My guide to coming into the present moment and exploring what is happening.

Hello, my dear:)

How are you feeling?

One hand on your heart, deep breath, be here.

Today, as I am drinking my tea (as always) I decided to talk to you about overthinking. I just caught a moment of it in myself and how I handled it, so this share felt necessary:)

First, you know how this goes, get comfy, get cozy, make your space beautiful and sacred for you . Maybe join me with a cup of tea and let’s get into it.

Overthinking in my life

I know how it feels, to be somewhere else and not here, to stress about something, creating images in my mind and then being anxious and in tension because of what was playing on a loop in my mind. Does this sound familiar? Or getting your whole body tense, like about to fight something that was really just created in your mind.

It can be overwhelming, I know.

That’s why I have spent much of my time and energy in understanding why that is going on and how can I help myself.

Some things I noticed and wanted to share about how overthinking (which might be more than that, but we are looking at overthinking specifically today) feels for me:

• feeling in a rush that is caused by my mind
• tensions in the body, ready to fight off the things created in the mind
• drifting away in thoughts and images
• definitely not being present here and now
• all of these moments feel super tense

Are you familiar with any of these points in yourself?

Great. Then I also wanted to mention how and what helps me in the moment. Let’s get into it.

What helps me and how I handle overthinking best

First — breathe. That is one of the keys. I have noticed that in many of those moments I literally forget to breathe. Have you noticed that ?

(I don’t really like keypoints/bulletpoints sometimes, it’s very structured 😄I do like a flow very often. But lists and bulletpoints are also good and needed. Just a sidenote 🙂 that’s me :))

• So first step is breath.
• Breath with a sigh to get into the body more.
• Calming self talk to hear my own voice and that I am here.
• Slow touch, like slowly being present with touching your hands, for example.
• When an image or a scenario pops into my mind I greet it and ask what is the purpose. What is a current need of mine or what is the desire in that scenario.
• Affirmations, but so that you feel your voice vibrating in your chest
• Express to yourself that you are here, holding yourself and you are safe. It’s safe to feel and you are always with yourself.
• Drink water and feel how it enters and travels through your body, and do this slowly.

For me it has been important both to soothe myself and help myself, but also to understand and shine a light on what is happening and what is the cause (one of my favorite questions have been “why?”). Oftentimes its a scenario that shows a “potential threat” that is actually oftentimes unlikely (I know you didn’t like that I used the work oftentimes, did you? Haha). And then you come in and say “Hello/heyy:). Hey love, what do you desire at this very moment? What is a need of yours and what is it that you desire to show me ?”. When you receive the answer you calmly thank yourself for feeling safe enough to share and that you see the courage that it might have required.

From reading this post myself it sounds like much of this is about coming back to the present and not drifting off in the tension and images.

So let’s say that both are important. Understanding your inner mechanisms that have been built and might require decunstruction. To shine a light on what is going on. And to also invite peace, calm and safety. A lot of my work is about inner safety, the feeling of peace, calm, deep knowing of love inside and safety. Whoa, I even love just typing that out.

How did you like it?

I hope you received something very nourishing and important for yourself that will help you on your path.

And I will see you very soon!

Have a blessed day:)

With love and light,

Ella Renāte