You're juggling multiple priorities, deadlines are looming, and your emotions are running wild. It's easy to feel stuck in a whirlwind of chaos. You are overwhelmed. 

But is this emotional or practical overwhelm? 

They are different, and the tactics to deal with them are also different. 

Emotional overwhelm occurs when you feel overloaded or unable to cope with the intensity of your feelings. Common signs of emotional overwhelm include feeling anxious, stressed, frustrated. 

Sometimes, emotional overwhelm emerges when you're avoiding something big in your life. It could be a difficult conversation. It could be a crucial change. But it cannot be fixed with just a bubble bath. 

Practical overwhelm, on the other hand, signals a gap between your tasks and your resources. You have too much to handle or manage within the available time or resources. 

Understanding the distinction between emotional and practical overwhelm can help identify the root causes and find appropriate solutions. And this is what I'll do in our time together. 

What I mention in this episode:

• Difference between emotional and practical overwhelm 
• Ways of analyzing emotional overwhelm
• Why practical overwhelm is easier to identify (but this is why sometimes we don’t do anything to deal with it) 

What you'll learn from it:

• How to identify the type of overwhelm you’re experiencing
• How to discover what you’re avoiding in your life if you deal with emotional overwhelm
• Actions you can take to reduce practical overwhelm
• Importance of establishing minimal acceptable standards

I hope you can extract a golden nugget from this episode to handle overwhelm with compassion and love. 

xo, Kavetha

PS- It’s one thing to know what brings you joy and how to access those moments, and it’s another thing to be present while you’re actually engaging in those situations.  

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In this 8-week program, you will get the HYR™ Framework and Tools and weekly calls with certified coaches privately and in a group environment with other women. 

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In This Episode:

00:00 Welcome back to another episode of Emotional Mastery

02:47 Let’s talk about overwhelm 

03:34 Definition of emotional overwhelm

04:11 Characteristics of practical overwhelm 

04:30 Example of practical or situational overwhelm

07:48 Example of emotional overwhelm 

08:03 First way to identify the type of overwhelm you’re experiencing 

08:53 Second way to identify the type of overwhelm you’re experiencing

10:55 Third way to identify the type of overwhelm you’re experiencing

12:33 What happens when I’m emotionally overwhelmed? 

14:10 Ways of analyzing emotional overwhelm

15:14 Why practical overwhelm is easier to identify

16:56 How to handle practical overwhelm 

18:38 Any practical thing requires planning and then execution

19:59 What are minimal acceptable standards? 

20:53 A practical exercise for you 

Resources mentioned:

- Book “Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live)” by Eve Rodsky - https://www.amazon.com/Fair-Play-Game-Changing-Solution-When/dp/0525541934/

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