How to Stop Feeling Overwhelmed by Everything: What happens when you stop fighting what you’re experiencing
You don't have to fix everything you're feeling. You just have to stop treating it like a problem.
Have you ever stood in a vet's office doing math on whether you can afford this, while somewhere in the back of your mind you're also thinking about the moving boxes, the email you've been avoiding, and the bill that showed up out of nowhere?
None of it is catastrophic on its own. All of it, at once, can feel like your whole life has become something you're failing to solve.
In this episode, Sandy explores three ways we tend to relate to overwhelm: resistance, attachment, and presence. She unpacks the difference between saying "I am anxious" and "I'm experiencing anxiety," and why that small language shift creates real space between who you are and what you're moving through.
Sandy also touches on how even relentless positive reframing (a pattern common in Enneagram Type 7 energy) can be its own form of resistance - it's just wearing a nicer outfit.
In this episode:
- Why a pile-up of small stressors can feel like one giant, unsolvable problem
- The difference between resisting an experience and simply having one
- How attaching to a story ("I'm broke," "I'm unlucky," "I'm behind") makes it harder to let go of, even when you don't like it
- Why relentless positivity can be its own form of resistance
- A simple language shift that creates space between you and what you're experiencing
If you've ever felt like everything was happening at once and had no idea where to even start, this episode offers a different question to ask instead of "how do I fix this."
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