When It All Feels Like Too Much

Feeling overwhelmed and uncertain right now?

If the world feels heavier, more unsettled, or harder to process than usual, you're not alone.

When what we thought was stable no longer feels certain, our nervous systems respond with stress, fear, and powerlessness.

These reactions are not personal failings. They're natural biological responses to uncertainty.

In this episode, Blake names what so many people are experiencing right now and explains how to cope when everything feels overwhelming. She offers a grounded perspective and practical ways to find calm and perspective in uncertain times, helping you find steadiness and agency when the stress and uncertainty feels like too much.

Episode Highlights

Why Everything Feels So Hard Right Now

• [01:30] - Understanding fight, flight, freeze, and fawn responses

• [03:45] - Why most people are cycling between multiple survival responses

• [04:30] - How awareness creates self-compassion and clarity

Division, Information Overload, and Where Trust Begins

• [05:20] - The Edelman Trust Barometer

• [06:16] - Why companies are best positioned to bridge divides

• [07:00] - Where safety and trust really begin

The River Story: A Powerful Metaphor for Uncertain Times

• [10:15] - The moment of danger that shifted the entire journey

• [12:30] - When trying to control exhausts us more than the danger itself

• [14:00] - The shift from panic to presence and strategic action

Finding Steadiness in the Middle of Uncertainty

• [17:45] - What we can control when we can't control the river

• [19:30] - Why slowing down is strategic, not passive

• [22:30] - Change as the gift that opens possibility

Powerful Quotes

"If you've been feeling unsettled, reactive, angry, exhausted, overwhelmed, numb, or emotionally raw lately, I want to say this first: there's nothing wrong with you." -Blake Schofield

"We can't control the level of unrest, division, and challenges that we are under globally, economically, and everything else. The only thing we can control is how we go through it." -Blake Schofield

"Change actually is the gift. It is the only place of which we're able to create what it is that we want." -Blake Schofield

Resources Mentioned

Edelman Trust Barometer

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