This is the second of a two-parter where I share with you five powerful questions that you can ask yourself when your brain is spiralling off into overthinking and you want to calm the thought whirlwind.

In this episode we look at:

• How asking yourself powerful questions can help you to challenge your overthinking
• How a question can spark an idea to help yourself
• Why sometimes looking ahead can give you perspective right now
• What to ask yourself to pull yourself out of a panicky overthinking spiral

Resources

• Episode 22: How to make your own mental health first aid kit
• You can now work with me one-to-one on your overthinking, check out my coaching services here
• Join the Worry Less and Enjoy Life More Facebook Group

This is the first of a two-parter where I share with you five powerful questions that you can ask yourself when your brain is spiralling off into overthinking and you want to calm the thought whirlwind.

In this episode we look at:

• How you can challenge your overthinking through asking yourself powerful questions
• How the stories you tell yourself keeps you stuck in overthinking
• My favourite question to give yourself a different perspective

 Resources

• Join the 5 Days of Christmas Clarity free challenge here, we begin on Monday 29 October
• You can now work with me one-to-one on your overthinking, check out my coaching services here 
• Join the Worry Less and Enjoy Life More Facebook Group

Overthinkers can spend a lot of time lost in their own thoughts. Giving your attention to how you can support someone else who’s having a difficult time helps you too because it brings you out of your head and gives you a different point of focus.

In this episode we look at:

• Sharing your experience without giving out a list of shoulds
• What to say when you don’t know what to say
• The frustration felt when you want to fix someone’s life
• The most valuable thing you can do to help someone who’s struggling

Resources

• You can now work with me one-to-one on your overthinking, check out my coaching services here
• Join the Worry Less and Enjoy Life More Facebook Group

How can a group of people who we may never meet because they’re famous, been dead hundreds of years or are fictional characters be a source of inspiration and support? By creating your own imaginary advisory board.

In this episode we look at:

• What is an imaginary inspirational advisory board
• How it can help when you’re feeling stuck, challenged or low
• How to choose who belongs on your board
• Who’s on my own cheerleading team

Resources

• Episode 14: The damaging word every overthinker uses
• Join the Worry Less and Enjoy Life More Facebook Group 

You’d think happiness is a straight forward topic to talk about but the word itself can mean very different things to different people.

In this episode we look at:

• Two different kinds of happiness
• How much influence we have over how happy we are
• How it relates to negative emotions
• The fear we feel about being happy

Resources

• Episode 3: The life-changing power of feeling grateful
• Episode 7: How noticing ghte little things creates calm and joy
• Episode 21: Why overthinkers are so good at striving (and why that’s not such a good thing)
• Join the Worry Less and Enjoy Life More with Gabrielle Treanor Facebook Group

Mindfulness is everywhere, isn’t it? Is it just a fad or is it something that can really make a difference to overthinkers and worriers?

In this episode we look at:

• How mindfulness is backed up by research and the NHS
• How mindfulness reduces rumination, what if-ing and stress
• How it strengthens your resilience, benefits those around you as well as yourself and allows you to experience more joy
• The reality of what it’s like to practice mindfulness

Resources

• Be Here Now, my practical guide to living mindfully course, starts on Friday 28 September. Find out all about the course and take your place here.

Looking for approval and permission from our families, friends, workmates and even strangers on social media, to do what we want, to feel however we feel or to be who we want to be, can get us tangled up in overthinking and stuck in our lives. So what we can do about it?

In this episode we look at:

• How we look outside of ourselves for permission
• Why we seek approval from other people
• The key areas in life where it’s holding us back
• How we can start to give ourselves permission 

Resources

• Be Here Now, a practical guide to living mindfully, is open to join now, with an early bird discount. Find out all about the course and take your place here.
• Episode 14: The damaging word every ovethinker uses
• Episode 18: How to deal with difficult emotions
• Join the Worry Less and Enjoy Life More with Gabrielle Treanor Facebook Group

Sometimes life doesn’t go to plan, it fails to live up to our expectations and the result can really suck. And yet we continue to will it to be different which keeps us stuck in the frustration and upset. So what can we do?

In this episode we look at:

• How life not living up to our expectations ramps up overthinking and stress levels
• How our response and reaction play a key role
• What we do and don’t have control over in these situations
• The four steps we can take to deal with life letting us down

Resources

• Be Here Now, a practical guide to living mindfully, is open to join now, with an early bird discount. Find out all about the course and take your place here.
• Episode 18: How to deal with difficult emotions
• Join the Worry Less and Enjoy Life More with Gabrielle Treanor Facebook Group

It’s an odd topic for a podcast for overthinkers but there’s good reason why I focus on helping you to worry less, not stop worrying

In this episode we look at:

• The damaging message behind a well intended ‘just stop worrying’
• Why denying worry or pushing it away does more damage than good
• How facing up to your worry lessens its power over you
• What you can do with worry that will help you to focus on the joy in life

Resources

• Episode 18: How to deal with difficult emotions
• Join the Worry Less and Enjoy Life More with Gabrielle Treanor private Facebook group

Most of us have a first aid kit for when we have a cut or bump but what about when we’re feeling mentally bashed and bruised? A mental health first aid kit is what’s need to provide comfort, support and relief when we feel emotionally beaten down.

In this episode we look at:

• Why we need a mental health first aid kit
• What digital and physical elements to include in your kit
• Making it personal and specific to you
• How to use your mental health first aid kit when you’re struggling

 Resources:

• Epiosde 6: How to disrupt the overthinking cycle
• Episode 10: What to do when you feel overwhelmed
• Episode 11: How overthinkers can take care of themselves