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Hello, you guys.

Welcome to this week's episode of Don't Think, the podcast for anyone whose brain never

shuts the fuck up.

I'm your host, Carla Bissanson, and my brain annoys me all day, every day, unless I take it upon myself to find a way to shut my brain and my thoughts up.

How, you may ask? Well, there are a few healthier ways that I can try to turn my brain and my thoughts up. How, you may ask? Well, there are a few healthier ways that I can try to

turn my brain off. For example, I've taken up running recently. Don't worry. I'm not going to go

on and on about running. It is something that runners love to do is talk about running. It's the only

reason I run is that I can brag about it. But sometimes going for a run, that helps, right?

It helps shut up my thoughts.

Sometimes it doesn't.

Sometimes listening to a really good podcast.

Hence why this show is called Don't Think.

It's supposed to be a break for your brain.

And I'm praying that it is because it's literally the opposite for me.

I overthink myself into hysteria about this show almost every day.

In fact, I overthink about this show so bad that I have to turn on other podcasts to try to drown out the noise of my own podcast.

This morning I listened to a podcast about a guy who gets stuck in his

washing machine and it changed his life. His words, not mine. Anyway, so I hope this does it

for you guys. I hope you guys get a break from your brain from this show. But sometimes I have

to resort to my less healthy, my unhealthy coping mechanisms. okay? Every now and then, I'm like,

the podcasts, they're not doing it, they're running, it's not doing it. You know what I need? I need

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