How To Instantly Reset Your Brain (When Everything Feels Like Too Much)

The Liz Moody Podcast

Liz Moody

Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Pretty much everything feels intense right now—the world, our jobs, finances. I always say that action is the antidote to anxiety, but you can’t take action if you’re wildly overwhelmed. Today, we’re gonna talk about ways to hit the restart button, to clear the screen, and to get a real fresh start. This isn't gonna be positive platitudes and bullshit. This is all grounded in the real world, it's all free, it's all backed by science, and it's all gonna make you feel better instantly—without asking you to ignore what's actually going on or gas light yourself. 🎧 What you’ll learn: • The "match your minutes" rule to balance online doom-scrolling with real-world connection • A tip to instant calm anxiety and show you that humanity has survived (and thrived) through the worst • An everyday activity as a powerful brain reset tool backed by neuroscience • "Grieve, protest, dance" advice—the crisis wisdom that will make you feel better • A hack to complete your body's stress cycle, let go, and move on • The thing we often miss that steals our ability to cope with hard things Check out the previous episode of The Liz Moody Podcast discussed today: The Novelty Rule: How To Use My Neuroscience Hack That’s Changing Millions Of Lives Ready to uplevel every part of your life? Order Liz’s book 100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success now! Connect with Liz on Instagram @lizmoody or online at www.lizmoody.com. Subscribe to the substack by visiting https://lizmoody.substack.com/welcome. Buy our cute sweatshirts, conversation cards, and more at https://shop.lizmoody.com/. To join The Liz Moody Podcast Club Facebook group, go to www.facebook.com/groups/thelizmoodypodcast. Use our discount codes from our highly vetted and tested brand partners by visiting https://www.lizmoody.com/codes. This episode is brought to you completely free thanks to the following podcast sponsors: • Avocado: check out AvocadoGreenMattress.com for up to 20% off organic mattresses + more. • AG1: visit DrinkAG1.com/LizMoody and get 3 FREE AG1 Travel Packs, 3 FREE AGZ Travel Packs, FREE Vitamin D3+K2 and an AG1 Welcome Kit with your first AG1 subscription order. • Pique: head to PiqueLife.com/LizMoody for 20% off. The Liz Moody Podcast cover art by Zack. The Liz Moody Podcast music by Alex Ruimy. Formerly the Healthier Together Podcast. This podcast and website represents the opinions of Liz Moody and her guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice. The content here is for information purposes only, and because each person is so unique, please consult your healthcare professional for any medical questions. The Liz Moody Podcast Episode 405. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Pretty much everything feels intense right now. The world, our jobs, finances, everything just
0:06.1	feels like a lot. I always say that action is the antidote to anxiety, but you can't take action
0:12.8	if you're rocking back and forth in a corner because you're wildly overwhelmed.
0:17.1	My brain these days feels like a computer with a zillion different tabs open and it can't even process
0:21.9	anything because everything is so chaotic. So today we're going to talk about ways to hit the restart
0:28.6	button to clear the screen and to get a real fresh start. This is not going to be positive platitudes.
0:35.5	This is not going to be bullshit. This is all grounded in the real world. It's all free. It's all backed by science. And it's all going to be positive platitudes. This is not going to be bullshit. This is all grounded in the real
0:38.4	world. It's all free. It's all backed by science. And it's all going to make you feel better instantly
0:43.0	without asking you to ignore what's actually going on in the world or gaslight yourself in any way.
0:48.6	Welcome to the Liz Moody podcast where we do not do fluffy. BS, you can do it self-help. We are here to give you actual solutions
0:56.8	to your real problem so that you can feel as good as possible every single day. The first way
1:02.5	we're going to reset our brain is to talk to a real person. I have a girlfriend who called me
1:07.5	the other day and she was entirely sure that we were on the brink of nuclear war.
1:11.9	She hadn't slept in a week. She was in a state of absolute panic. And it turns out she'd essentially
1:16.9	just been scrolling on social media and watching YouTube videos and reading Reddit posts and getting
1:21.5	more and more riled up about things. She had gotten so riled up, in fact, that she'd canceled a number of plans with real people
1:29.3	in the real world. And look, I am not going to gaslight you and say that things aren't bad right now.
1:34.6	There is a lot of bad shit happening. And, and, you know, we love the word and around here.
1:41.6	A lot of us need a perspective check. We are so busy crashing out about future
1:47.2	possibilities that we cannot really predict that we are paralyzing our ability to act in the
1:52.9	present moment and we are missing out on the parts of our lives that are actually good.
1:59.0	I've said it before and I will say it again, but pretty much everything
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