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There are many reasons that we are overwhelmed right now, but we all do overwhelm differently.

My personality type will handle it one way while my husband, kids and friends personality type will handle it another. I, like Kathi Lipp, have the type of personality that can easily give a pat answer to a situation based on how we handle things. That is not what someone who handles overwhelm differently needs to hear.

Kathi reminds us that we need to be joyful with those who are joyful and grieve with those who grieve. We need to be able to acknowledge other's pain even when we have not experienced it.

"𝐌𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞." Kathi Lipp

In today's episode Kathi gives us 5 common ways we become overwhelmed by the daily decisions we face.

𝟭. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀

𝟮. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻

𝟯. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗲'𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲

𝟰. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀

𝟱. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲

Kathi also gives me great advice on how to handle the overwhelm I am having as I pack up my home of 18 years and move across the states.

Whether you are listening for the first time or you've been a listener for a while,  you may or may not know that on June 20th, 2023, I paused the
podcast. Since then, we lost our daughter. 
I recently released a new episode discussing how I processed our year of firsts by creating Grief Conversation Cards. You can learn more in episode 236 and at cherifletcher.com. Thank you, Cheri