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Have you ever beaten yourself up for procrastinating, assuming it meant you were lazy or unmotivated? That you should do more?

What if your scrolling, fridge-checking, or mental fog is not a flaw — but a wise signal from your nervous system asking for safety?

In this validating episode, Dr. Amen Kaur reframes procrastination as a freeze response — not failure. Drawing on trauma science, nervous system healing, and feminine-coded success psychology, she explores how the brain's amygdala, cortisol response, and prefrontal cortex interplay when fear of failure or rejection is triggered.

✨ Inspired by the work of Bessel van der Kolk and others, you'll discover how trauma lives in the body and why procrastination often protects you from unseen emotional threat.

You’ll also explore:

  • Why moderate “delays” enhance creativity (Einstein & Beatles style)
  • How dopamine and incubation can restore motivation
  • 3 powerful strategies to shift from freeze to flow (without shame)

You are not lazy. You are intelligent. And your body is doing its best to keep you safe while you grow.

🕊 If you’re ready to soften into success, create from safety, and embrace a new relationship with productivity — this episode is your invitation.

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About Dr. Amen Kaur
Dr. Amen Kaur challenges the belief that procrastination is a flaw or failure. Instead, she sees moments of freezing, scrolling, or emotional shutdown as wisdom — signals from the nervous system inviting us to pause, reconnect, and realign.

Through her trauma-informed lens, she teaches that true productivity doesn’t come from pushing harder — it comes from healing the patterns beneath the pressure. For Dr. Amen, procrastination is not the problem; it’s a sacred pause. A chance to breathe, reset the nervous system, and align with the version of yourself who can lead, create, and thrive from safety.

Her work invites ambitious, intuitive individuals to move from hustle to heart, and from fear to embodied success.

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Chapters

1. "Procrastination as Productive Pause" (00:00:00)

2. Nervous System Protection Response (00:01:31)

3. Trauma and the Freeze Response (00:03:00)

4. Creative Incubation Phase (00:04:59)

5. Overcoming Procrastination: Three Science-Backed Strategies with Love (00:06:00)

6. Final Thoughts and Call to Action (00:08:37)

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