Listen "EP29 – Breaking Free From The ‘What If’ Trap"
Episode Synopsis
Overthinking doesn’t help you feel safer, it keeps you stuck in fear.
You try to think through every possible outcome, hoping that’ll stop something bad from happening, but you just get more anxious and much less present.
In this episode, we talk about how to spot when you’re caught in the “what if” loop, why it happens, and how you can stop the downward spiral. You’ll learn a simple grounding tool to bring your attention back to the present, where your real choices are.
Inside this episode:
What overthinking is really doing to your nervous system
Why your brain thinks spiralling helps (and how to interrupt it)
A story about fear, hesitation, and a message never sent
The hidden cost of over-preparing for pain that hasn’t happened
A grounding practice to bring you back to what’s real
You try to think through every possible outcome, hoping that’ll stop something bad from happening, but you just get more anxious and much less present.
In this episode, we talk about how to spot when you’re caught in the “what if” loop, why it happens, and how you can stop the downward spiral. You’ll learn a simple grounding tool to bring your attention back to the present, where your real choices are.
Inside this episode:
What overthinking is really doing to your nervous system
Why your brain thinks spiralling helps (and how to interrupt it)
A story about fear, hesitation, and a message never sent
The hidden cost of over-preparing for pain that hasn’t happened
A grounding practice to bring you back to what’s real
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