Episode #229: The What If Loop and How Craving Certainty Keeps Overachievers Stuck (plus what to do instead)!

Summary 

We’re wrapping up the six-part summer series with the mindset pattern I see most often in the smartest women I work with: wanting to feel completely certain and in control before you take action. It sounds responsible. It even feels productive. But if you’ve ever spun through every “what if” scenario, you already know what this really is: a time machine that takes you out of the only moment you can actually control, which is right now. In this final bite-sized episode, I’m sharing the exact process I use to get myself out of the loop.

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What You’ll Learn from this Episode:

• What your primitive brain is really doing when it flashes forward to every possible outcome, and what it’s costing you today
• The difference between constrained deliberation and loosey-goosey overthinking (and the telltale sign you’ve slipped into the second one)
• The one question I ask myself when I catch myself trying to control every variable
• The fear hiding underneath almost every overthinking loop, and why naming it relaxes your nervous system
• The fastest way to create relief when you’re nervous to act, and how it builds your muscle of resilience

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