The Overwhelmed Brain
Get to the root of emotional issues and learn the best way to relate to yourself and others by honoring your personal boundaries and making decisions that are in alignment with what's most important to you.
This is not a "common-sense" personal growth and development show. You won't be told to think positively or create affirmations. The Overwhelmed Brain is about accessing that deeper mental and emotional strength inside you so that you can decrease or even eliminate old fears and evolve into the person you want to be.
Learn what your parents or caretakers never taught you about emotional wellness and creating strong, non-toxic bonds with others.
If you want the exact instructions that will help improve your life, you're in the right place.
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 597
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
When you don't want to deal with someone else's fears, worries, and anxiety anymore
It's a challenge to stay present for someone who is so down and out. Sometimes you go into your own "stuff" trying to help them with theirs. It's the curse of many highly sensitive people, and certai…
00:51:02 |
Sun 27 Jun 2021
Sometimes the best healing and growth takes place away from other people
We can create our own dysfunction but be so jaded by those around us that we can't think clearly enough to stop toxic or hurtful behavior. There's a time when you have to get away from other people s…
01:01:35 |
Sun 20 Jun 2021
The inside the box thinking that keeps your emotional triggers alive
Many unresolved emotions sit outside the box of current thinking. Albert Einstein said, “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” When you aren't getting the…
00:51:33 |
Sun 13 Jun 2021
What fills the holes left behind when people leave you or die?
When someone you care about leaves or dies, there is a space inside you where they used to be. Your identity was wrapped up with them. They were a part of you. And because of that, when they're gone,…
01:00:05 |
Sun 06 Jun 2021
Is it always necessary to dive into the past to heal old traumas?
Where should you start when it comes to healing old stuff from the past? Should you do a deep dive into your childhood, bringing up all kinds of memories and traumas that you may or may not have repe…
01:18:19 |
Sun 30 May 2021
The part you play when you get terrible results
There's a cause and effect to patterns of behavior that, if you don't recognize the relationship of those behaviors to the results you're getting, you may be creating results that you don't want. How…
01:04:49 |
Sun 23 May 2021
When feelings of inadequacy prevent you from enjoying what's right in front of you
When the feelings of inadequacy overcome you, do you let them linger in the background? Do you repress them so that they come out in emotionally destructive ways later? Inadequacy usually has a sourc…
01:11:12 |
Sun 16 May 2021
Self-reliance, self-respect, and a mindset to go along with it
A single thought can change everything. Your perception relies on your mindset which relies on your thoughts. This is a multi-faceted episode covering three different topics but reminding you of the …
01:16:16 |
Sun 09 May 2021
The hidden emotions that may be inside you and you don't know it
Most people aren't taught emotional intelligence in their upbringing. And because of that, there are often lingering negative emotions hanging around inside us that might need to be addressed if we'r…
01:07:49 |
Sun 02 May 2021
Closing the door so that you can stop overthinking and start moving forward
Sometimes you have no idea why someone did something that hurt or affected you somehow, and you just have to know the reason. You may never find out because they won't share that reason. I call this …
00:51:44 |
Sun 25 Apr 2021
The Ten Commandments of Personal Power - Part 2
Part 2 of a two-part episode. Personal power, or empowerment, has a formula. That formula can lead to a much more enjoyable and fulfilling life. Knowing the formula is the first step but following it…
01:04:46 |
Sun 18 Apr 2021
The Ten Commandments of Personal Power - Part 1
Personal power, or empowerment, has a formula. That formula can lead to a much more enjoyable and fulfilling life. Knowing the formula is the first step but following it is an entirely different anim…
01:20:39 |
Sun 11 Apr 2021
Random romantic relationship questions answered
About 90% of the people that reach out to me have a question about their romantic relationship. That makes sense because relationships can be complex and tricky to navigate. In this episode, I tackle…
01:14:49 |
Sun 04 Apr 2021
Learning to counter rude and intimidating behavior from others
Whether it's the jerk at work or that one person in your family that just doesn't like you, rude and intimidating people can be found in any corner of the world (and under many rocks). In this episod…
01:01:55 |
Sun 28 Mar 2021
Getting comfortable in your own skin
Getting comfortable in your own skin is more than developing confidence and facing the fear and doing it anyway. Confidence is one component. There is also self-worth, self-esteem, self-compassion, a…
01:06:50 |
Sun 21 Mar 2021
The secret to making passive-aggressive people less aggressive
Passive-aggressive people have a knack for making you feel bad without you even realizing they're making you feel bad. Their covert methods are designed to poke at your emotions like tiny emotional d…
01:07:20 |
Sun 14 Mar 2021
When their sexual history bothers you
Your sexual history is yours, but some people like to make it a big deal and cause you to feel guilt or shame for things you did long ago. Whether you regret what you did in the past shouldn't make a…
01:07:13 |
Sun 07 Mar 2021
Every action you take in your life either increases your power or decreases it
If you gave yourself a +1 for every empowered decision you made and a -1 for decisions made that avoided consequences, would you be abundant in personal power or in deficit? Every decision you ma…
00:58:39 |
Sun 28 Feb 2021
When the fear of failure stops you from doing anything and everything
It's one thing to be afraid to fall off your bike. It's another to never consider riding one just in case you fall. The fear of failing can be imagined as so traumatic and painful to some that they l…
00:43:29 |
Sun 21 Feb 2021
Laying down the ground rules for the toxic people in your life
If you want a toxic person to change, it will probably never happen. However, there is something you can do to change the course of the relationship that may actually cause them to act differently. S…
01:01:42 |
Sun 14 Feb 2021
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