314. Rethinking Procrastination — Why You’re Not Lazy

House of Joy- Christian Life Coaching

Dr. Edie Wadsworth

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Christianity, Mental Health

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🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Today’s conversation is one that’s so real for so many of us: procrastination. If you’ve ever found yourself scrubbing the kitchen floor, reorganizing your closet, or redesigning your Canva templates instead of doing the one thing on your list—you’re not alone. And guess what? You’re not lazy. You’re not broken. And nothing is wrong with you. In this episode, Emme and I take some inspiration from a recent Huberman Lab podcast and dive into a deeper, more compassionate perspective on procrastination. We’ll unpack: ✨ Why procrastination isn’t about laziness—it’s about unprocessed emotions. ✨ The surprising role fear, perfectionism, and even grief play in why we delay tasks. ✨ How procrastination can actually be your brain’s way of preparing you. ✨ Simple, grace-filled strategies to move forward—like creating small wins, reframing the story, and giving yourself space to feel. We get really personal in this one. I even share how wedding emotions snuck up on me (cue the tears 😭) and how processing them unlocked clarity and momentum. You’ll leave with practical tools and, I hope, a fresh sense of kindness toward yourself. Because procrastination doesn’t define you—it can actually teach you. And when you lean in, honor your emotions, and take one small step, you’ll be amazed at what you can create. With love, Edie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to the podcast where you are invited for lighthearted conversations
0:05.6	about things that matter as you seek to live your most meaningful, beautiful, and joyful life.
0:11.0	I'm your host, Dr. Edie Wadsworth, and I hope you enjoy your stay here at the House of Joy.
0:16.8	Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the podcast.
0:21.2	House of Joy, baby, House of Joy. House of joy, baby. How's the joy? How's so joy, baby?
0:26.2	Hi. What to start? Um, we are so excited to be sitting here with you today. It's a good day.
0:35.8	Like, it's a great day. Okay, Mel Robbins always starts her podcast she like has this
0:39.6	big intro and she's always like I can tell by the fact that you clicked on this podcast that
0:45.9	you're wanting to do better for yourself and so I'm proud of you and so I'm proud of you too
0:53.0	so glad you guys clicked on this episode.
0:56.0	It shows that you are wanting more for yourself.
0:59.7	That's right.
1:00.3	Go Mel.
1:01.0	Also, this whole podcast is inspired by a podcast that Emmy listened to of Andrew Huberbin.
1:09.7	And after we started talking about it, I was so
1:12.0	passionate about the topic too, that we decided to do a whole pod on it because we know it's
1:16.2	something that our people think about struggle with. So today is all about procrastination.
1:21.9	Yeah, I actually clicked on the podcast because I was like, it served, Spotify served this episode up for me. And it's actually
1:30.2	from like two years ago. Oh, gotcha. I can't remember the doctor's name. Spotify was like,
1:35.2	girl. Girl. Uh, let me go ahead and give you this one. But it was really, I only listened to half
1:42.9	of it because I was only listening on my walk and then my walk ended. I should listen to the rest. But, it was really, I only listened to half of it because I was only listening on my walk and then my walk ended.
1:46.7	I should listen to the rest.
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