overwhelm – Positive Provocations

“What if I fall?” Oh but my darling, What if you fly? ~ Eric Hanson

Do you have decision overload and end up doing nothing?

It’s easy to feel a bit lost when the next step in your life plan feels so overwhelming that you freeze up and procrastinate… Which is your brains reaction to a perceived threat.

I see this particularly in younger clients who feel there are certain hoops they need to jump through in order for the next chapter in their lives to begin.

They have to meet THE partner or establish the RIGHT career before STARTING a family or AFFORDING a house in the right area to be close to the RIGHT school… exhausting and also frightening as the constant backdrop is ‘what if I fail.’

It can create analysis paralysis meaning it is impossible to make any decisions as the fear of getting it wrong is so huge.

What if you could think of decisions differently, more positively?

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“I’m so overwhelmed.”

I hear this often, not just as a statement, but as a signal from the deeper self. It is the psyche’s way of whispering (and sometimes shouting) that something within is out of balance.

After years of observing human emotion through both a psychological and spiritual lens, one truth became clear to me: overwhelm is not a single experience. It is a combination of inner states, different energies wearing the same mask.

And the path to relief begins with gentle awareness: What is truly happening within me right now?

Here are 4 Gentle Ways You can go From Overwhelm to Balance:

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