#380 - Finding What You Need When You’re Feeling Overwhelmed

The Lazy Genius Podcast

Kendra Adachi

Arts, Education

4.8 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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When you feel overwhelmed without knowing what to do, the overwhelming feeling stays big and might get bigger which then feels like a problem. So here you are, overwhelmed, unsure of what to do about it; the feeling gets bigger, the problem, even though it’s unnamed, also gets bigger, and so you start throwing big solutions at an unnamed problem that don’t work, which then causes you to feel even more overwhelmed. Instead, today I want to share with you seven ways to meet overwhelm. Helpful Companion Links Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy once it releases in October. Episode 258: The Seven Kinds of Rest and How to Know Which One You Need Episode 310: How to Pivot Around Any Obstacle Episode 259: 5 Steps to Lazy Genius Anything Episode 80: The Lazy Genius Daily Act of Kindness Episode 306: What We Need to Have More Fun Get details about preorder gifts for The PLAN! Sign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email. Grab a copy of my book The Lazy Genius Kitchen or The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links) Download a transcript of this episode. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there you're listening to the Lazy Genius Podcast. I'm Kendra Adachi and I'm here to help you be a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don't.
0:11.0	Today is episode 380, finding what you need when you're feeling
0:15.4	overwhelmed. Since overwhelmed can come in different forms and for very
0:19.7	different reasons, it's so hard to know what to do next when we're feeling that way.
0:25.0	This episode actually reminds me a lot of episode 258, the seven kinds of rest,
0:30.0	and how to know which one you need, because we say, like, oh, like I'm so tired and we think the answer is
0:34.5	rest. But like what kind you know there are several kinds because we're tired for
0:40.1	different reasons and need different things. The same is true for feeling
0:44.7	overwhelmed. To put us in context on the different things that we might need for
0:50.6	different kinds of overwhelm, Let me set the stage.
0:53.0	Guess what today is?
0:54.0	It's the first day of school for my children.
0:56.0	And because podcasts are podcasts,
0:59.0	I obviously am not recording this on that actual day.
1:02.0	So I don't fully know how I'm not recording this on that actual day.
1:03.2	So I don't fully know how I'm feeling today,
1:06.1	but I can guess it has been a wild last few weeks.
1:09.5	I do know that.
1:10.6	You know, we're doing open houses and getting school supplies and going to the doctor.
1:15.7	Kaz has gone back to work.
1:17.4	You know, he's home for several weeks during the summer because he's a school counselor
1:20.5	and he has gone back to work.
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