Lately I’ve been thinking about how many people live in a constant state of internal pressure while calling it normal.
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Always thinking.
Always anticipating.
Always mentally carrying things.
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Sometimes overthinking can even look productive during the day — responsible, prepared, helpful, high functioning. But underneath it, many people are quietly exhausted in ways sleep alone cannot fix.
In this episode, I talk about emotional hypervigilance, the pressure of constantly trying to hold everything together, and the slow process of learning to surrender things we were never meant to carry alone.
Not from a place of shame.
Not from “just pray harder.”
But from compassion, honesty, and trust.
If you’ve struggled to ever fully feel “off,” I think this conversation will deeply resonate with you.
Listen to the newest podcast episode: The Exhaustion of Always Being “On.”