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The Real Reason You’re Overthinking (And How to Stop)

decision-making nervous system overthinking self-trust May 09, 2025
overthinking, decision-making, self-trust, clarity

You don’t have a decision-making problem.

You have an over-protective brain.

Overthinking isn’t just "bad habits" or "lack of confidence."
It’s your nervous system trying to keep you safe—by running every possible scenario, looking for the "perfect" option, and freezing when none feel 100% certain.

Your brain is doing its best to protect you.
It just isn’t very good at helping you live.


Why overthinking feels endless

When you’ve grown up balancing different expectations (family, culture, career, community), the stakes can feel impossibly high:

  • What if I choose wrong?

  • What if I disappoint people?

  • What if I regret it?

And so you stay stuck. Not because you’re incapable.
Because you care deeply—and you’ve been taught to second-guess that caring.


Overthinking is not your fault.

But staying stuck doesn’t have to be your future.

You can retrain your system to trust smaller moves.
You can learn to choose based on alignment, not perfection.
You can feel grounded even when the outcome isn’t fully clear.


Here’s how we start unwinding the overthinking loop:

🌿 Tune into your body before your mind.
Notice where you feel open vs. where you tense up.

🌿 Ask smaller questions.
Instead of "What’s my life’s purpose?" ask "What feels nourishing this season?"

🌿 Practice deciding in low-stakes areas.
Train your nervous system that some uncertainty is safe.


You are capable of navigating this.

You don’t need to have it all figured out to start moving forward.
You just need the right support and the right questions.

That’s exactly what we’ll build together inside Decide with Confidence.


💬 Book a Decide with Confidence Session

A 45-minute session designed to help you move from paralysis to clarity—with grounded, self-honoring decisions.

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