The Simple Daily Practice That Helped Me Stop Spiraling

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Feb 19, 2026

A deep dive into why overthinking is actually a nervous-system safety pattern. Short tools for compartmentalizing thoughts with a Now/Later/Not For Me journaling practice. Four common thought traps that sabotage confidence get called out. A simple physical pattern-interrupt and spoken mantras to stop spirals and redirect energy.

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INSIGHT

Overthinking Is A Safety Pattern

Overthinking is not a thinking problem but a nervous-system safety pattern that makes you over-believe recurring thoughts.
Lori Harder says thoughts will always appear, and it's what you give attention and action to that drains your energy.

ADVICE

Ask Possibility Questions

Ask “How could this work out?” instead of “Will I fail?” to rewire your brain toward possibility.
Shift your internal questions to generate reasons the outcome can succeed, not reasons it will fail.

ANECDOTE

Eighth Grade Humiliation Imprinted Fear

Lori recounts being publicly mocked in eighth grade for her jeans, which imprinted a fear of eyeballs and humiliation.
That memory explains why public attention later triggered panic and avoidance for her.

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Overthinking isn’t a thinking problem. It’s a believing problem. In this episode, I go deeper into last week’s “Now, Later, Not For Me” framework and share the next layer of how to stop treating every thought in your head like it’s the truth. I share the 4 mental traps that keep you stuck, the reason your nervous system keeps sounding the alarm, and the pattern-interrupt technique I’ve used for years to retrain my brain. Tune in to learn how to stop over-believing fear and reprogram your default thoughts.

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HIGHLIGHTS

Overthinking is a nervous system safety pattern.
The 4 thought patterns that sabotage your confidence.
How childhood embarrassment can shape your adult confidence.
The physical “pattern interrupt” I use to stop fear thoughts mid-spiral.
Why most people are exhausted by their thinking long before they’re exhausted by the work.

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