Journey to Self: Power Beyond People Pleasing

Sandy Bartlett
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For women ready to trade self-sacrifice for self-worth.. You’ve spent years people-pleasing, keeping the peace, and putting yourself last. Journey to Self: Power Beyond People Pleasing helps you break free. Each week, Self-Discovery Coach Sandy Bartlett shares real stories, spiritual tools, and coaching insights to help you reclaim self-worth, confidence, and voice — and step fully into your Second Spring. Follow #SandyBartlettCoaching and #SandyBartlett for more. sandybartlett.substack.com

  1. Jun 20

    The Midlife Awakening That Changed Everything

    Discover why people pleasing recovery takes decades, not months, and what actually shifts the pattern over time. Learn how a lifetime of self abandonment shapes the spiritual journey toward becoming a shamanic practitioner. In this episode, Sandy tells her personal story for the first time. Sandy shares an unflinching look at the survival patterns laid down in childhood, three marriages shaped by people pleasing, the deaths that opened a door at sixty-six, and the first Akashic Records reading that changed the direction of everything. If you have ever wondered what a real-life spiritual awakening at midlife looks like — not a tidy version, the actual road — this is that account. We follow the full arc of one woman's people pleasing recovery and spiritual journey — from the little girl who learned to disappear, through marriages built on self abandonment, into the loss that cracked the door open, and finally into the shamanic practice that turned her own healing outward into work she now holds for other women. This is for anyone in midlife who is starting to see the shape of their own road and wondering what comes next. #PeoplePleasingRecovery #MidlifeAwakening #ShamanicPractitioner #SoulRetrieval #AncestralHealing #AkashicRecords #SpiritualAwakeningMidlife #WomenOver60 #WomenOver70 #MyStory #JourneyToSelf #SandyBartlett Take the People Pleasing Persona Quiz 🔗 https://thesandybartlett.com/quiz Journey to Self Community 🔗 https://www.skool.com/journey-to-self-the-awakening-1973/about Meet Northstar Noelle — your AI guide for clarity, self-trust, and direction beyond people-pleasing 🔗 http://subscribepage.io/NNQKIz This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sandybartlett.substack.com

    15 min

  2. May 24

    The Version of You That Wants to Skip

    Your soul knows exactly who she is. She's light. She's free. She skips. She laughs. She doesn't monitor the room to see if she's being too much. But somewhere along the way, you learned that being that version of yourself wasn't safe. So you calibrated. You restrained yourself. You created a subdued version that could move through the world without being too much. And that version worked. She kept you safe. She helped you fit in. She made sure you were never labeled as the problem. But your soul never stopped wanting to skip. There's a tug of war happening inside you. Between the soul that knows who you are and the conditioning that told you it wasn't safe. And your soul is done waiting. #PeoplePleasingRecovery, #BeingTooMuch, #SoulFragmentation, #ShamanicHealing, #RestrainingYourself, #CalibratedSelf, #SoulRetrieval, #MidlifeWomen, #NervousSystemHealing, #BubblyPersonality, #CarefreeSoul, #ShamanicPractitioner, #SpiritualHealing, #ReclaimingJoy, #AuthenticSelf, #StopCaring, #JourneyToSelf, #SandyBartlett Journey to Self Community🔗 https://www.skool.com/journey-to-self-the-awakening-1973/about Meet Northstar Noelle — your AI guide for clarity, self-trust, and direction beyond people-pleasing🔗 http://subscribepage.io/NNQKIz Book your one-to-one Shamanic Sessionhttps://thesandybartlett.17hats.com/p#/scheduling/rrdxhpzpcrktfpthztwrzdgpfcrvbdxh This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sandybartlett.substack.com

    9 min

  3. May 10

    When the Strategy That Saved You Stops Working

    Your body learned to get quiet when things got tense. To shrink when you felt unwanted. To make yourself smaller so the other person wouldn't have to feel uncomfortable. It worked. For decades, it worked. It kept you safe. It kept you in relationships. It kept you from being the problem. And then one day, it stopped. Not because you decided to change. But because your soul finally said: I can't do this anymore. That moment — when the old strategy fails and you don't know what comes next — isn't a breakdown. It's a breakthrough. And if you're standing in it right now, this episode is for you. Start Here - Join the Journey🔗 https://subscribepage.io/vfnwJJ Journey to Self Community🔗 https://www.skool.com/journey-to-self-the-awakening-1973/about Book your “Awaken the Shift” callhttps://thesandybartlett.17hats.com/p#/scheduling/fxkhgghnvtvwxpzpsxksndhgxbsgdpzw Meet Northstar Noelle — your AI guide for clarity, self-trust, and direction beyond people-pleasing🔗 http://subscribepage.io/NNQKIz Book your one-to-one Shamanic Sessionhttps://thesandybartlett.17hats.com/p#/scheduling/rrdxhpzpcrktfpthztwrzdgpfcrvbdxh This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sandybartlett.substack.com

    9 min

  4. Apr 25

    The Rule Nobody Told You About

    You've been following a rulebook your whole life. Not one anyone handed you. Not one you ever agreed to. One that was already running when you arrived.   The rules about how visible you're allowed to be. How much space you're allowed to take up. How much of you anyone is allowed to see before it becomes too much. These aren't personality traits. They're ancestral patterns — absorbed before age seven, passed down through the women in your line, wired so deep they stopped feeling like rules and started feeling like you.   This episode is about the moment you see one. Just one. Because once you do, you can't follow it the same way anymore. Start Here - Join the Journey🔗 https://subscribepage.io/vfnwJJ Journey to Self Community🔗 https://www.skool.com/journey-to-self-the-awakening-1973/about Book your “Awaken the Shift” call https://thesandybartlett.17hats.com/p#/scheduling/fxkhgghnvtvwxpzpsxksndhgxbsgdpzw Meet Northstar Noelle — your AI guide for clarity, self-trust, and direction beyond people-pleasing🔗 http://subscribepage.io/NNQKIz Book your one-to-one Shamanic Sessionhttps://thesandybartlett.17hats.com/p#/scheduling/rrdxhpzpcrktfpthztwrzdgpfcrvbdxh This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sandybartlett.substack.com

    11 min

  5. Apr 11

    Who are you without the armor?

    The bracing in your body — that constant readiness in your shoulders, your jaw, your chest — wasn't something you chose. It was how you learned to stay safe while managing everyone else's comfort. And then one day, that tension drops. You look in the mirror and don't recognize the woman looking back. Because without the people pleasing pattern running in the background, who even are you? This episode is about what your body does when it stops bracing for impact and why that doesn't feel like relief at first. It's about meeting the version of yourself who doesn't need the armor anymore — and why that groundlessness is actually the doorway. Start Here - Join the Journey🔗 https://subscribepage.io/vfnwJJ Journey to Self Community🔗 https://www.skool.com/journey-to-self-the-awakening-1973/about Book your “Awaken the Shift” callhttps://thesandybartlett.17hats.com/p#/scheduling/fxkhgghnvtvwxpzpsxksndhgxbsgdpzw Meet Northstar Noelle — your AI guide for clarity, self-trust, and direction beyond people-pleasing🔗 http://subscribepage.io/NNQKIz Book your one-to-one Shamanic Sessionhttps://thesandybartlett.17hats.com/p#/scheduling/vvhppfbxrppbffxrvdnzgwtcnwrbgvpr #PeoplePleasingRecovery #NervousSystemHealing #SoulRetrieval #ShamanicHealing #MidlifeWomen #EnergyClearing #PeoplePleaser #SecondSpring #TraumaRecovery #AncestralHealing #SelfDiscovery #ShamanicPractitioner #BodyTension #ReclaimYourIdentity #SomaticHealing This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sandybartlett.substack.com

    11 min

  6. Mar 21

    The version of you that you keep turning down

    You've been so busy making yourself easy to be around that you stopped noticing you were doing it. And then one day someone asks you a simple question and you go completely blank. Nobody tells you that waking up feels disorienting before it feels freeing. Especially when people-pleasing has been your operating system for years. In this episode, Sandy Bartlett talks about what the awakening process actually looks like for Second Spring women — why the discomfort is the beginning, what it feels like to finally catch yourself mid-adjustment, and the one simple pause that starts to change everything. If you've ever frozen when someone asked what you like — if you've ever walked into a room and turned yourself down before anyone asked — this episode is for you. #peoplepleaserrecovery #wakingup #secondspringwomen #spiritualawakening #sandybartlett #journeytoself #soulself #selfawareness #innerknowing #roarpath #stopshrinking #midlifewomen #selftrustjourney #awakeningwomen #peoplepleaser Start Here - Join the Journey🔗 https://subscribepage.io/vfnwJJ Journey to Self Community🔗 https://www.skool.com/journey-to-self-the-awakening-1973/about Book your “Awaken the Shift” call 🔗https://thesandybartlett.17hats.com/p#/scheduling/fxkhgghnvtvwxpzpsxksndhgxbsgdpzw Meet Northstar Noelle — your AI guide for clarity, self-trust, and direction beyond people-pleasing 🔗http://subscribepage.io/NNQKIz 00:00 When You Go Blank 00:32 Meet Sandy And The Theme 01:02 Intuition Cards Pulled 02:48 Body Knowing And Invitation 03:36 Awakening Feels Disorienting 04:57 Two Selves The Safe And Real 05:45 Divorce Story And The Question 07:23 Reflection Wisdom And One Pause 09:34 Quiet Recognition Closing This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sandybartlett.substack.com

    10 min

  7. Mar 7

    What Happens When You Stop Arguing With Yourself

    Some things feel true before they have words. Before clarity. Before certainty. Before you're ready to explain anything to anyone.   In this episode, Sandy shares the moment she realized she didn't need external validation for something to be real for her: she had a spiritual experience that lit her up inside, but she didn't share it with her husband. Not because he would've shut her down—but because she knew it would require so much translation that she'd lose the resonance in the explaining.   So she just... didn't. She let it be hers.   And that's when she learned: the first yes is internal.   You'll hear about: - The Akashic reading moment that shifted everything - Why inner dismissal happens so quickly - How self-silencing can start internally, not externally - The difference between self-honesty and self-disclosure - What changes when you stop arguing with yourself This is the final episode in the Loving Without Shrinking series. #selftrust, #innerpermission, #peoplepleasing, #selfdiscovery, #intuition, #emotionalawareness, #midlifewomen, #personalgrowth, #journeytoself, #spiritualawakening Start Here - Join the Journey🔗 https://subscribepage.io/vfnwJJ Journey to Self Community🔗 https://www.skool.com/journey-to-self-the-awakening-1973/about Book your “Awaken the Shift” callhttps://thesandybartlett.17hats.com/p#/scheduling/fxkhgghnvtvwxpzpsxksndhgxbsgdpzw Meet Northstar Noelle — your AI guide for clarity, self-trust, and direction beyond people-pleasing 🔗http://subscribepage.io/NNQKIz 00:00 The Quiet First Yes 00:48 Intuitive Card Yes 01:20 The Moment Before Speaking 02:02 Akashic Reading Story 03:33 Internal Permission Shift 04:58 Reframing the First Yes 06:25 Let the Questions Live 07:05 Rebuilding Self Trust 07:47 Community Practice Invite 08:13 Weekly Empowerment Action 08:44 Series Wrap and Farewell This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sandybartlett.substack.com

    9 min

  8. Feb 28

    When My Body Carried What I Wouldn't Say

    There was a point when I realized my body was reacting long before I was willing to say anything out loud.   In this episode, I share the dinner table moment that made me see it: I started to say something true, felt the gap it would create, stopped myself mid-sentence... and within seconds, my throat felt tight. Like the words I didn't say got stuck there.   This conversation explores: - The immediate physical response to choosing silence - Why your body doesn't differentiate between big silence and small silence - What "the body keeps the score" really means in daily life - How suppression registers as threat in your nervous system - A simple practice for listening to your body this week   This is Episode 4 in the Loving Without Shrinking series. selfsilencing, #bodyawareness, #peoplepleasing, #nervoussystem, #selftrust, #boundaries, #emotionalhealth, #midlifewomen, #personalgrowth, #somaticawareness, #journeytoself Start Here - Join the Journey🔗 https://subscribepage.io/vfnwJJ Journey to Self Community🔗 https://www.skool.com/journey-to-self-the-awakening-1973/about Book your “Awaken the Shift” callhttps://thesandybartlett.17hats.com/p#/scheduling/fxkhgghnvtvwxpzpsxksndhgxbsgdpzw Meet Northstar Noelle — your AI guide for clarity, self-trust, and direction beyond people-pleasing 🔗http://subscribepage.io/NNQKIz 00:00 Introduction 00:57 Intuitive Moment 01:30 Body Symptoms and Choices 02:12 The Dinner Conversation 03:58 Suppression as Threat 04:45 Inner Reflection Exercise 05:40 Whispers of Wisdom 06:39 Learning to Hold 07:13 The Cost of Silence 07:48 Journey to Self Community 08:10 Empowerment Action 08:29 Closing Thoughts This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sandybartlett.substack.com

    9 min
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For women ready to trade self-sacrifice for self-worth.. You’ve spent years people-pleasing, keeping the peace, and putting yourself last. Journey to Self: Power Beyond People Pleasing helps you break free. Each week, Self-Discovery Coach Sandy Bartlett shares real stories, spiritual tools, and coaching insights to help you reclaim self-worth, confidence, and voice — and step fully into your Second Spring. Follow #SandyBartlettCoaching and #SandyBartlett for more. sandybartlett.substack.com

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