How to Stop Overthinking in Real Time | Donna Jackson Nakazawa | Happiness | E524

Love, Happiness and Success with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby · May 21, 2026 · 1h 10m · transcript

Have you ever lost a whole afternoon to a conversation that ended three days ago? Picking it apart, wondering what the other person actually meant, mentally rehearsing what you should have said. There is a name for what your brain is doing. ⁠It is called rumination, and according to research from Yale, it is the single most damaging mental habit science can measure⁠. In this episode, I sit down with Donna Jackson Nakazawa, the science journalist who has spent decades translating cutting-edge neuroscience into language regular humans can actually use. Her new book Mind Drama (out this week) is…