The Tara Bixby Podcast

73. Nancy Colier: Can't Stop Thinking


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Nancy Colier joins us on the show to teach you how to let go of anxiety and free yourself from obsessive rumination. Nancy is a psychotherapist, interfaith minister, author, public speaker, mindfulness teacher, and relationship coach. She’s a longtime student of Eastern spirituality and mindfulness practices form the ground of her work.

She is the author of the recent, Can't Stop ThinkingThe Power of Off: The Mindful Way to Stay Sane in a Virtual WorldInviting a Monkey to Tea: Befriending Your Mind and Discovering Lasting Contentment, and other books.  Nancy is a national speaker on wellbeing and mindfulness, and technology-related topics including parenting, addiction, and work-life balance. She is also a regular blogger for Psychology Today and Huffington Post.

Today we chat about... 

  • How Nancy's history of chronic rumination inspired her to write Can’t Stop Thinking 
  • What it looks like to become addicted to your thoughts 
  • How Nancy categorizes addictive thinking 
  • What Nancy thinks we are really afraid of 
  • What calms down our compulsive need to think 
  • The importance of watching your thoughts and stepping away  
  • How to find freedom and peace from your thoughts  
  • What keeps us hooked to our thoughts 
  • Nancy’s thoughts on toxic positivity and what you should do instead 
  • What rumination looks like and how to break free from your ruminating thoughts
  • My struggle with rehearsing hard conversations in my head and the impact it had on my mood 
  • What to do when you’re caught in what-if statements
  • How to tackle worrisome thoughts that pop up at night 
  • The ability to choose whether you think about a thought 

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Stop letting anxiety hold you back from living your best life! If you're ready to break free from paralyzing anxiety, I want to be your coach! I’m excited to announce that I’m now taking clients for 1:1 anxiety coaching.

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