UnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Help for Everyone 439. Coaching Hotline: Making Thoughts Conscious & How to Stop Being Overwhelmed
Nov 11, 2025
Discover how most thoughts run on autopilot, influencing your feelings and actions without your awareness. Learn techniques to uncover hidden thought patterns and effectively tackle the feeling of overwhelm when facing multiple challenges. Find out why confusion is a common procrastination tool for your brain and how focusing on one issue at a time can help you move forward. Plus, get insights into a free workshop designed to help you stop worrying about what others think!
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Use Daily Written Thought Downloads
- Do a daily written thought download to bring unconscious thoughts into awareness.
- Writing reveals patterns more clearly than trying to observe thoughts mentally.
Unconscious Thoughts Are Background Music
- Unconscious thoughts are like background music you can choose to notice or ignore.
- Bringing attention to them makes them available for change.
Prefer Writing Over Mental Thought Work
- Write thoughts down rather than doing thought work only in your head.
- Focused writing creates a flow that shows what's really in your mind.