You’re Not Stuck — You’re Strategically Avoiding the Thing You Don’t Want to Face.

Let’s settle in for a second — just you and me.

Take a breath. unclench your jaw. Let your shoulders drop a little.

Because I want to talk to you about something you’ve been expertly dodging.

And before you try to skip past this like you didn’t hear your name in the spirit —

Ma’am… and Sir… yes, YOU. Come back. Have a seat.

There’s a specific kind of stuck that highly capable people experience — the leaders, the builders, the fixers, the people who usually have the answers.

It’s the kind of stuck that doesn’t look messy.

It doesn’t look chaotic.

It definitely doesn’t look like failure.

It looks like… functioning.

But functioning with friction.

A friction that no one else can see, but you feel every time you try to move forward.

And here’s the big truth you don’t want to say out loud:

You’re not stuck because you don’t know the answer.

You’re stuck because you don’t want to deal with the answer.

Whew.

Yeah. I said it.

Let’s continue.

---

The

Avoidance That Comes Dressed as “I’m Thinking It Through”

You’ve been circling around a truth that keeps clearing its throat trying to get your attention.

You know the one:

That conversation you keep postponing

That boundary you refuse to set

That decision you’ve let marinate for 14 months

That emotional weight you’ve labeled as “tiredness”

That disappointment you swallowed but never digested

You’ve wrapped it in logic.

You’ve wrapped it in timing.

You’ve wrapped it in busyness.

But you haven’t wrapped it in honesty.

And here’s the thing no one tells leaders:

Avoidance is still avoidance — even when you’re productive.

You can take calls, hit goals, manage teams, post content, and still be emotionally avoiding something that your soul is begging you to address.

---

Why High Achievers Avoid the Hard Thing

Let me pull the curtains back with love:

It’s not because you’re scared.

It’s because you’re tired.

You don’t want another emotional project.

You don’t want another conflict.

You don’t want another thing to “resolve.”

You want peace — even if it’s fake peace.

You want calm — even if it’s borrowed calm.

You want stability — even if it’s built on the back of your silence.

But here’s the twist:

The very thing you’re avoiding is the thing that would actually free you.

Your peace is behind that decision.

Your clarity is behind that boundary.

Your confidence is behind that truth you don’t want to say out loud.

And your next level?

Oh, it’s sitting in the waiting room, tapping its foot, saying,

“Any day now…”

The CEO-Level Truth: Clarity Requires Courage

Let me talk to your leadership for a moment:

Every major breakthrough in your life has come on the other side of an uncomfortable truth.

Every one.

It was never the strategy.

Never the to-do list.

Never the productivity hack.

It was the moment of courage.

The moment you finally said:

“I can’t keep doing it this way.”

That’s the moment heaven, peace, and progress all exhaled at the same time.

So let me say this plainly:

You’re not waiting on clarity.

Clarity is waiting on you to stop negotiating.

Once you tell yourself the truth — the real truth — the decision becomes obvious.

Your Soul Is Tired of Carrying What Your Mouth Won’t Admit

Read that again.

Your spirit knows what needs to change.

Your intuition has been leaving little sticky notes all over your life.

Your peace has been side-eyeing you for weeks.

And yet… you’ve been trying to outwork what you needed to outgrow.

Let me lovingly interrupt that pattern.

You deserve ease.

You deserve clarity.

You deserve forward momentum without dragging emotional anchors.

But that starts with honesty.

---

So, here’s your next intentional step:

Ask yourself this one question —

And answer it without performing:

“What conversation am I avoiding because I already know what it will cost me?”

That’s the thing keeping you stuck.

And the moment you address it, your whole life is going to pivot forward.

I’m here with you — not judging, not rushing, not pushing —

just guiding you toward the breakthrough your heart has been preparing for.

You’re not stuck.

You’re being summoned.

— Dr. Sakira Jackson

CEO Whisperer | Business Psychologist | Tender Interrupter of Avoidance