73. Nancy Colier: Can't Stop Thinking

Nancy Colier joins us on the show to teach you how to let go of anxiety and free yourself from obsessive rumination. Nancy is a psychotherapist, interfaith minister, author, public speaker, mindfulness teacher, and relationship coach. She’s a longtime student of Eastern spirituality and mindfulness practices form the ground of her work. She is the author of the recent, Can't Stop Thinking, The Power of Off: The Mindful Way to Stay Sane in a Virtual World, Inviting a Monkey to Tea: Befriending Your Mind and Discovering Lasting Contentment, and other books.  Nancy is a national speaker on wellbeing and mindfulness, and technology-related topics including parenting, addiction, and work-life balance. She is also a regular blogger for Psychology Today and Huffington Post. Today we chat about...  How Nancy's history of chronic rumination inspired her to write Can’t Stop Thinking  What it looks like to become addicted to your thoughts  How Nancy categorizes addictive thinking  What Nancy thinks we are really afraid of  What calms down our compulsive need to think  The importance of watching your thoughts and stepping away   How to find freedom and peace from your thoughts   What keeps us hooked to our thoughts  Nancy’s thoughts on toxic positivity and what you should do instead  What rumination looks like and how to break free from your ruminating thoughts My struggle with rehearsing hard conversations in my head and the impact it had on my mood  What to do when you’re caught in what-if statements How to tackle worrisome thoughts that pop up at night  The ability to choose whether you think about a thought  ____________________________ Stop letting anxiety hold you back from living your best life! If you're ready to break free from paralyzing anxiety, I want to be your coach! I’m excited to announce that I’m now taking clients for 1:1 anxiety coaching. To learn more and sign up, visit courageouslyu.com/coaching or send an email to [email protected] to join my client waitlist today! ____________________________ COURAGEOUSLY.U SHOW NOTES:  https://courageouslyu.com/nancy-colier/   COURAGEOUSLY.U FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1416219115169393   COURAGEOUSLY.U INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/