Hey, it's your friend Mel Robbins, and I am here all week guest hosting on Radio Headspace.

Welcome and Happy Wednesday!

I love the topic we're talking about this week, which is motivation.

One of the things that stops you from doing that is overwhelm.

It's paralyzing.

Look, life has thrown a lot at you.

It is so easy to feel like you're drowning.

So today, let's talk about some science-backed tips that keep your thoughts from spiraling

and how you can stay calm and cool so that you can tackle what's on your to-do list.

Oftentimes when we talk about overwhelm, what we think is thought spiraling.

Before your thoughts spiral, what happens is stress or stored trauma,

it's actually flipping your fight or flight in your nervous system to turn on.

I want to attack that today not from managing your thoughts,

but actually going neck down and helping you come into a state of feeling calm.

And here's why.

Research from UCLA from neurologist Dr. Judy Willis shows that when you and I are stressed

out, it impairs the prefrontal cortex's ability to function.

Like I want you to stop and think about this.

If you and I were sitting there talking and all of a sudden the fire alarm goes off in

the house, right?

Could you do a math problem?

Hey, what's 27 plus 43?

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