Why Trying Harder Isn’t Working

Why do so many capable, motivated women feel stuck despite trying harder? This blog series explores how chronic stress, trauma, neurodivergent wiring, and nervous system overload limit access to motivation, focus, and follow-through. Through a nervous-system–informed lens, these posts unpack why willpower alone fails and how regulation restores capacity for sustainable change. Created by NWA Integrative Behavioral Health.