How to Be Okay When Life Feels Overwhelming with Liz Fosslien

Sometimes it's not even that we have thought that are helpful. It's like the thought becomes, I just want to run away from this. What can I do? What can I do? And what our brain generates is like what I can do next often isn't actually what we need to do to address that underlying emotion. Welcome to the one you feed. Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thought we have. Quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think ring true. And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.

We tend toward negativity, self-pity. Jealousy or fear. We see what we don't have instead of what we do. We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit. But it's not just about thinking.

Our actions matter. It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living. This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction. how they feed their good wolf. Have you ever had a day where you just feel off?

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