How to Beat Overwhelm When Life Gets Heavy

Daily Boost - Motivation and Coaching

Scott Smith

Health & Fitness, Business, Education, Self-improvement

3.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Daily Boost Podcast Show Notes How to Beat Overwhelm When Life Gets Heavy September 16, 2025 | Episode 5182 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description We're not staying in that down state. Scott tackles the big problem this week - overwhelm - and delivers a five-step system to pull yourself out of the mud when life feels heavy. This isn't about ignoring what's happening around you. It's about refusing to let overwhelm take root in your mind while you figure out what's real and what you can actually control. Get ready for some straight talk about stepping away, stepping back in, and taking action that actually moves you forward. Featured Story Scott shares his personal approach to handling the weight of current events and overwhelming situations. He talks about his recent visit to church, seeking comfort and hope during heavy times. The story reveals how even motivational coaches get hit by life's punches, but the key is developing the capacity to absorb information, process it, and move forward without staying down for more than a day or two. Important Points Create purposeful space for processing instead of letting overwhelm happen by chance - step away, breathe, and give yourself room to think. Most worries won't come true, so focus on distinguishing between real concerns that need action and manufactured anxiety that deserves no energy. Action fixes almost anything, but make sure your actions contribute positively rather than adding to the chaos through fighting and arguing. Memorable Quotes "If I get to be remembered for anything at all, it will be that this dude just kept showing up, kept punching and punching in the most positive ways." "If the worry is not real, there's no more required." "When you step out and start helping other people and uplift them a little bit, you will change." Scott's Three-Step Approach Step away and create space for thinking - don't just absorb everything happening around you without processing it purposefully. Gather the information you need to get true perspective on what's actually happening versus what people are telling you is happening. Focus on minimal viable fixes within your control instead of trying to solve problems that are way above your pay grade. Connect With Me Search for The Daily Boost on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Email: [email protected] Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:19.5	Listen, we're not going to stay in the downstate that we have...
1:23.5	Maybe a lot of us have been in for the past couple of days.
1:25.3	We're going to slowly kind of come out of that.
1:26.7	But the truth is, it's going to be hard to do.
1:28.1	But I just see that if we explore the possibilities of life, if we recognize, hey, look at this, man, it's what a miracle of life. The sun rose again. It was out all day here in Florida. And the sunset again. It got kind of cool last night. And guess what? it did it again. If we just accept that, they just kind of, you know, walk through the mud until we
1:45.3	figured out life's going to be good. That's going to be kind of my focus as we move of yourself forward here this week. And today we're going to deal with, um, overwhelmed. Oh, great, Scott. You're going to overwhelm me with overwork? Yeah, probably. It is a daily Motivation and Move.com. I like to think we're motivation with a mission. What does that mean, Scott? Well, it means that I've got this unique little skill set that I have. This ability to kind of see the world kind of differently. I don't know what it is, but you know, I can have fun with it. I can be dramatic with it. I can see it very clearly and I can say, why? And all that stuff.
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