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Why You’re Still Stuck—Even After Doing All the Work (And What to Do Instead)

June 27, 20252 min read

You’ve read the books. You’ve taken the courses. You’ve shown up to the workshops and committed to your growth. So why does it still feel like something's off? Why, after all the work, are you still circling the same cycle of frustration?

If you’re nodding your head, you’re not alone.

One of the biggest breakthroughs women in the Hey Girl You Can community have is this: most of us aren’t stuck because we’re not working hard enough. We’re stuck because we’re trying to change into someone we’re not—rather than build from who we already are.

The Real Reason Change Doesn’t Stick

We think change means “becoming different.” But historically, the word change meant to “substitute one thing for another.” And that’s what most of us try to do: swap our natural rhythms, wiring, and strengths for someone else’s blueprint.

We try to become the morning person.
We try to work like our extroverted mentor.
We try to adopt strategies that worked for someone else.

But when we build a life around someone else’s strengths, it creates internal misalignment—and misalignment feels like anxiety, burnout, or like something just isn’t clicking.

Real Growth Doesn’t Come From Reinventing Yourself

It comes from remembering yourself.

What would shift for you if instead of trying to “become” something new, you started getting deeply curious about who you already are?

  • What gives you energy (and what drains it)?

  • When are you most productive, creative, or focused?

  • What core values shape your decisions?

  • Where did your current beliefs about success, money, or relationships even come from?

This kind of clarity creates confidence—not by trying to fit into someone else’s model but by crafting a path that fits you.

That’s the exact work we do inside the Hey Girl You Can community—and especially during Reclaim Your Power Day.

We don’t tell you to change.

We help you understand how you’re wired, what you want, why you want it, and how to move toward it in a way that finally feels like you.

You’re not broken. You’re not behind. You’re just building on a blueprint that was never yours to begin with.

Ready to stop changing who you are and start reclaiming who you’ve always been?

Come join us inside Hey Girl You Can—this is where your real clarity (and real progress) begins.

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Tara Geraghty

Tara has spent over 26+ years in leadership development leading a team of women across the nation. She holds a degree in theater, has a background in improvisation and is both Counseling Practitioner and REBT certified. She is the founder of Hey Girl, You Can a community of 45K+ women from around the world. Tara is a sought after Top 5 TEDx speaker, a TEDx Play Series Performer, the Author of Making Cancer Fun: A Parent's Guide (Amazon #1 New Release), and has been featured on MSNBC, GMA, 5280 & Reader’s Digest to name a few. She is a contributing author on Every Entrepreneur’s Guide to Running your Own Business, a contributor to Conquer Magazine: The Patient’s Voice, and can be heard on podcasts worldwide. Get your FREE 5 Days to Mental Strength Challenge at www.taragonline.com

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