Understanding the story is a start. Getting out of it takes something else.
Therapy can help you understand where your overthinking comes from. Meditation can help you get quiet. What I've found is that much of what drives overthinking sits below thought, so thinking about it only goes so far. Here, we work where it actually sits.
When your body is on alert, your mind keeps working the problem, looking for an answer that will let it rest. Under the story, there's usually something simple and real: a tightness, a feeling, something your body has been holding. Finding that together is the work.
What actually happens in a session
We meet on Zoom for 55 minutes. We start by setting an intention: something you want to move toward, for this session or for our time together. As we work with it, I bring your attention to what's happening in your body.
Often it's the small things you wouldn't catch on your own.
“Your voice just deepened. Did you notice?”
“That motion with your hand. Try it again, slower.”
Most of all, I listen for what's under the story and under the tension: what's really there, at the heart of it.
When your body settles, your mind follows.
What I see over time: people feel calmer. Their thinking gets clearer. They're more themselves around others, and as they go through their day.