{"id":2298,"date":"2015-07-22T07:38:16","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T06:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/?p=2298"},"modified":"2015-07-28T19:35:41","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T18:35:41","slug":"070-how-to-reduce-overwhelm-and-over-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/070-how-to-reduce-overwhelm-and-over-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"ICP 070 How to Reduce Overwhelm, Over-thinking and Comparing Ourselves to Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Listen<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"player_container player-2298\" ><div class=\"spp_player_textabove\"><b>  <\/b><\/div><div id=\"sm2-2298\" class=\"playercontent sm2-bar-ui compact flat full-width full-width-player\"><div class=\"bd sm2-main-controls\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sm2-inline-element sm2-button-element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sm2-button-bd\" style=\"background: transparent 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the act of people pleasing.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->In this short action episode of Inspirational Creatives, health coach and writer, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/069-meg-worden\/\" target=\"_blank\">Meg Worden<\/a>, shares how to find external space, and peace, outside of our minds, and by tuning into our bodies.<\/p>\n<p>Finding ways to keep centred, grounded and more present can help us to achieve our best life and creative work.<\/p>\n<p>This episode shares ideas of where to get started.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Items mentioned in this episode (quick access):<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span>[0:00:42]<\/span> Introducing Meg Worden and how to reduce overwhelm, over thinking and comparing ourselves to others.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:01:39]<\/span> The importance of being inside your body.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:02:13]<\/span> Why our consciousness is often all over the place, and where.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:03:14]<\/span> Living in our heads. 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