Do you struggle with overthinking? Well, you're not alone if you do. Every single person I coach

has this issue to some degree. And personally, I was a chronic overthinker for so long.

I felt trapped in my head. And I can very gratefully say that absolutely is no longer the

case. My locus of attention is now in my body. I live from presence, which is such a relief.

So in this podcast, what I wanted to do was to share four practical things that can help calm your noisy mind in the moment. And then I want to share a fifth point

two, which is a bit deeper, which is the real reason we overthink. And once you

understand that and really explore that, it really can change everything. So do hang around

for point number five, but I'm going to start with point one, which is come into the body.

Sometimes still, I might wake up at three or four in the morning and my mind is busy and my body can be busy too.

I used to think this was a problem and I used to battle it.

But now what I recognise is often it's just my body processing what has happened the day before.

Perhaps I didn't have enough stillness in the day or there's just ideas coming up.

My unconscious is working through ideas.

So I don't fight it at all anymore.

It's just what's happening.

And that being okay or being completely accepting of what is is a fundamental trait of awakening

and I'll come to that later but still in that moment what I do is I will look to come into my body

I am I have a naturally sensitive physiology. I grew up in an

environment where I was absolutely hyper alert for, well, for pretty much my entire life until not

that long ago. And my work has been in in unwinding that and so anything that

can bring me into my body and out of my mind is a really powerful thing so when my mind is going at

three or four in the morning like I said I don't resist it I'm not worried about it it's just

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