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Work and Play with Nancy Ray

134 - 5 Ways to Work Through Overwhelm (Ep. 10 Replay)

Work and Play with Nancy Ray

Nancy Ray

Entrepreneurship, Business, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9683 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

I have an invitation for you today: choose the courageous thing and slow down.

It's time to live a simpler, slower life than the one that you're living. Does that feel impossible? Does it feel like it just cannot happen for you? Do you feel scattered and a bit out of control? I know sometimes I do. Maybe you feel like your life can't actually change right now because of work, kids, or a schedule that you really can't change. Well, friend, I have good news. Even though your life can't change, you can. You can change. The feeling of living out of control and always in the chaos can absolutely change because you can always change. 

 

For the full show notes, head to nancyray.com/podcast/134.

 

Resources from this episode:

FREE DOWNLOAD: 5 Steps to Creating Calm Amidst the Chaos

Shauna Niequist

The Effective Executive, by Peter Drucker

Psalm 86:11

What's Best Next, by Matt Perman

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0:00.0

I have an invitation for you today. Choose the courageous thing and slow down. It's time to live a

0:09.2

simpler, slower life than the one that you're living. Does that feel impossible? Does it feel like it just

0:15.9

cannot happen for you? Do you feel scattered and a bit out of control? I know sometimes I do.

0:23.2

Maybe you feel like your life can't actually change right now because of work, kids,

0:27.2

or a schedule that you really can't change. Well, friend, I have good news. Even though your life

0:35.2

can't change, you can. You can change. The feeling of living out of control

0:42.0

and always in the chaos can absolutely change because you can always change. As you may know,

0:51.2

I'm currently taking a six-month break from work and social media to be fully present with my family, which means that every Tuesday on the podcast, you're going to be getting a mix of new episodes, old episodes, and interviews.

1:05.4

This episode of the podcast is one of my earlier, most popular, most downloaded episodes, which means it's worth

1:12.3

repeating.

1:13.1

I hope you enjoy it.

1:16.6

You're listening to Work and Play with Nancy Ray, episode 10.

1:22.5

Much of our daily lives can be divided into two categories.

1:26.7

Work and play.

1:30.0

Simply put, that is where our life and our legacy take place. This is a podcast all about learning to work and play well, which

1:36.1

leads to a healthy soul and a fulfilling life. Listen in. Today we're going to talk about five ways for you to work through that feeling of overwhelm

1:49.3

that honestly overtakes us every once in a while and leaves us feeling so helpless.

1:55.4

For me, it often comes when my schedule is full and overflowing, and I just don't know what to do next.

2:03.5

It's like a paralyzation that comes over my body and my mind, oftentimes leading to tears,

2:09.9

and it's just so overwhelming. But I know that abundance and overwhelm can't really coincide,

2:16.7

and I know that the life God plans for us is a

2:19.6

life of abundance. And so hopefully today you're going to listen to some practical things that

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