Watch Overcome Your Overthinking

2023
1 Season

Overthinking can disrupt our ability to relax, lead to self-doubt, and even manifest physically. These 12 engaging lessons not only explore the science behind cognitive behavioral therapy, they also arm you with a toolbox of exercises and techniques for breaking the spell of overthinking.

Overcome Your Overthinking is a series that ran for 1 seasons (12 episodes) between November 1, 2023 and on The Great Courses

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Seasons

12. Cultivate an Upward Spiral

November 1, 2023

Backed up by scientific research, Heidi demonstrates how deliberately broadening your attention changes the content of your thoughts for the better. The more claustrophobically we view our situation, the more we obsess about how to control or fix it. She provides a final set of tools that can help you widen your attention and perspective and shift you into an upward spiral.

11. Solve Problems More Effectively

November 1, 2023

Many people believe that by overthinking about an issue, they are working on solving their problem. Heidi spends this lecture showing that overthinking is the opposite. It keeps you stuck in the problem, likely making it worse. She provides some tools that can help you change your thoughts to effective problem-solving, such as goal setting and writing out your situation.

10. Think Clearly with Cognitive Restructuring

November 1, 2023

Heidi introduces the technique from cognitive therapy called cognitive restructuring. This is a deliberate reappraisal of your thoughts, or simply changing your thoughts by thinking about them differently. It

9. Express Gratitude to Change Your Thinking

November 1, 2023

Shift your perspective to look at the importance of practicing gratitude in your life. Heidi shows how your brain can

8. Name and Tame Your Emotions

November 1, 2023

Circle back to the importance of emotions as Heidi reminds you that recognizing our emotions sounds easy enough, but most of us have made a habit of avoiding emotions, out of fear that they

7. Try the Power of Yin Yoga

November 1, 2023

Combine the soothing elements of compassion practice with the physiological calm created by yoga, in a more passive form of yoga called yin yoga. Heidi demonstrates how this practice involves holding your body in a position for anywhere between three to five minutes, and then you settle, or relax your muscles, with gravity, toward the floor.

6. Practice Mindfulness for Self-Soothing

November 1, 2023

Heidi builds upon the concept of soothing your system by deliberately changing the pattern of your attention through mindfulness meditation, and introduces different approaches to meditation. She also provides insight into how to practice both concentration and mindfulness. This lesson introduces you to some seated meditation techniques.

5. Simple Yoga to Calm the Mind

November 1, 2023

Move on to some more sophisticated techniques that can help demonstrate the power of yoga as Heidi introduces movements that challenge and work the core muscles that are associated with breathing. She

4. Engage Your Body to Stop Overthinking

November 1, 2023

See how unlike taking a run or going to the gym, practicing yoga is not a distraction or an avoidance, it

3. Interrupt the Emotional Cascade

November 1, 2023

By looking at how our physiology and psychology intertwine, Heidi shows you how easy it is to spin into a spiral of unproductive thoughts

2. Conquer the Illusion of Control

November 1, 2023

Heidi helps you take a long, hard look at what you can and cannot control in your life

1. Are You an Overthinker?

November 1, 2023

Get a foundational overview of what makes a thinker become an overthinker. Heidi introduces you to the most common forms of overthinking and to a new way of working with your thoughts when they interfere with your life. This lesson includes a short, seated exercise.

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Where to Watch Overcome Your Overthinking

Overcome Your Overthinking is available for streaming on the The Great Courses website, both individual episodes and full seasons. You can also watch Overcome Your Overthinking on demand at Amazon Prime and Amazon.