Fresh Tracks With Kelly Robbins

Fresh Tracker Karolyn Blume, author of Eat the Elephant; Overcoming Overwhelm, speaks with us about the topic of overwhelm. What is it? How can you recognize when you are in overwhelm and what can you do to escape its lethal grip? Karolyn shares how getting to know ourselves on a deep level and developing an awareness of what we do that triggers overwhelm can help us actually prevent it before it starts. Entrepreneurs share several common triggers that trip us into overwhelm and, with awareness and practice, we can avoid them. Karolyn also shares strategies for working your way out of overwhelm if you do find yourself there. She wraps up the show with some excellent advice on actually retraining our brains to avoid overwhelm in the first place.Show Notes2:00 – Why eat the elephant?4:00 – How to recognize when you are in overwhelm 7:00 – Tips for avoiding overwhelm10:05 – Recognizing overwhelm as it’s coming – catch it before you are in knee-deep12:00 – How busyness can be an excuse to not do the task at hand1