came to my recent workshop Wanting More Without Derailing Your Life, this is the next layer.
Wanting more is one thing.
Actually moving towards it is another.
A little note from me
Hi, I'm Deborah Berryman
I’m a caoch, yoga and somatic movement teacher with over 20 years’ experience supporting women through change.
I specialise in working with thoughtful, capable women in midlife who feel caught between wanting more and fearing what change might cost.
My work is grounded, trauma-informed, body-based, and relational.
Nothing to fix. Nothing to force. Just space to come home to yourself and your own truth.
How it Works
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📍 Live on Zoom
📅 Wednesday 25 February
⏰ 12.30pm UK
🎥 Replay available for 48 hours -
Free.
Expect to leave with:
• Greater clarity about why you’re stuck
• A deeper understanding of what movement will require
• One grounded next step
👉 SAVE ME A SPOT - I need this
A note
If this session hits home, I’ll also share the structured group container I’m opening in March for women who are ready to stop circling and start moving - with support, community, accountability and steadier momentum.
But first – let’s talk honestly about why you’re not moving.
A Note on Safety
This workshop is for situations or relationships where there’s basic safety and mutual respect. If you’re in a situation involving emotional or physical abuse, please reach out to Women’s Aid or your local service. You deserve to be safe first.