What to Do When You Feel Overwhelmed

Girlfriends (A Podcast for Catholic Women)

Danielle Bean

Religion & Spirituality, Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 810 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Danielle Bean discusses what to do when you feel overwhelmed. She shares personal experiences of feeling overwhelmed and offers practical advice on how to handle it. Her four main suggestions are: give yourself a break, ask for help, get a fresh perspective, and pray. She emphasizes the importance of self-care, setting boundaries, and seeking support from others. She also recommends praying the Litany of Trust and the Surrender Novena to help cultivate trust in God and surrender to His will.

Takeaways

Feeling overwhelmed is a common experience, especially during busy seasons of life.
It's important to give yourself a break and be honest about what you can realistically handle.
Asking for help and seeking support from others is essential in managing overwhelm.
Getting a fresh perspective can help shift your mindset and alleviate stress.
Prayer, particularly the Litany of Trust and the Surrender Novena, can provide comfort and guidance in times of overwhelm.

Also mentioned in this episode: Litany of Trust and Surrender Novena

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0:00.0	Girlfriends, episode number 421, what to do when you feel overwhelmed.
0:04.7	Hello and welcome to girlfriends. I'm Danielle Bean. I'm a wife and a mom, and I'm on a mission to help you.
0:10.3	Know your worth as a woman so you can find peace, balance, and joy, and family living.
0:13.9	This week, we are talking about what to do when you feel overwhelmed. It's springtime.
0:18.0	It's end of the school year. It's sports seasons. Are you overwhelmed yet?
0:22.9	Let's talk about how to handle that.
0:31.5	Hey there, girlfriend. Let's get started on this important topic because this time of year, it feels crazy to everybody. It
0:39.8	truly does. Like the end of the school year, end of sports seasons, all of the sacraments,
0:45.1	like this is the time of year when everything seems to come to a head for especially those of us
0:49.8	who are raising families. And we can all feel that way sometimes, even if you're not raising a family.
0:54.4	This time of year can be especially stressful. And really, I just want to share some ideas for any time
0:59.6	when you're feeling particularly stressed. This year, for me, I'm pre-recording this because
1:04.7	we're going to be traveling for my son's wedding. Woo-hoo. My son, Stephen, is getting married May 18th
1:10.5	to Maria. I want to invite you to pray
1:13.3	for them, please. But planning the wedding, they've been doing all the nitty gritty planning. It's just a lot
1:18.8	to work into your schedule, like this travel, this trip, coordinating my boys who are in the wedding
1:24.3	and making sure they have what they need for what they're wearing, et cetera etc, etc. Plus my daughter is having her second child most probably during the time that the
1:33.4	entire family is out of state for this wedding. So there's just a lot. And on top of that, I've been doing
1:39.6	quite a bit of travel this spring for speaking. everything happens in the fall and everything happens in the
1:45.3	spring. It's just like these clusters of crazy is how I tend to look at it. It's like weekend after
1:51.1	weekend I've been traveling, which is a joy. I really do love it. Let me tell you, like when I get to
1:56.7	travel somewhere to speak or to give a retreat. I love seeing all the different parts of the
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