OVERWHELM IS POISONING YOU - HOW TO STOP IT Podcast #307This week on The Confidence Podcast, we're chatting about:

Overwhelm, what is it and how is it poisoning you?Finding the definition of overwhelmHow does the poison of overwhelm work?7 things you can do to stop overwhelm, starting today.

SPONSORSHIP NOTES: This episode is brought to you today by my FREE micro-course, the Quick Confidence Boost.  That little voice inside that's telling you-you're not enough? It's lying. It's mean. It's a bully. And it's keeping you from the life God created you to live. I say "no more!" My self-bully used to shame me. It kept me small, scared and in a state of self-sabotage. Then I got tired of it, and I learned how to stand up to the bully. I'll teach you the step-by-step process to start doing the same thing.

Join my FREE micro-course, a 7-day confidence coaching course, and you feel changes in your internal self-talk with these quick, 3-minute FREE coaching videos. I spent too many years of my life silenced by self-doubt. I will do anything in my power to help free other women from having to suffer any longer. You were created to shine light into this world, but to shine brightly we've gotta get rid of the bully that's keeping you from living muted. Start the FREE micro-course today at www.trishblackwell.com/quickconfidenceboostREVIEW OF THE WEEK:

Jo-Lee Woods "Where have you been all my life?!"

I went into 2019 with the goal of increasing my confidence. I didn't know exactly what would entail or how I was going to do it but listening to Trish has been the best thing God could have sent my way. She has made me start to really dig deep into who I am and asks questions to get to the root of where my insecurities lie Within the short time I've been listening I can see tremendous steps toward a living a life of confidence.e I've recommended this podcast to numerous family and friends after seeing how much Trish has been able to help me!OVERWHELM, WHAT IS IT AND HOW IS IT POISONING YOU?It's a victim mindset. A mindset that says things are happening to you, rather than you are living your life through a set of circumstances.

Overwhelm is fear-based.

It's a result of poor time management, lack of prioritization, perfectionistic expectations, people pleasing, performance-based-worth life theories.

It happens from not thinking intentionally - it's careless thinking.

It happens when we step away from faith and try to do it all on our own ... whether that is simply not asking for help from others and being a control freak, or if it means that we're not reaching out to the God of the universe, the all-powerful, all-knowing, all-present, all-loving God who created us and who wants to walk alongside us.

Take yourself out of the "I'm so overwhelmed state"

There will always be "things" to do - the option to "feel behind" or "not enough" will always be a choice. Most people choose this choice, but will you choose the road less traveled?

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves, no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

-Robert FrostHOW DOES OVERWHELM'S POISON WORK?It convinces you of time scarcity.

It makes you feel like an impostor and unworthy.

It makes you small and scared.

It makes everything twice as hard as it actually is.

It is an emotional arsonist.