If overthinking was an Olympic sport, most of us would be standing on the podium with a gold medal, we have to add.

But we would be exhausted. We would be completely overwhelmed. And we would feel like we don't even really deserve to be here.

This was a complete waste of our time.

And so what we want to do today is talk about how we can stop overthinking

and understand why we do the overthinking that we do.

So number one, overthinking shows up when we care deeply.

It's often when we want to avoid a deep sensation of regret or we don't want to do any harm or we don't want to create problems.

We don't want to make mistakes.

It's our brain desperately trying to protect us from uncertainty and shame and fear and loss and all of the

emotions that go along with that. It feels irresponsible to not be engaging in rumination

and it feels responsible to ruminate. It feels necessary to ruminate and it feels productive

to try and figure this thing out. But the very thing

that you're doing and trying to feel better about is actually keeping you stuck. Think about it

like this image. You're stuck. You're bogged in the dirt, in the mud. And it feels like the best thing you can do is to push and push and push, but in many cases, you're not getting anywhere.

It's not effective.

And before you know it, you're dirty, you're deeper than you thought, everyone's exhausted and you haven't gotten anywhere at all.

So welcome to your anxiety toolkit.

This is a podcast where I teach you everything I know

about anxiety. I'm an anxiety specialist and I've been doing this for over 10 years. I want to

teach you how to overcome anxiety so you can live your biggest, most beautiful, boldest life.

Let's talk about now what we are going to cover in

this video and in this episode of your anxiety tool care. Number one, we are going to talk about

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