The Overwhelmed Brain
Paul Colaianni
Get to the root of emotional issues and learn the best way to relate to yourself and others by honoring your personal boundaries and making decisions that are in alignment with what's most important to you.
This is not a "common-sense" personal growth and development show. You won't be told to think positively or create affirmations. The Overwhelmed Brain is about accessing that deeper mental and emotional strength inside you so that you can decrease or even eliminate old fears and evolve into the person you want to be.
Learn what your parents or caretakers never taught you about emotional wellness and creating strong, non-toxic bonds with others.
If you want the exact instructions that will help improve your life, you're in the right place.
This is not a "common-sense" personal growth and development show. You won't be told to think positively or create affirmations. The Overwhelmed Brain is about accessing that deeper mental and emotional strength inside you so that you can decrease or even eliminate old fears and evolve into the person you want to be.
Learn what your parents or caretakers never taught you about emotional wellness and creating strong, non-toxic bonds with others.
If you want the exact instructions that will help improve your life, you're in the right place.
Episodes
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Feb 9, 2025 • 38min
When empathy is used against you
Some people can be draining, especially if they play the victim after they've done bad behavior and expect you to empathize with them. Some people are very, very good at doing that. I talk about those people today.
Feb 2, 2025 • 47min
What can keep you stuck with the same results over and over again
Our childhood coping mechanisms shape our adult relationships. Sometimes the old fears keep us from moving into new, better territory, keeping us stuck where we are.
Jan 26, 2025 • 38min
Washing your hands of a problem that won't go away
Some problems won't go away until you walk away from them. But walking away can be hard... sometimes impossible. And sometimes it involves sacrifice. And is walking away the only answer?
Jan 19, 2025 • 40min
The pressure of sex and expectations in an established relationship
Sometimes emotional and sexual expectations can be challenging to balance in a long-term relationship... but do they have to be? Or is intimacy just difficult with certain people who seem entitled to receive it instead of trying to build it from the ground up?
Jan 12, 2025 • 1h 10min
Feeling like you have no choice but to submit to ungrateful, uncaring people
You know the type: They do nothing and you do everything. In this episode, I share the struggle of a woman who has a rocky relationship with her adult daughter who moved back in with her. I share a lot of thoughts and lessons we can learn what we can do, if anything, when the other person in your life is making things unnecessarily harder.
Jan 5, 2025 • 43min
The partner who likes things as they are when you're just miserable
When you live with your romantic partner... And their relatives... And your partner doesn't seem to want that to change... What are your choices? Very hard question! I thought I'd tackle that today.
Dec 29, 2024 • 29min
The people who avoid you
Are you trying to reconnect with someone who’s unresponsive? Maybe they want nothing more to do with you and maybe you don't know why? And maybe this episode gives you the final step to take with others who seem like all they care about is avoiding you.
Dec 22, 2024 • 45min
The judgments you have about others that keep you unhappy
If you’ve ever found yourself trying to change someone's habits or feeling frustrated by their behaviors, this episode might help you learn what it takes to deal with and maybe even heal with someone you just can't seem to fully accept.
Dec 15, 2024 • 57min
How your coping mechanisms may be interfering with your happiness
The journey from childhood coping mechanisms to adult life is explored, revealing how early traumas shape our emotional responses. The impact of harmful strategies like people-pleasing can strain relationships and hinder true happiness. Listeners are encouraged to embrace self-awareness and confront fears, breaking away from unhealthy behaviors. Therapy is highlighted as a crucial tool for cultivating healthier coping mechanisms and fostering genuine joy and autonomy in life.
Dec 8, 2024 • 45min
The massive, impossible, overwhelming circumstances that make life feel hopeless
Problems can add up, compound, and create a situation so impossible to get out of that there seems to be no hope. Is it total defeat or is there anything you can do?
