When You’re Stuck in Your Head

The Best of You

Dr. Alison Cook

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 956 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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There are moments when we find ourselves looping—replaying conversations, trying to make sense of what happened, analyzing every detail. We stay in our heads, searching for clarity This episode explores what it means to get stuck in our thoughts—and how, often, what we most need is not more analysis, but a return to presence, to relationship, and to the love already with us. Today’s Scripture is: Luke 24:13–35 Go Deeper: Episode 51: The 12 Common Thinking Traps Episode 158: The Hidden Pain Behind Distressing Thoughts Connect with Dr. Alison on Instagram: @dralisoncook Join 80,000+ Soul Menders in Dr. Alison’s free email community for ongoing reflection and support. While Dr. Cook is a counselor, the content of this podcast and any of the products provided by Dr. Cook are not specific counseling advice nor are they a substitute for individual counseling. The content and products provided on this podcast are for informational purposes only.‍ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, I'm Dr. Allison. Today's scripture offers us a wiser way of being human as we step into the day.
0:12.0	Today we're looking at a story that feels deeply human. Two people are walking along a road, talking about everything that has happened lately. They're trying to make
0:21.2	sense of it. They're processing it, replaying it, wondering. And as they walk, someone joins them.
0:27.1	But they don't recognize he is the very one they are talking about. Today's reading is selected
0:33.3	verses from Luke 24, 13 through 35. Now that same day, two of them were going to a village called
0:40.9	Amas, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking with each other about everything that had
0:46.1	happened. As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and
0:51.7	walked along with them, but they were kept from recognizing him.
0:56.2	He asked them, what are you discussing together as you walk along? They stood still, their faces
1:01.9	downcast. One of them named Cleopus asked him, are you the only one visiting Jerusalem
1:07.4	who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?
1:18.0	What things? Jesus asked. About Jesus of Nazareth, they replied. He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be
1:23.1	sentenced to death and they crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem
1:28.9	Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. In addition, some of our
1:34.8	women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning but didn't find his body. They came and
1:40.9	told us that they had seen a vision of angels who said he was alive. Then some of our
1:46.1	companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.
1:52.4	As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going
1:57.0	further. But they urged him strongly, stay with us, for it is nearly evening. The day is
2:02.2	almost over. So he went in to stay with them. When he was at the table with them, he took bread,
2:08.3	gave thanks, broke it, and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized
2:14.1	him, and he disappeared from their sight. They asked each other,
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