#HURDLEMOMENT: Feeling Overwhelmed? Listen to This, ASAP
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
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4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2020
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
I find that September is a time that everything happens at once. Summer is winding down, everyone is trying to get on top of their to-do list, and life feels hard to catch up with. Which — can be exciting! However, it can also be mega overwhelming. In today's #HURDLEMOMENT, I'm chatting my five strategies for beating the anxiety-ridden feeling of overwhelm when the going gets tough. Remember: You are not alone in ever feeling this way, and beating it starts by recognizing and admitting that feeling.
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| 0:00.0 | We all tackle hurdles on a day-to-day basis and getting over them starts with being honest |
| 0:07.2 | with yourself. |
| 0:08.0 | If you feel overwhelmed and, hey, we all do at times. |
| 0:13.0 | Step one to getting through the fog is to admit to yourself what's going on, have some |
| 0:19.1 | grace, and then push forward with an action plan. |
| 0:38.7 | Hey, hurdlers. |
| 0:44.0 | Emily Abadi here bringing you another installment of Hurtle moment from Hurtle. |
| 0:51.2 | This week, I am chatting about how to handle the feeling of overwhelm. |
| 0:52.8 | Listen, I have been there. |
| 0:56.5 | In fact, I kind of feel as though I am there right now. |
| 1:02.2 | It always happens this time of year. People are really excited to get back into the swing of things after perhaps checking out a little bit for the summer. And I feel like it may be |
| 1:08.5 | extra big this feeling this year because some people are getting back |
| 1:13.7 | into the swing of things for the first time all year because 2020. And so here we are. |
| 1:22.0 | Our inboxes are bopping. People are enthusiastic. People want to make deals, get answers, be a little bit aggressive, and it can feel like a lot. |
| 1:34.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:34.9 | Sounds familiar, right? |
| 1:36.1 | Here's the deal. |
| 1:36.9 | First and foremost, you are not alone. |
| 1:38.8 | And that's why I am chatting about it on this week's installment of hurdle moment. |
| 1:43.8 | And second of all, before I get into this, I just want to put out an essential reminder into |
| 1:49.1 | the universe that you can be the bigger person in this situation. |
| 1:53.7 | So although it may be instinctive to feel a little bit reactive or get a little defensive when people demand things |
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