About this episode

Father Boniface Hicks and Joseph Rockey Jr discuss analysis paralysis and the importance of moving beyond overthinking to act on one's calling.

When every decision has more data, more risks, and more possible outcomes, thinking can become a substitute for moving. Continuing their discussion about rest and reflection, Joe Rockey and Father Boniface Hicks explore analysis paralysis—the point where careful planning turns into anxious circles that keep us from acting on what we are called to do. Father explains that the first step is noticing the energy beneath the overthinking. Fear, anxiety, excitement, or desperation for a particular...

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Hosts: Father Boniface Hicks, Joseph Rockey Jr

Topics covered

• analysis paralysis
• decision making
• reflection
• spirituality
• action
• presence of God

Keywords

• analysis paralysis
• decision making
• reflection
• spirituality
• action
• fear
• anxiety

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