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✳️ Where Did My Mojo Go?
You’re still showing up… but momentum? It’s missing.

Sometimes it feels like you’re moving through oatmeal.
Sometimes the pull you used to feel has just… faded.
Sometimes, no matter how much you try to care again, you just can’t summon it.
And the more you push, the more stuck you feel.

That kind of inertia—the heaviness, the dullness, the slow drag—is what I call Stalled.
It’s one of the five patterns in The Stuck Spectrum™ at Get UnStuck HQ.

There’s a lot of research into why this happens. One major reason? Self-Determination Theory, which shows that motivation fades when we no longer feel a sense of:

* Autonomy

* Connection

* Meaningful progress

* Or even meaning in our work

If you want to dig deeper, here are two solid starting points:
🔗 Self-Determination Theory in Work Organizations (Deci, Olafsen & Ryan, 2017)
🔗 Self-Determination Theory and Work Motivation – PositivePsychology.com

That’s the psychology behind why your mojo may have gone missing.

The fix isn’t forcing motivation.
It’s clearing what’s draining it—and fueling what helps it return.

At Get UnStuck HQ, I help you dig underneath the muck that’s draining your energy.
So you can restore your momentum and move forward with clarity, focus, and intent.

✳️ The Necessary Pause 

Not every moment of stuckness needs an immediate fix.

Sometimes, the wisest thing you can do isn’t to push forward. It’s to sit still and let the noise settle. To be with yourself long enough to actually feel what’s underneath the stuck.

There’s a difference between being stuck and staying stuck. And in between the two is a space that rarely gets credit: the necessary pause. It’s where your system catches up and your energy refuels. It's where the insight you’ve been trying to force finally sneaks in the side door.

But sitting still isn’t easy. We’re wired for what behavioral scientists call Action Bias 🔗 (The Decision Lab, n.d.): The tendency to favor doing something—even if it’s unhelpful—over sitting in uncertainty.  Motion feels productive. Inaction feels uncomfortable. And underneath that discomfort? Often, a fear that by not acting, we’re not in control.

But here’s the paradox: Clarity often arrives in the pause, not the push.

Psychologists call this the incubation effect 🔗 (Zedelius & Schooler, 2015). Those “aha” moments that surface when we stop forcing them and let our minds wander. Research shows that unconscious thought continues in the background while we rest, often leading to more creative and effective breakthroughs. 

So, you don’t have to turn every moment of uncertainty into a to-do list. Sometimes the best next move isn’t a move at all.

Feeling the tug to act—but not sure what’s next?
At Get UnStuck HQ, I help people navigate these in-between spaces--so you can pause in a way that brings clarity, with support to move forward when you’re ready.