Overthinking isn’t who you are, it’s your body trying to protect you.

In this episode, we unpack overthinking, why you can’t stop overthinking, nervous system regulation, somatic healing, and nervous system healing so you can stop blaming yourself and start understanding your body.

If you’ve ever thought:

• Why can’t I turn my brain off?
• Why am I always overthinking?
• Why doesn’t mindset work for me?

This is the answer.

You’ll learn:

✔ Why overthinking is a nervous system response

✔ How your body creates racing thoughts

✔ Why you can’t fix overthinking by thinking more

✔ How to begin nervous system regulation

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Overthinking isn’t a mindset problem, it’s a nervous system response. In this episode, we break down overthinking, nervous system regulation, why you can’t stop overthinking, somatic healing, and nervous system healing so you can finally understand what’s really going on.

If you’ve been stuck in your head wondering:

• Why you can’t stop overthinking
• Why awareness alone isn’t working
• How to regulate your nervous system
• Why healing feels harder than it should

This episode will shift everything.

You’ll learn:

✔ Why overthinking is NOT your personality

✔ The real reason you can’t think your way to healing

✔ How nervous system regulation actually works

✔ Why somatic healing is the missing piece

✔ How to feel safe in your body again

Because overthinking, nervous system regulation, somatic healing, nervous system healing, and why you can’t stop overthinking are all connected—and once you understand that, everything changes.

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Why does it hurt to leave something you chose to walk away from?

This episode explores giving up on a dream, how to know when to quit, perfectionism, people pleasing, and how to stop people pleasing—through the lens of grief and relief.

Inspired by themes from I'm Glad My Mom Died.

We talk about:

✔ Grieving the dream you outgrew

✔ Why giving up on a dream still hurts

✔ How to know when to quit without shame

✔ Letting go of people pleasing

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When does mastery turn into pressure?

This episode dives into perfectionism, giving up on a dream, how to know when to quit, people pleasing, and how to stop people pleasing and how perfectionism slowly disconnects you from what you love.

If you’ve ever:

• Felt like you’re doing everything right… but feel worse
• Wondered how to know when to quit something you love
• Struggled with people pleasing in your work

This is your wake-up call.

We also reflect on Alysa Liu and what her story reveals about passion and pressure.

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I’m glad I gave up on my dream and I never thought I’d say that.

In this episode, we unpack giving up on a dream, how to know when to quit, perfectionism, people pleasing, and how to stop people pleasing through a deeply personal story.

If you’ve ever questioned:

• Is it ok to give up on your dreams?
• How to know when to quit without regret
• Whether perfectionism is costing you joy

This is for you.

Giving up on a dream didn’t mean failure. It meant choosing myself.

We explore:

✔ The truth about perfectionism

✔ How people pleasing shapes your identity

✔ Why giving up on a dream can create freedom

✔ What happens when you redefine success

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Giving up on a dream isn’t failure. In this episode, we explore giving up on a dream, how to know when to quit, perfectionism, people pleasing, and how to stop people pleasing and what happens when your dream stops feeling like yours.

If you’ve ever wondered:

• Is it ok to give up on your dreams?
• How to know when to quit something you once loved
• Whether perfectionism is killing your passion
• How people pleasing shapes your path
• How to stop people pleasing and choose yourself

This episode will change how you see success.

I share my personal story of walking away from a professional music path—and why giving up on a dream was actually the thing that set me free.

We also explore:

✔ The hidden cost of perfectionism

✔ Why people pleasing disconnects you from your truth

✔ How to know when to quit vs pivot

✔ Why giving up on a dream can be a powerful realignment

✔ What it looks like to rebuild your relationship with what you love

Featuring reflections inspired by Alysa Liu and themes similar to I'm Glad My Mom Died.

If you're questioning your path, this conversation will help you reconnect to what actually feels like YOU.

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What is intuition… and how can we actually use it to make better decisions?

In this episode, we explore intuition through science, lived experience, and philosophy and how these perspectives come together to guide the choices you make every day.

You’ll discover:

• The science of intuition: how your brain uses fast, unconscious pattern recognition (System 1 thinking) to process millions of signals and deliver a “knowing” without explanation
• The role of the brain’s default mode network—why your best insights often come when you’re walking, driving, or not actively trying to solve the problem
• Why intuition often feels like: “I don’t know why… I just know”
• How your past experiences, emotional signals, and environment are constantly shaping your intuitive responses beneath awareness

But intuition isn’t just something explained in a lab… it’s something people experience every day.

It often shows up as a calm, steady inner knowing.

A quiet voice beneath the noise of overthinking.

A subtle pull toward something or away from it.

And interestingly, many people don’t feel like they lack intuition…

They feel like they’ve ignored it.

You’ll also explore philosophical and spiritual perspectives that describe intuition as a form of inner wisdom and something that becomes clearer when the mind gets quiet.

Not forcing. Not analyzing. Just noticing.

Some describe it as higher awareness.

Others have deeper consciousness.

But the common thread is this: intuition tends to arise when we create space to actually hear it.

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Have you ever made a decision purely based on your gut? How did it turn out?

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Did you know that emotions aren’t the enemy of good decisions, they’re actually the system that tells you what matters? In this episode, we explore the science of emotional awareness, affective forecasting, and how tuning into your feelings can transform the way you make decisions.

We’ll dive into:

• How emotions act as a rapid evaluation system, constantly signaling safety, opportunity, or risk
• The somatic marker hypothesis and how past experiences quietly shape your present choices
• Why naming your emotions with precision (emotional granularity) improves clarity and decision-making
• How different emotions influence your attention, creativity, and perspective in subtle but powerful ways
• Why overthinking often isn’t about the decision itself… but about avoiding the feeling of the outcome

We’ll also explore:

• How many of us were never taught how to process emotions only how to react to them, suppress them, or avoid them
• How that disconnect can lead to decisions that look logical on the surface… but feel misaligned underneath
• Why slowing down to feel doesn’t make you irrational, it makes you informed

Because when you actually listen, emotions aren’t chaotic… They're data.

They highlight what you care about.

They reveal your values.

They point to what feels safe, meaningful, or off.

You create space to respond instead of react.

You stop making decisions just to escape discomfort…

And start making decisions with intention.

And when you learn how to work with both…

you make decisions that don’t just make sense,

they feel right too.

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What did your emotions reveal about your recent decisions? Did you notice anything surprising?

Emotional awareness doesn’t mean letting feelings dictate your life. It means listening to the messages your emotions provide, understanding your values, and integrating them with logic and body signals. The most powerful decisions come when mind, body, and emotion all have a voice.

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Can your body actually help you make better decisions? This episode dives deep into the science of interoception and your brain’s way of reading internal signals like your heartbeat, breathing, and subtle physical sensations and how tuning into these messages can guide you toward aligned choices.

If you’ve ever felt “something’s off” in your body about a decision, this episode explains why those signals matter, and how to use them without blindly following every gut feeling. Inspired by cutting-edge neuroscience and the work of Antonio Damasio, you’ll discover how your body, emotions, and mind work together in decision-making.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How your body constantly sends signals before your mind even knows
• Why interoceptive awareness can improve emotional clarity, self-regulation, and risk assessment
• Simple practices to notice your body’s messages before making choices
• How tension, relaxation, or subtle shifts in energy inform but don’t dictate your decisions

We guide you through practical exercises to feel your body’s responses to real-life decisions. This isn’t about replacing logic,it’s about adding a vital layer of intelligence to your decision-making process.

👇 COMMENT BELOW

What did your body tell you when you tried this exercise? Did anything surprise you?

Decision-making isn’t about forcing clarity or thinking harder. It’s about creating space to listen to your body, interpret your emotions, and evaluate with your mind. When all three voices are invited to the table, your best path forward becomes visible and not because you overanalyzed, but because you allowed yourself to truly hear what’s already there.

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https://ellenbroencoaching.kit.com/b51104bb4d

The Creative Parent’s Companion:

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CEO Capacity Creator

https://ellenbroencoaching.kit.com/ceocapacitycreator