If you’ve been trying to “fix” your overthinking by changing your thoughts, but nothing ever seems to stick, here’s the truth:

You don’t have a thought problem — you have an emotion problem.

When your emotions feel too big, too fast, or too overwhelming for your system, your brain does the only thing it knows how to do: it starts thinking harder. It analyzes, spirals, replays conversations, imagines every worst-case scenario — not because you’re dramatic, or weak, or too sensitive, but because your body is trying to protect you from the intensity of unprocessed emotion.

This episode explores why overthinking is always rooted in emotional dysregulation, how a sensitive nervous system amplifies feelings, and why “controlling your emotions” has never worked. You’ll learn what emotions actually are, how they move through the body, and how to start building emotional capacity so your mind can finally take a breath.

You don’t need to out-think your feelings — you need to learn how to experience them in a way that feels safe.

This is Part 2 of my three-part series on overthinking, and it’s the piece no one teaches sensitive women… but it’s the one that makes everything else finally click.

• Why overthinking is an emotional issue long before it becomes a thought issue
• The difference between “reacting” to emotion and actually processing it
• What emotions really are — and why they’re not good, bad, or logical
• How a sensitive nervous system intensifies emotional waves
• Why unprocessed emotion always comes back bigger, louder, and more overwhelming
• How emotional capacity makes difficult feelings easier to handle
• The simple skill of “feeling emotion in the body” without being consumed by it
• Why learning to process emotion is the key to ending the overthinking cycle

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Overthinking isn’t a flaw — it’s a survival response.

If your brain feels like it never shuts off, if you replay conversations, worry about every decision, or try to anticipate every possible problem before it happens — this episode is for you.

When your nervous system has been running in survival mode for too long, overthinking becomes your body’s way of trying to keep you safe. But the truth is, it’s not protecting you — it’s exhausting you. In this episode, we break down why overthinking isn’t a mindset problem, it’s a nervous system problem, and how learning to regulate your body first changes everything.

When you understand that your “racing thoughts” are really a sensitive nervous system doing its best to help you survive, you stop trying to fix yourself — and start working with yourself.

This is Part 1 of a 3-part series where I teach the Love Yourself No Matter What Method — starting with nervous system regulation and why your gas pedal and brake are always out of sync.

• Why overthinking is your nervous system’s way of trying to keep you safe
• How a sensitive nervous system gets triggered — and what it really means
• The difference between the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems (and how to balance them)
• What “fight, flight, freeze, or fawn” actually looks like in real life
• Why your brain doesn’t know the difference between a bear chasing you and your friend not texting back
• The simple daily practices that start rebalancing your nervous system — without hours of meditation

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What if everything you’ve been told about being “too sensitive” is wrong?

In this episode, I share a deeply personal story from my early motherhood — the exhaustion, the misdiagnoses, and the moment I realized that I wasn’t broken… I was sensitive. For years, I tried to “fix” myself, believing that my emotions were the problem. But the truth is, sensitivity isn’t a weakness — it’s a form of wisdom.

We’ll explore what sensitivity really is (and what it’s not), how it overlaps with common mental health labels, and why learning to partner with your sensitivity is the key to feeling grounded, powerful, and whole.

If you’ve ever felt like the world was too loud, your emotions too big, or your empathy too much — this episode is for you. You’ll learn:

✨ Why your nervous system feels things so deeply

✨ How to stop pathologizing your sensitivity

✨ What it looks like to create safety and strength from the inside out

Your sensitivity isn’t something to fix — it’s something to understand.

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