Stop Stalling: How to Break the Overthinking Habit and Start Healing

About this episode

This episode discusses the epidemic of overthinking and provides a system to break the habit and start healing.

“Stop thinking.” How often do you want to scream that in your own head? We are living in an epidemic of overthinking where we obsess, analyze, and replay conversations over and over again. We run scenarios for problems that have not even happened yet. If you are guilty of that, I have been there too. The Illusion of Control We have been trained to believe that if we just think hard enough, we will find the answer. But here is the truth: you cannot think yourself out of an emotional problem. Overthinking is not problem solving; it is a stalling tactic. It is your ego trying to control the uncontrollable, and frankly, it is exhausting. We look fine on the outside, but on the inside, our mental muscles are weak. We let the inner critic or the inner witch run wild in our minds. This happens because we have not yet learned to listen to that inner warrior who can actually take charge and make our lives much better. A System to Stop the Spiral So, how do we stop? We need a system, and I use the GROW model. * G is for Get insight : First, you have to identify the pitfall, which is the belief that worry equals work. Worry is just interest paid on trouble before it is due. You are burning…

Topics covered

• overthinking
• emotional healing
• mental health
• self-awareness
• personal growth

Keywords

• overthinking
• healing
• GROW model
• mental health
• self-improvement

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