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How to Stop Feeling Overwhelmed and Regain Focus When Life Pulls You in Every Direction · Stacked Intent: Your Guide to Authentic, Intentional Living

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  amy stackhouse: Are you feeling pulled in Welcome to today's episode of are being authentically you.
• 0:11
  amy stackhouse: So on this season, we are really focusing on that, rediscovering and discovering your most intentional self.
• 0:18
  amy stackhouse: So today we're gonna look at how toolbox and not feeling so in your day to day.
• 0:30
  amy stackhouse: Today's objective is for you to tune in to yourself on a why you might be feeling pulled in countless directions.
• 0:39
  amy stackhouse: You will walk away with thoughts to your overall peace.
• 0:46
  amy stackhouse: We are going to chat about how finding the big rocks in your day to day helps find some clarity.
• 0:54
  amy stackhouse: Do you feel like you should or This can be from what you've told yourself or even what you've told someone else, it might be that you want to do something for yourself, but something just came up that just can't wait.
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  amy stackhouse: It can also be that you just ran out of time in your day, or you didn't place it in your schedule.
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  amy stackhouse: Well, we're going to chat about take some power over your mind pulled in so many directions.
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  amy stackhouse: Guess what?
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  amy stackhouse: You're awake.
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  amy stackhouse: So how many directions have you that alarm clock went off?
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  amy stackhouse: Or you were woken up as I wrote I felt pulled to finish the pile Make sure I have completed my exercise today, complete my journaling and my devotional time.
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  amy stackhouse: Put away the bottles, scroll through my phone you know, waste a couple of hours, sit in silence and try to keep my mind focused right here on this episode.
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  amy stackhouse: To give you the very best pieces of advice on how to help you not feel so pulled in countless directions.
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  amy stackhouse: We all have different parts of our life that help us in a lot of directions.
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  amy stackhouse: However, it is important to notice who you are and why you matter in the moments of being pulled in so many different ways.
• 2:35
  amy stackhouse: We're going to dive into today's being pulled in countless on how to find your center.
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  amy stackhouse: This pulled in directions can be because of how we are feeling about our brains, because our brain is a complex part of our body's intelligence.
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  amy stackhouse: Our brains are divided up into our brains to work together.
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  amy stackhouse: And each part has a specific This is a basic overview of your Know that it's a very powerful tool and understanding why you're feeling pulled in countless directions.
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  amy stackhouse: If one piece is interrupted, directions might come from the experiences that are happening.
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  amy stackhouse: The brain is the most powerful tool navigating and multitudes of direction.
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  amy stackhouse: The feeling of being overwhelmed experiences overstimulation, the impact our thoughts and on our experiences.
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  amy stackhouse: Training your brain to manage you might adopt.
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  amy stackhouse: This can involve maybe even Some strategies that when you're it might be finding a way that Distinguishing thoughts from facts, or understanding that your brain will always seek evidence for the beliefs that you are holding about your thoughts.
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  amy stackhouse: Clearing your mind can look like what works best for you and know cultivate over the years, will always seek the evidence about your thoughts.
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  amy stackhouse: It is essential to cultivate a mindset that challenges and redefines your belief when it's challenging.
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  amy stackhouse: By consciously choosing to focus thoughts, you are empowering narrative of resilience and This practice not only helps the feeling of being overwhelmed, but it also enhances your ability to navigate life's complexities with some clarity and purpose.
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  amy stackhouse: What are some techniques that you can use for some mental clarity?
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  amy stackhouse: Mindful meditation can engage in regularly practice that your attention on your present moment.
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  amy stackhouse: It may also be allowing you to acknowledge and release distraction.
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  amy stackhouse: It is being in a state of being mindful on giving yourself some clarity might even look like journaling and writing down those thoughts so you can gain insight into none other than you.
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  amy stackhouse: It'll help you identify abstract worries into taglines.
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  amy stackhouse: Reflecting that can be added to add some visualization.
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  amy stackhouse: Imagine yourself successfully reinforcing a sense of implementing these strategies, mental toolbox that empowers you and foresight, turning your the journey of life.
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  amy stackhouse: This is because our tools.
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  amy stackhouse: Of our brain is powerful, but often we are not using our brain to full capacity because we aren't focusing on the right aspects for feeding us correctly.
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  amy stackhouse: So guess what?
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  amy stackhouse: It is important to use your powerful tool of your brain to help you find that common center and taking the time to learn new things, accomplish a task or a goal.
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  amy stackhouse: But often we have to stick into Negative events is where we get This might be that we are Then what wasn't.
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  amy stackhouse: And this is where some self-talk I don't know about you, but I can definitely get stuck in this cycle.
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  amy stackhouse: But when I make a list and I am end of the day, I'm able to feel that I set out to at the Am able to really feel like it's So find what tools work for you Topic two looks at why your mind might be pulled in different directions.
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  amy stackhouse: Why is yours?
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  amy stackhouse: Mind can be because I want to do want this done.
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  amy stackhouse: Oh, so it's the directions that It might be that you are torn for things that you want to do, or it might even be something that you've promised somebody else.
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  amy stackhouse: You can be pulled in other able to be in your own agenda, an outside force.
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  amy stackhouse: And that can be from your countless other objectives.
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  amy stackhouse: The other place is that your mind has too much in its imagination, and so it's easy for you to envision more than what's really happening in real life.
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  amy stackhouse: You might also see what you stop to rest or have fun, so you just This can be that switch of a Topic three looks at giving your What do you want to gain the In looking to make sure that you Looking to give what is enough you meet your expectations.
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  amy stackhouse: This can be looking through responsibility that can be avoiding the burden of what isn't enough for your imagination or desire to be or do something.
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  amy stackhouse: Can anyone relate to myself on The important key here is to be over expect from your day.
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  amy stackhouse: This to me is so much easier It is easier to over expect from disappointed when your day To me, it is easier to accept that when I make the decision of what I can control, but it is harder when it is influenced by other people.
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  amy stackhouse: This might look like scheduling eighty percent of your day so that you have twenty percent flexibility.
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  amy stackhouse: So keep in mind that strong boundaries and on track by learning how.
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  amy stackhouse: How?
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  amy stackhouse: To lean when a conflict arises.
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  amy stackhouse: Boundaries can also help you establish what you are expecting of what you are able to accomplish.
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  amy stackhouse: Learning of yourself and what Looking for where you are.
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  amy stackhouse: Craving some freedom on your which you have done enough.
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  amy stackhouse: Be sure that you're giving Be sure that you are looking for the balance of your life between work and play, and building a balance.
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  amy stackhouse: That's necessary because guess You are in control of finding creeps in to creep in and what So next time you're getting all bogged down in the unrealistic part of expectations, remind yourself that it might be limited in resources and you are the one who can help find your peace.
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  amy stackhouse: This is definitely a journey, somewhat of an accountability.
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  amy stackhouse: But you definitely can do it.
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  amy stackhouse: And I am not talking from The expectations sometimes are unrealistic and so really evaluate what your expectation is on a day so that you can not feel pulled in so many countless directions.
• 12:23
  amy stackhouse: My call to action to you today Pause for a moment and see where in life, and look at the why.
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  amy stackhouse: And if you want to share with Instagram and DM me and share and let's chat about it.
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  amy stackhouse: Otherwise, you can head over to and join me in Time Wizardry to your big rocks in your time.
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  amy stackhouse: We will walk through what a big rock is, down to the sand of grain that will help you give priority to what is important in your life, and help limit feeling pulled in so many different directions.
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  amy stackhouse: Thanks for joining me on another episode of Stacked Intent, and I look forward to seeing you in time, wizardry or in my DMs on Instagram.