We’ve all naturally mastered ourselves the skill of getting into overwhelm, you need to master the skill of getting out of overwhelm.
This episode is here answers the questions:
- How does overwhelm feel like?
- Why do you need to learn the skills to rid overwhelm?
- How do you rid the feelings of overwhelm?
When you are experiencing overwhelm, it can take shape in a variety of ways.
In each instance, you are generally more likely to be overwhelmed by negative dis-empowering emotions. .
These emotions include but are not limited to — anger, fear, anxiety, or guilt — and it is often difficult to understand and verbalize the exact source of the stress.
- Can’t stop over-thinking things
- Struggling to switch off and relax
- Wants to live their life to the fullest but feels they’re holding themselves back
- Wants more freedom and joy and to live in the moment
- Feels the pressure to be ‘perfect’ and to never make a mistake
- Get fearful about giving presentations or meeting new people
- Wants to feel calmer, more confident and happier
Preventing and stopping overwhelm:
- Accept it – fighting it does not help – relax and ride out the wave.
- Change inducing thoughts, notice what sparks stress and create helpful thoughts.
- Change your multitasking mindset and make perspective change
- Simply life, separate list for must dos and to dos, learn it’s okay not to finish, or rename the to do list.
- Learning to say no
- Watch out for belief or story you’re telling yourself.
- Focus on right now and appreciate the here.
- Take a deep breathe.
- Take meaningful action and engage in joyful activities.
- Notice what solves your stressors.
Overwhelm kills momentum, so rid overwhelm is an important skill we need to master.

Lucy Liu is a master life coach helping women uplevel in business and life to confidently live an epic life! She is an unshakable optimist, wife, mom, entrepreneur, workshop facilitator, motivational speaker, best selling author and podcast host of The Lucy Liu Show.
Entrepreneurs & high achievers hire her to see clarity and take quantum leaps FAST. Because most of them are overthinking, scattered and self-doubting. She's best at helping you get unstuck, make faster decisions and fulfill higher potential. Bottom line: not only make more money and impact, but have more fun and live an EPIC life by design.
She has been featured in Medium, VoyageLA, Elephant Journal, ThriveGlobal, South China Morning Post and dozens of other media outlets. 

