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.
Psychology
Education
Health
Anxiety
Self-Improvement
Philosophy
Success
Health & Fitness
Relationships
Development
Mental Health
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 598
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
Making decisions that are right for you and tackling obsession and overthinking once and for all
Obsessive thoughts and over analyzing can lead to terrible (or no) decision making causing you to stay in a rut that you can never get out of (or get out of really, really slowly). In this episode, I…
01:08:44 |
Sun 03 Feb 2019
Enduring the spotlight of humiliation, embarrassment and criticism
What can you do when you are getting humiliated or criticized? Are there practical methods of dealing with embarrassing situations? How about hurtful criticism? There's a lot to unpack here. This epi…
01:11:48 |
Sun 27 Jan 2019
When a guilty conscious interferes with your decisions and keeps you unhappy
When a guilty conscience stops you from living a fulfilling life, it's time to do something about it. In part 1, I talk about an email I received from a woman who was in an emotionally abusive relati…
01:03:23 |
Sun 20 Jan 2019
Should you leave or stay in a toxic environment - Is it ever wrong to leave the toxic person, place or thing
When is the right time to leave that toxic person, place or thing? You can have a toxic job, you can live in a toxic city, you can be married to that toxic person, but do you leave? Should you leave?…
00:58:53 |
Sun 13 Jan 2019
When people take advantage of you
What do you do about the freeloader hanging out taking advantage of your time, energy and money? How about people that just don't respect you? Do you care enough about yourself to make sure people do…
00:48:18 |
Sun 06 Jan 2019
Seven little habits that will change your life - special episode featuring Optimal Living Daily
Want to change your life? These habits may be just what you need to create the life you want. This is a small departure from your typical Overwhelmed Brain content because in this episode I introduce…
Wed 02 Jan 2019
More self-help variety - The origin of upset, standing up to loved ones, apologies and forgiveness, shame and anger around death and more
Lots more to explore in part two of the self-help variety show. What you are upset about has an origin from the past, exploring that can heal the present. Do you stand up to your family for your sign…
01:00:30 |
Sun 30 Dec 2018
Self-help variety - Pushy people, jealousy, body image, self-worth, self-esteem, intrusive thoughts and more!
I answer several questions about overcoming jealousy, people that impose their values on you, self-worth and self-esteem, getting over insecurities about body comments, letting go of intrusive, distr…
01:07:47 |
Sun 23 Dec 2018
When you're downright miserable at work
Some careers just don't fit. You can be happy-ish, but not necessarily happy. Or, you could be downright miserable. I invite Scott Barlow from Happen to Your Career on the show to talk about what it …
00:47:47 |
Fri 21 Dec 2018
Second chances - How do you know if it's safe to take someone back into your life?
Do you give someone a second chance after there's been a conflict, toxic relationship, betrayal or something else that you swore you'd never do again? What are some positive signs that someone has ch…
01:10:15 |
Sun 16 Dec 2018
What to look for when starting a new relationship
How do you know if the relationship you're starting (or the relationship you're in) is everything you want it to be? How do you know you aren't getting led into yet another heartbreak? Learning the s…
01:05:57 |
Sun 09 Dec 2018
Giving up your power to toxic people
As the holidays come around, you will likely meet up with family and friends. And you may also run into that toxic person or people that you don't look forward to seeing again. Dealing with toxic peo…
01:14:54 |
Sun 02 Dec 2018
Living life on your terms
How many decisions do you make in your life that are actually based on what you want instead of how someone else will respond? Sometimes it takes a swift kick in the emotional behind to get moving on…
01:13:58 |
Sun 25 Nov 2018
The 'take care of you' episode: Showing up as the best version of yourself
What does it take to become the best version of you? What do you need to do for yourself so that you become more happy and more fulfilled? This episode is all about you and what it takes to become th…
01:15:09 |
Sun 18 Nov 2018
Avoiding vulnerability and stuffing down emotions
When you carry around an inability to be vulnerable, you can build up an emotional resistance increasing the negativity inside of you. When this happens, you end up living a life that isn't as happy …
01:08:52 |
Sun 11 Nov 2018
Why don't people understand me? Taking responsibility for the meaning of your communication
It can be frustrating when someone doesn't understand what you're talking about. In fact, there are probably people in your life that you try to communicate with but keep ending up in arguments. In o…
01:10:48 |
Sun 04 Nov 2018
The Silent Treatment
Silence is golden until it isn't. There are three main levels of silent treatment: 1. Processing time to figure out what you're going to do with what you just learned. 2. Cool down time as a way to r…
00:55:26 |
Sun 28 Oct 2018
Are you enabling the bad behavior of other people?
Do you enable behavior that you don't like? Is it possible that the people that cause you stress do so because you are allowing it in some way? This is a very important topic that may help you get yo…
01:00:31 |
Sun 21 Oct 2018
Decrease Social Anxiety
Social anxiety can be debilitating. In this bonus mini-episode, I talk about one way to start thinking about it differently so that it doesn't have such a grip on you. Take the social anxiety survey …
00:21:02 |
Wed 17 Oct 2018
I'm right you're wrong: The sides we take that create division and distress
If they're not like you, you don't like them. If you're not like them, they don't like you. You have opinions, so do they, but should your differences separate you and cause you so much stress that y…
01:10:10 |
Sun 14 Oct 2018
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