Latest / Beyond Limits With Olivia Marie / Break Free From Analysis Paralysis
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- 0:02SPEAKER_00: Hello and welcome to the Live Well Podcast.
- 0:06SPEAKER_00: I'm your host, Liv, Naturopath, turned seven-figure business owner and wealth activator who is obsessed with igniting your life and business from the inside up.
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- 0:39SPEAKER_00: If you are looking for enlightening discussions and profound expansion, then you are in the right place.
- 0:45SPEAKER_00: It is time to step into all that is possible.
- 0:48SPEAKER_00: Hello and welcome back to the podcast.
- 0:52SPEAKER_00: I really wanted to hop on and give you like a little mini episode on breaking out of analysis paralysis.
- 1:00SPEAKER_00: Because we're gonna dive into A what that is, but some of you already know exactly what that is, exactly when it takes over, and it is impacting your business growth.
- 1:11SPEAKER_00: So today we're diving deep into this because it keeps so many entrepreneurs stuck, so many business owners stuck.
- 1:20SPEAKER_00: It is that loop of overthinking, second guessing, delaying your decisions, right?
- 1:26SPEAKER_00: Until you feel like you're spinning in circles.
- 1:30SPEAKER_00: But this isn't even a mindset issue.
- 1:32SPEAKER_00: And I think people get caught up in thinking, well, is it a mindset thing?
- 1:36SPEAKER_00: Like, is it just a habit?
- 1:39SPEAKER_00: But analysis paralysis is a direct result of your nervous system being stuck in a freeze response.
- 1:46SPEAKER_00: So let's break this down, right?
- 1:48SPEAKER_00: The nervous system is designed to keep you safe.
- 1:51SPEAKER_00: So when it faces what it perceives as a threat, right?
- 1:57SPEAKER_00: Whether that's a life-threatening thing like running from a lion, or a decision that feels like high stakes, right?
- 2:04SPEAKER_00: And in business, decisions can feel like high stakes.
- 2:08SPEAKER_00: It's not only when you're like paying in full inventing for uh investing for mentorship, high stakes can be the content you create, the messaging, the post, because that's your ability to make and break money.
- 2:19SPEAKER_00: That's your ability to grow and scale.
- 2:22SPEAKER_00: Those are high stakes.
- 2:24SPEAKER_00: And so your body can go into one of really four responses: fight, flight, freeze, or fawn.
- 2:30SPEAKER_00: So the freeze response is what shows up as analysis paralysis.
- 2:37SPEAKER_00: Think about it, right?
- 2:38SPEAKER_00: When you're weighing every possible outcome, right?
- 2:41SPEAKER_00: Trying to predict every twist and turn, what is actually happening?
- 2:47SPEAKER_00: Your body is in a state of hyper-vigilance.
- 2:50SPEAKER_00: It's acting like your decision is a life or death situation.
- 2:54SPEAKER_00: That's why you get quote unquote stuck.
- 2:56SPEAKER_00: Because that decision about the messaging, this word or that word, this email or that, this course or this graphic or this color or this, it believes that that is a life or death situation.
- 3:08SPEAKER_00: So that trigger, right?
- 3:09SPEAKER_00: That freeze response where you get stuck, you're unable to move forward, unable to decide, you feel overwhelmed with the outcomes, you're just kind of overthinking, and hence the spinning your wheels.
- 3:20SPEAKER_00: Thinking, thinking, thinking, not really going anywhere.
- 3:24SPEAKER_00: Your nervous system is trying to keep you quote unquote safe by keeping you stuck.
- 3:28SPEAKER_00: Because it's like, if I can keep you stuck right here, we are safe.
- 3:32SPEAKER_00: So because there's such high stakes for this decision, we're just gonna make no decisions at all.
- 3:40SPEAKER_00: And this is why analysis paralysis feels so exhausting.
- 3:44SPEAKER_00: Have you ever noticed how mentally and physically drained you feel after a day of overthinking?
- 3:50SPEAKER_00: You might even give yourself a headache.
- 3:52SPEAKER_00: That's because your nervous system is on high alert, burning through all of this energy, right?
- 3:58SPEAKER_00: When you're spinning your wheels, when a car spins its wheels, it's it's a lot of energy, right?
- 4:03SPEAKER_00: It's foot to the gas.
- 4:04SPEAKER_00: There's a lot of energy being used up.
- 4:07SPEAKER_00: You're just not going anywhere, right?
- 4:09SPEAKER_00: So you're burning through that energy at a rapid rate.
- 4:12SPEAKER_00: When you're in that free state, it feels like every decision has a weight to it.
- 4:16SPEAKER_00: Like every choice could make or break your business.
- 4:19SPEAKER_00: You end up exhausting yourself, spinning your wheels, but never actually gaining traction.
- 4:24SPEAKER_00: And this isn't just in your head, right?
- 4:27SPEAKER_00: There is an actual physiological response happening here.
- 4:31SPEAKER_00: Your body is releasing stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline, which are great if we're running from a lion.
- 4:37SPEAKER_00: Terrible when we're running a business, right?
- 4:40SPEAKER_00: When you're stuck in this state, you can't access your higher executive functions.
- 4:45SPEAKER_00: The part of your brain responsible for creativity, responsible for strategic thinking, responsible for innovation, responsible for literally the exact messaging, the exact copy, the exact offers, the exact everything that is gonna make you a shit ton of money while feeling relaxed.
- 5:01SPEAKER_00: Your brain literally cannot access that information.
- 5:05SPEAKER_00: This is where the real impact comes in.
- 5:08SPEAKER_00: This is how analysis paralysis impacts your business results.
- 5:12SPEAKER_00: Because when you are in that constant state of analysis paralysis, it affects your business.
- 5:18SPEAKER_00: You're slow to make decisions, right?
- 5:20SPEAKER_00: You miss out on opportunities.
- 5:22SPEAKER_00: You're like, oh, uh, I don't know.
- 5:23SPEAKER_00: And then before you know it, it's gone.
- 5:26SPEAKER_00: You're avoiding the bold moves that are actually going to lead to growth because your system physically stops you from moving forward.
- 5:33SPEAKER_00: Consciously, you know better.
- 5:35SPEAKER_00: Consciously won't break things, but it is like your system literally will not allow you.
- 5:39SPEAKER_00: It's like driving or like trying to drive a car with a parking brake on.
- 5:44SPEAKER_00: No matter how hard you press the gas, you're not going anywhere fast.
- 5:49SPEAKER_00: And the worst part is that this state of inaction, right, this state of freeze feeds on itself.
- 5:55SPEAKER_00: So the more you hesitate, the more your nervous system sees decision making as a threat, reinforcing the freeze response, it becomes this vicious cycle that can keep you stuck at the same level of business for years.
- 6:09SPEAKER_00: Right?
- 6:10SPEAKER_00: So we need to break this cycle and move from freeze to flow.
- 6:13SPEAKER_00: So how do we break out of this cycle?
- 6:16SPEAKER_00: How do we move from freeze to flow?
- 6:18SPEAKER_00: The answer lies in regulating your nervous system.
- 6:22SPEAKER_00: It lies in bringing safety internally because when you understand how to live in a calm and relaxed state, you shift from a state of fear and overanalysis to one of like clarity, confidence, power.
- 6:35SPEAKER_00: You start feeling safe, making decisions again, trusting whatever choice you make, you can handle it.
- 6:41SPEAKER_00: And you start to quantum jump like this because you're clear on every choice, you don't hesitate, you don't doubt, you know exactly what to do, when to do it.
- 6:49SPEAKER_00: And this shift is what allows you to move forward confidently, knowing every decision, whether big or small, comes from a place of power, not fear.
- 6:58SPEAKER_00: You get to scale your business and relax your way to wealth because you're no longer overthinking every move.
- 7:04SPEAKER_00: You're in flow, making decisions that expand your impact and income effortlessly.
- 7:10SPEAKER_00: The key to mastering your nervous system and stepping into a frequency of certainty is this.
- 7:17SPEAKER_00: When you do that, when you bring safety internally, the world moves out of the way for you.
- 7:23SPEAKER_00: This is why I'm so passionate about this work, and this is why I really want to bring it forward because I've seen a lot of people lately get stuck in analysis paralysis.
- 7:32SPEAKER_00: If you have yet to join the safety program, this is where we're doing the deep work.
- 7:36SPEAKER_00: We're gonna leave the link for that down below.
- 7:38SPEAKER_00: And I'm also going to leave a link for you for the regulated CEO audit.
- 7:44SPEAKER_00: All right, this is big.
- 7:46SPEAKER_00: It is$11.
- 7:47SPEAKER_00: It'll probably make you millions.
- 7:50SPEAKER_00: It's going to take you through a full audit of your business so you can see all the places where your nervous system is impacting your business, so you can clean those up and skyrocket.
- 8:05SPEAKER_00: Because I know you're amazing.
- 8:06SPEAKER_00: You know your work is amazing, your product, your service.
- 8:09SPEAKER_00: It doesn't matter if you are a chiropractor, if you're a best-selling author, if you design bathing suits, if you're a graphic designer, if you sell face masks, if you are a business coach, a money coach, a relationship coach.
- 8:21SPEAKER_00: You help people with fertility, blood sugar.
- 8:23SPEAKER_00: I don't care, left, right, and center.
- 8:25SPEAKER_00: This affects every single type of entrepreneur.
- 8:28SPEAKER_00: So if you're an entrepreneur, you literally can't afford to not have your nervous system in check.
- 8:33SPEAKER_00: So we have the audit linked for you down below, and we will also have the safety program linked for you down below as well.
- 8:40SPEAKER_00: Get out of analysis paralysis and let's start moving.