18/05/2026
OVERWHELM.
I often speak with my clients about their thoughts, habits, behaviours and the many different “parts” of themselves that seem to pull them in opposite directions.
One part wants certainty. Another wants freedom. Another wants connection. Another wants to disappear into the bush, buy plants, avoid humans and start a new life somewhere with better weather and less emails. 😅
The truth is… most humans are not one neat, organised version of themselves.
We are layered.
Complex.
Emotional.
Contradictory.
And every part of us believes it is trying to help in some way.
As I move through this next season of life, I’ve been noticing my own parts more than ever.
There’s a part of me deeply grateful for the life I’ve lived, the lessons I’ve learnt and the wisdom that only comes through surviving some hard things.
And then there’s another part that feels completely overwhelmed by the uncertainty of what comes next.
Will I have enough time?Enough energy?Enough years left to create all the things still sitting inside me waiting to come to life?
Some days I feel wildly excited about the future and the growth of my healing work through .
Other days I feel emotional about aging, change, loss, identity and the strange reality of no longer being the younger version of myself.
There are parts of me still grieving old seasons.
Old hurts.
Old moments where I felt invisible, forgotten or not enough.
And then there’s my ADHD brain…
Honestly, it’s like supervising a brilliant but highly distracted toddler inside a gift shop.
Every shiny idea becomes “THE NEXT BIG THING.”
Every unfinished project still feels emotionally alive.
Every random thought suddenly becomes a future workshop, a book idea, a healing program or an impulsive life plan. 🤣
My brain wants peace and adventure at the same time.
Stillness and stimulation.
Rest and reinvention.
And somehow all of those parts are expected to coexist peacefully inside one nervous system.
No wonder humans get overwhelmed.
But here’s what I’ve really been sitting with lately…
Maybe overwhelm isn’t always something to “fix.”
Maybe sometimes overwhelm is simply internal overload asking for attention.
Not punishment.
Not suppression.
Not another productivity hack.
Just attention.
Because the moment we decide overwhelm itself is the enemy, we often begin trying to outrun our own emotions.
We keep busy.
Overwork.
Overthink.
Over-function.
People-please.Clean cupboards no one asked us to clean.Start twelve new projects.Distract ourselves with noise.
And while those things can sometimes help temporarily… they can also become emotionally intelligent avoidance.
A sophisticated way of abandoning ourselves.
Many of us learnt early in life to override our feelings.
“You’re okay.
Stop being dramatic.
Keep going.”“Don’t think about it.”“Others have it worse.”
Meanwhile the nervous system quietly keeps score.
Healing, for me, has looked less like “fixing myself” and more like finally listening to myself.
Sitting with the uncomfortable emotions instead of immediately trying to escape them.
Meeting myself with compassion instead of criticism.
Allowing all the messy, contradictory parts of me to exist without shame.
The hopeful parts.The grieving parts.The exhausted parts.The excited parts.The wise parts.The chaotic ADHD parts. 😅
Because being human is messy.
And the mind does not care about your status, your bank balance, your job title or how “together” you appear on the outside.
The human mind responds to patterns.
To language.
To repetition.
To the stories we tell ourselves every single day.
So start paying attention to your inner dialogue.
Notice the words you repeatedly speak over your life.
Because eventually the mind believes what it hears most often.
– Chantell Buggins
Mind Coach & Master Hypnotherapist
Changing Lives - Everyday. ♡
PM: Chantell Buggins or Text: 0438 607 984 to start a conversation. ♡
