281 - How to Avoid Common Thinking Traps...

576. You pick up your phone to check one thing and 45 minutes disappear. You try to read a book and can't get through a page. You sit in a meeting and your mind keeps reaching for something it can't name. Brain rot isn't just a meme — it's Oxford's 2024 Word of the Year and a now ... Show More

575. You’re functioning. You’re achieving. Nothing has gone dramatically wrong. And you wake up one morning and realize you genuinely can’t remember the last time something felt worth doing. A lot of people describe this as a feeling of emptiness. This week Dr. Judy Ho unpacks ex ... Show More

574. It doesn't start with a bruise. It starts with devotion that slowly becomes suffocation. The Netflix documentary Death of the Pastor's Wife, released August 26, 2026, has put coercive control back into the national conversation — a pattern of behavior that is now more common ... Show More

Has your mind ever felt like a runaway train, creating worst-case scenarios and letting fear take center stage? In today's episode, I'm sharing my best practices for stopping a spiral in it's tracks so you can get back to your best life. 

Learn why your brain fixates on the worst-case—and the simple, science-backed practices that help you rebalance attention, reduce compulsions, and live from your values instead of fear. 

Lets look at how your amazing mind can work against you. At how your sense feed your mind information that can either serve you or go against you. In this podcast, we look at how you can be more aware to what you input into your mind to get the desired outputs and results you wan ... Show More

Humans have a tendency to make snap judgments and assumptions due to our cognitive biases, says Woo-kyoung Ahn in her book 'Thinking 101.' So how do we fight them?See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your ... Show More

If your thoughts are snowballing into anxiety and catastrophic thinking here are 6 steps you can apply, starting today.  Freedom from past traumas and old anxious beliefs: https://theanxietyguy.com/trauma-healing-for-anxiety/ 

Your brain tries to be helpful. It tells you about the dangers you should be looking out for so that you don’t get hurt. It also likes to remind you of past mistakes in an attempt to prevent you from repeating them. Of course, though, your brain doesn’t always get it right. It ma ... Show More

How many times have you found yourself in a spiral of overthinking? Do you often create stories in your head about things, overanalyze conversations or situations, and get stuck in your mind? In today's episode, I'm helping you stop the cycle of overthinking and master your thoug ... Show More

Overthinking is worse for you than you think it is because it creates problems that aren't even there and keeps you stuck in place when you could be moving forward. If you have ever struggled with overthinking, whether it's ruminating on your past or worrying about your future, t ... Show More

Listen in this week as I show you how your brain creates mental habits, and how cognitive bias is a crucial element to understand in changing them. This concept is applicable everywhere in your life, at any time, and the two ways I’m offering to you today of how to prevent your c ... Show More

A lot of times our brain feeds us thoughts that are not facts, and these thoughts cause us to take action that isn't helpful. Today Maggie breaks down different ways to silence the brain drama and get really factual with our thinking.  www.vibewithmaggie.com