Are you tired of that same old rehashed personal growth advice that all seems to boil down to think positively and all your problems will go away.

If affirmations feel like lies and positive thinking feels like denial,

then I want you to get ready.

The overwhelmed brain is here to help you create the life you want now. Hello, this is Paul Kolyani, host of the Overwhelmed Brain, the Personal Growth Show for The Critical Thinker.

On this show I discuss practical down-to-earth steps to help you improve your mood, your

sanity, and your life. We'll talk about why we do the things we do and what we can do to reach higher

levels of happiness and lower levels of stress and overwhelm. My goal is to help you become empowered

so that you can create the life you want.

Today we're going to discuss resolutions, but not the kind that you might be thinking of.

As of this recording, it's the new year and people all

over the place have made their new year's resolutions. However, I want to talk about

resolutions to close the past, not open the future.

What I mean by that is when you create a New Year's resolution

you're making a commitment to yourself to accomplish something,

some sort of goal or task. But in this episode I want to

talk about committing to resolving the past in the sense of what I call

closing the loop. A loop in the way I'm going to talk about today is anything

that is on your mind that isn't resolved. Whether that's the anger you have

towards a coworker or the loss you feel when someone dies or leaves you,

or the feeling of anticipation while you wait for the conclusion of your favorite movie or even wondering what

someone is going to do or say to you the next time you see them. These are all

open loops of some sort, unfinished business, like the cliffhanger at the end of a movie where the last scene ends, and you're left there wondering what happened next?

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