Maybe You’re Just Feeling Overwhelmed

Have you ever had a day where you intended to make some good healthy choices, go for a walk, prepare some meals, or do that thing you said you’d do… but you just didn’t ?

You might be thinking, it’s because you’re lazy or you just couldn’t get motivated, which leads us into the “Well, what is wrong with me, then…?” story and that goes nowhere helpful.

What if we turned up the Kind-o-meter a bit further on the dial and applied it to ourselves and asked the question: Could I be feeling overwhelmed?

The Myth of Motivation

Popular Social media influencers can be full of “no excuses” and “just do it” kind of energy. But when your nervous system is already in survival mode, anxious, depleted, and running on empty, no amount of “motivating reels” will help us flip that switch.

In times like these, our body isn’t failing us, it’s trying to protect us by slowing down our energy and urging us to take it easy and find a sense of stillness inside.

If we’re feeling overwhelmed, our system starts to shut things down that feel like “extra” – things like planning meals, preparing food, even remembering to drink “enough” water or get our steps in. In these moments, turning to food for comfort or to escape from the pressure in our heads is something that feels doable. And that makes total sense.

What If We Didn’t Need to Be “Better” Just Softer?

The truth is, most of us don’t need more motivation. We need more compassion.

More gentleness.

More space to feel things without judging ourselves.

More nervous system safety so our brain can stop firing off all those crazy alarms.

That’s where real change starts. Not with a stricter plan. But with a softer place to land instead.

Try This Instead

The next time you catch yourself thinking:

• “Why do I keep sabotaging myself?”
• “I just need to try harder.”
• “What’s wrong with me?”

Pause.

Take a deep breath.

And ask yourself:

“What would I do right now if I believed I might be feeling overwhelmed ?

Maybe you’d rest.

Maybe you’d ask for help.

Maybe you’d give yourself 5 minutes to cry before figuring out what to do about dinner.

Whatever it is, that’s a doorway out of the shame spiral, and back into connection with yourself – there’s a human being we could connect with who needs some loving.

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We don’t need to be “fixed”.

We need support – if there were no limits, what would your most ideal form of support look like?

And that’s what this space is here for.

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