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Stuck Between the Promise and the Payoff? How to Survive the Stretch Season

Ever feel like you’re doing everything right — but the breakthrough still isn’t here?
Like life is almost aligning… but you’re stuck in the middle? That space is called The Stretch Season — and it’s uncomfortable, humbling, and necessary.

In this raw and relatable solo episode, Hazel Brown, host of It’s the Human Experience, gets vulnerable about what it looks like to be in the in-between — where the doors are cracking open, but the full promise hasn’t shown up… yet.

Inside This Episode:

✔ What it means to be stuck between the promise and the payoff
✔ How to know you're in a Stretch Season — and why you shouldn't rush it
✔ The danger of “playing for crumbs” when you were called for the whole loaf
✔ Why building quietly, observing, and aligning matters more than public validation
✔ How exposure to people further ahead isn't rejection — it’s preparation
✔ The power of staying planted in faith when impatience creeps in
✔ Why being the student in the room can unlock your next season

Hazel opens up about the silent struggles of entrepreneurship, faith, and learning how to stretch into your next level — without forcing the timing. If you're feeling stuck, stretched, or like you're behind, this episode is your reminder: You're exactly where you're supposed to be.

✨ Stay Connected & Keep Growing:

✅ Follow Hazel on Instagram: @workplacetherapyexperience
✅ Subscribe to YouTube: Redefining the Future You
✅ Get details for the next Workplace Therapy Experience event this October in Las Vegas!

If this episode speaks to you, share it with a friend who’s also building, waiting, and trusting the process. You’re not behind — you’re becoming.

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If you’re ready to stop living on autopilot and start building a life aligned with your true purpose—this episode is for you.

Did you know? Research shows only 10-15% of people are truly self-aware (Harvard Business Review). The rest? Are stuck in cycles of programming, conditioning, and societal expectations—living lives they didn’t actually choose.

But not you. Not anymore.

This is your invitation to wake up to YOU—your values, your voice, your version of success.

🚀 In this powerful episode, we unpack:
✅ What self-awareness really is—and why it’s the key to living life on YOUR terms
✅ Why you deserve to explore, create, and color outside the lines (without guilt!)
✅ How identity can be shaped by shame—and how to reclaim it
✅ The truth about shame: how childhood wounds, comparison, and societal pressure keep us stuck
✅ Why your healing is relational—identity is healed in community, not in isolation
✅ A new model of growth: like trees, true growth happens upward and downward at the same time
✅ Why external validation (followers, likes) is an illusion—and what actually matters
✅ The transformative power of visual connection and in-person community—and how YOU can be part of it
✅ Why NOW is the time to redefine your life—and why this podcast is here to support you every step of the way

✨ THIS IS YOUR SIGN:
You are allowed to evolve.
You are allowed to question what you’ve been taught.
You are allowed to create a life that feels as good on the inside as it looks on the outside.

🎥 JOIN THE COMMUNITY:
➡️ Subscribe on YouTube: @RedefiningTheFutureYou
➡️ Follow us on Instagram: @workplacetherapyexperience

This is where the deeper conversations are happening—visual connection, intentional community, and elevated spaces where you can grow, heal, and THRIVE.

🔥 Your next step:
🎧 Binge the top episodes—start with Episode 74 if you haven’t yet.
⭐ Leave a review if this resonated—your words help us reach more people.
💌 Share this episode with your friends, your community, your sister circle—because we are building this movement together.

You are worthy of a life designed by YOU.
Let’s keep becoming—one conversation at a time.

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In this special bonus episode of Crimes of the Soul: Unraveling the Truth, we dive into the emotional crime scene we all carry with us: our emotional baggage. No police tape required—this isn’t about solving crimes, but about unpacking the hidden wounds, traumas, and unresolved pain that shape our decisions and relationships.

Join host Hazel Atkinson-Brown as we take an honest look at the emotional baggage we all carry and how it impacts our personal growth. In this episode, we explore how unaddressed emotions can affect our actions, just like any crime scene, and how understanding and healing these emotional wounds can lead to profound transformation.

Through relatable stories, reflection prompts, and actionable insights, this episode will guide you on a journey of self-awareness and healing. Whether you’re facing past trauma, past regrets, or simply looking to shed some emotional weight, this episode offers valuable tools to help you clear your emotional crime scene and start living fully in the present.

If you're ready to face your emotional baggage head-on, this bonus episode is for you. Let’s unpack it together.

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