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Uncovering Your Unconscious Narratives with Katherine Danesi
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- Sep 9, 2025
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Summary
In this episode, Julie explores the hidden stories that hold us back at work and in life with business strategist Katherine Danesi, diving into unconscious narratives and commitments that keep us stuck despite our conscious desires to grow and thrive. Many of us have heard Carl Jung’s famous quote… "Until you make the subconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”Today, we explore how unconscious narratives—usually created in childhood for valid safety reasons—become unconscious commitments that sabotage our adult goals. What are Conscious Desires vs. Unconscious Commitments? Conscious desires: The goals we articulate (work-life balance, business growth, better boundaries) Unconscious commitments: The underlying patterns revealed by our actual results Key insight: "Having is evidence of wanting" - our results show what we're unconsciously committed to. What is often happening is that there is a gap between “want” and “willingness”. Here is the distinction: Want: Your conscious goal Willingness: Your readiness to do what's required to achieve it Many people have the want but lack willingness to face the discomfort of change. So how do you uncover your narratives? Here are some good questions to ask yourself: "What's your story/narrative around that?" "How does this pattern serve you?" “How does this pattern not serve you?” "Is this story true? How do you know?" "Who are you when you believe this story?" These unconscious commitments were often adaptive patterns that we learned a long time ago that were essential in childhood and necessary for us to feel safe, secure, loved and accepted. They worked really well in their original context but they limit us now as the context of our lives has changed. So how do we move from Unconscious to Consc…