The 5 Types of Overthinking and How to Turn Each One Off | Emiliya Zhivotovskaya [Best of]

The 5 Types of Overthinking and How to Turn Each One Off | Emiliya Zhivotovskaya [Best of]

From Good Life Project by Jonathan Fields / Acast

May 14, 2026 · 1h 0m

About this episode

Emiliya Zhivotovskaya discusses the five types of overthinking and how to manage them effectively.

The voice telling you that you're not enough, that something is about to go wrong, that you should have done it differently, it sounds like you. That's exactly what makes it so hard to catch and so hard to stop. Emiliya Zhivotovskaya has spent decades inside the science and practice of mental wellbeing, training thousands of coaches worldwide through her Certification in Applied Positive Psychology program.  Her own path into this work began with a personal reckoning. An eating disorder that started in adolescence, years of thoughts she couldn't separate from herself, and the moment someone first told her she didn't have to be a passive recipient of what her mind was doing to her. In this conversation, we go deep into the phenomenon most of us call overthinking and find out it's not one thing. It's five distinct types of chatter, each with its own voice, its own purpose, and its own specific antidote. What you'll explore: The five types of mind chatter: worry, motivation, mindset, judgment, and regret. And how to tell which one is running you at any given moment Why high-level worriers actually problem-solve less effectively, and what to do with anxiety that won't respond to…

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Fields

Guest: Emiliya Zhivotovskaya

Topics covered

  • overthinking
  • mental wellbeing
  • mind chatter
  • positive psychology
  • self-improvement

Keywords

  • overthinking
  • mental health
  • mindset
  • anxiety
  • self-help

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