# overwhelm (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover overwhelm. Page: Feed: --- ## [Helping the ADHD Mind When New Tasks Keep Appearing](https://anitagoraya.substack.com/p/helping-the-adhd-mind-when-new-tasks) _2026-08-18 · Dr Anita, CBT/ADHD therapist · ADHD Wellness & Wisdom_ ... How to capture real-time demands without losing them — or letting them hijack your day ## [Are You Solving the Problem for Your Child or Replacing the Skill?](https://playfulbrains.substack.com/p/are-you-solving-the-problem-for-your) _2026-08-17 · Kunlun, PhD | Playful Brains · Playful Brains_ Why the behavior in front of you may not be the skill your child actually needs ## [Thank God for You, Peter Parker](https://vaughnkohler.substack.com/p/thank-god-for-you-peter-parker) _2026-08-13 · Vaughn Kohler · Vaughn Kohler's Substack_ On Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the desire to be a hero, the glory we secretly want for our sacrifices, and the hidden life ## [Your Nervous System Is the Lever: How to Stop Stress From Parenting for You](https://playfulbrains.substack.com/p/your-nervous-system-is-the-lever) _2026-08-13 · Kunlun, PhD | Playful Brains · Playful Brains_ Why changing your state, not finding the perfect words, is often the fastest way to change a difficult parenting moment ## [The Ejector Seat Nobody Shows You](https://stacybraiuca.substack.com/p/the-ejector-seat-nobody-shows-you) _2026-08-11 · 🚪Threshold Crossing™ 🐿️_ On the two-minute question that does more for tech anxiety than any tutorial I have ever taught. ## [Overcoming Overwhelm and Over-Availability Syndrome, Part VI](https://vaughnkohler.substack.com/p/overcoming-overwhelm-and-over-availability-a02) _2026-08-11 · Vaughn Kohler · Vaughn Kohler's Substack_ A Letter to a Woman in Business (And Anyone Else Who Needs to Hear It) On Cultivating More Poise, Presence, and Peace ## [Why You Lose Patience Even When You Care](https://playfulbrains.substack.com/p/why-you-lose-patience-even-when-you) _2026-08-10 · Kunlun, PhD | Playful Brains · Playful Brains_ The problem is not always that you need better parenting advice. Sometimes stress has made that advice temporarily unavailable. ## [The Blue Lantern and the Missing Map: How Human Design Completes the Helper's Calling](https://stacybraiuca.substack.com/p/the-blue-lantern-and-the-missing) _2026-08-09 · Stacy Braiuca · 🚪Threshold Crossing™ 🐿️_ Thirty years of frameworks explained everyone but me. Then a map made from the minute I was born named the thing I run on. ## [Overcoming Overwhelm and Over-Availability Syndrome, Part V](https://vaughnkohler.substack.com/p/overcoming-overwhelm-and-over-availability-19d) _2026-08-07 · Vaughn Kohler · Vaughn Kohler's Substack_ A Letter to a Woman in Business (And Anyone Else Who Needs to Hear It) On Cultivating More Poise, Presence, and Peace ## [Why "I Don't Have Time" Is the Perfect Lie That Protects You](https://pollyrusyn.substack.com/p/why-i-dont-have-time-is-the-perfect) _2026-08-06 · Polly Rusyn 🪩 Emotional Wealth · EMOTIONAL WEALTH_ On nervous system safety, subconscious blueprints, and the hidden comfort of scarcity. ## [Your 24/7 AI Media Buyer (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/7SHQIfu2lkyv) _2026-08-06 · **Sponsored**_ Finds placement, geo, and funnel leaks and proposes fixes you approve ## [How to Handle Performance Pressure Through the Regulation Lens](https://playfulbrains.substack.com/p/how-to-handle-performance-pressure) _2026-08-06 · Kunlun, PhD | Playful Brains · Playful Brains_ A practical framework for reading homework resistance, telling anxiety from avoidance, and knowing when to push, pause, or support your child ## [I Decided How It Went Before It Happened](https://stacybraiuca.substack.com/p/i-decided-how-it-went-before-it-happened) _2026-08-04 · Stacy Braiuca · 🚪Threshold Crossing™ 🐿️_ My software did it first, and then I noticed I have been doing it for years. ## [Homework Battles Aren’t Really About Homework](https://playfulbrains.substack.com/p/homework-battles-arent-really-about) _2026-08-03 · Kunlun, PhD | Playful Brains · Playful Brains_ Why ordinary schoolwork can trigger such big feelings in both children and parents ## [Overcoming Overwhelm and Over-Availability Syndrome, Part IV](https://vaughnkohler.substack.com/p/overcoming-overwhelm-and-over-availability-cc9) _2026-07-31 · Vaughn Kohler · Vaughn Kohler's Substack_ A Letter to a Woman in Business (And Anyone Else Who Needs to Hear It) On Cultivating More Poise, Presence, and Peace ## [The Fear-or-Learning Filter](https://playfulbrains.substack.com/p/the-fear-or-learning-filter) _2026-07-30 · Kunlun, PhD | Playful Brains · Playful Brains_ A practical way to tell whether your discipline is building responsibility or just compliance ## [Overcoming Overwhelm and Over-Availability Syndrome, Part III](https://vaughnkohler.substack.com/p/overcoming-overwhelm-and-over-availability-3b3) _2026-07-29 · Vaughn Kohler · Vaughn Kohler's Substack_ A Letter to a Woman in Business (And Anyone Else Who Needs to Hear It) On Cultivating More Poise, Presence, and Peace ## [Overcoming Overwhelm and Over-Availability Syndrome, Part II](https://vaughnkohler.substack.com/p/overcoming-overwhelm-and-over-availability-13a) _2026-07-28 · Vaughn Kohler · Vaughn Kohler's Substack_ A Letter to a Woman in Business (And Anyone Else Who Needs to Hear It) On Cultivating More Poise, Presence, and Peace ## [Four Things That Refused to Be Posts](https://stacybraiuca.substack.com/p/four-things-that-refused-to-be-posts) _2026-07-28 · Stacy Braiuca · 🚪Threshold Crossing™ 🐿️_ I wrote down a guess about my own to-do list. Then my calendar answered it. ## [The Small Funeral of Closing a Tab](https://stacybraiuca.substack.com/p/the-small-funeral-of-closing-a-tab) _2026-07-28 · Stacy Braiuca · 🚪Threshold Crossing™ 🐿️_ On digital hoarding, unfinished permissions, and the people we were planning to become. ## [Overcoming Overwhelm and Over-Availability Syndrome, Part I](https://vaughnkohler.substack.com/p/overcoming-overwhelm-and-over-availability) _2026-07-27 · Vaughn Kohler · Vaughn Kohler's Substack_ A Letter to a Woman in Business (And Anyone Else Who Needs to Hear It) On Cultivating More Poise, Presence, and Peace ## [Stop CI/CD & Supply-Chain Attacks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2XZ7qKFkV8q2) _2026-07-27 · **Sponsored**_ Per-PR: 17 CI/CD checks and package malware scans with inline Check Run findings. ## [Why Yelling Feels Effective But Doesn't Teach Your Child](https://playfulbrains.substack.com/p/why-yelling-feels-effective-but-doesnt) _2026-07-27 · Kunlun, PhD | Playful Brains · Playful Brains_ The hidden reason raised voices change behavior quickly, but often fail to teach what we hope. Discover why fear changes behavior fast and why it rarely builds lasting self-control. ## [RSD and the pain of feeling “less than”](https://anitagoraya.substack.com/p/rsd-and-the-pain-of-feeling-less) _2026-07-24 · Dr Anita, CBT/ADHD therapist · ADHD Wellness & Wisdom_ ... a personal story of when anger is the armour ## [How to Spot Emotional Overload in Kids Early](https://playfulbrains.substack.com/p/how-to-spot-emotional-overload-in) _2026-07-23 · Kunlun, PhD | Playful Brains · Playful Brains_ Identify the early signs of emotional overload in children, how to tell flooding from ordinary resistance, and what to do before a meltdown escalates ## [You Can’t Heal From Trauma if You Hold It as Part of Your Identity](https://pollyrusyn.substack.com/p/you-cant-heal-from-trauma-if-you) _2026-07-23 · Polly Rusyn 🪩 Emotional Wealth · EMOTIONAL WEALTH_ On identity blueprints, nervous system alarms, and embracing triggers as teacher-healers. ## [Your Child Isn’t Ignoring You — They’re Flooded](https://playfulbrains.substack.com/p/your-child-isnt-ignoring-you-theyre) _2026-07-21 · Kunlun, PhD | Playful Brains · Playful Brains_ When kids ignore, argue, or collapse over small requests, they may be emotionally flooded. Here’s why difficult behavior often starts before words can explain it ## [Running Series # 2: Sign Up Before You're Ready](https://myoceanofwealth.substack.com/p/running-series-2-sign-up-before-youre) _2026-07-19 · Adam Troudart · Ocean of Wealth_ You need something excited to aim for, so put that race date on your calendar! ## [Regulation Before Instruction: A Parenting Framework](https://playfulbrains.substack.com/p/regulation-before-instruction-a-parenting) _2026-07-16 · Kunlun, PhD | Playful Brains · Playful Brains_ A practical framework for knowing when to regulate, when to connect, and when to teach during meltdowns, shutdowns, and emotional overload ## [Live Inside This Story With Everything You Have](https://vaughnkohler.substack.com/p/live-inside-this-story-with-everything) _2026-07-14 · Vaughn Kohler · Vaughn Kohler's Substack_ Letters to My Daughters (And Anyone Who Would Benefit) On Finding Your Way In The World, #1 ## [Coaches in the Spotlight: Life Coaches Making an Impact](https://stacybraiuca.substack.com/p/coaches-in-the-spotlight-life-coaches) _2026-07-14 · Stacy Braiuca · 🚪Threshold Crossing™ 🐿️_ A recording from Stacy Braiuca's live video [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207035482/c72e07c825d55dbeac54f29b9337426c.mp3) ## [Announcing a New Mini-Series: Running for Beginners](https://myoceanofwealth.substack.com/p/announcing-a-new-mini-series-running) _2026-07-09 · Adam Troudart · Ocean of Wealth_ Part 1: Everything You Need to Start Running (and Nothing You Don't) ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/min7QpLBgEgj) _2026-07-09 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [I Feel Anxious at Church. I Go Anyway.](https://vaughnkohler.substack.com/p/i-feel-anxious-at-church-i-go-anyway) _2026-07-08 · Vaughn Kohler · Vaughn Kohler's Substack_ On emotion, obedience, and the things that are real whether we feel them or not. ## [ADHD and Task Overwhelm: How to Break Big Projects Into Doable Steps](https://anitagoraya.substack.com/p/adhd-and-task-overwhelm-how-to-break) _2026-07-06 · Dr Anita, CBT/ADHD therapist · ADHD Wellness & Wisdom_ ... turning vague projects into clear, bounded tasks you can actually start ## [I Asked God to Make Me a College Professor. He Made Me Andy Frisella’s Pastor of Disaster Instead.](https://vaughnkohler.substack.com/p/i-asked-god-to-make-me-a-college) _2026-07-01 · Vaughn Kohler · Vaughn Kohler's Substack_ My gray moment, meeting the MFCEO, and what I learned about telling God what you want ## [Generator vs. Bipolar? vs. ADHD? Diagnosis, Misdiagnosis, or Superpower](https://stacybraiuca.substack.com/p/generator-vs-bipolar-vs-adhd-diagnosis) _2026-06-30 · Stacy Braiuca · 🚪Threshold Crossing™ 🐿️_ Why Your Human Design Chart Might Reframe Everything You Thought You Knew About Your Mental Health ## [When Nervous System Regulation Becomes Emotional Suppression](https://pollyrusyn.substack.com/p/when-nervous-system-regulation-becomes) _2026-06-26 · Polly Rusyn 🪩 Emotional Wealth · EMOTIONAL WEALTH_ On the misuse of nervous system regulation, Step Zero, and why calm isn't the same as healed ## [ADHD and the Threat State of 'Not-Yet'](https://anitagoraya.substack.com/p/adhd-and-the-threat-state-of-not) _2026-06-21 · Dr Anita, CBT/ADHD therapist · ADHD Wellness & Wisdom_ Why a future task can steal the present, and how to move before you feel ready ## [Trigger Warnings Are Making Us Emotionally Poor](https://pollyrusyn.substack.com/p/trigger-warnings-are-making-us-emotionally) _2026-06-11 · Polly Rusyn 🪩 Emotional Wealth · EMOTIONAL WEALTH_ On bubble-wrapped living, Emotional Wealth, and the case for becoming a rascal. ## [The Invisible Threshold of Starting and Stopping](https://anitagoraya.substack.com/p/the-invisible-threshold-of-starting) _2026-06-08 · Dr Anita, CBT/ADHD therapist · ADHD Wellness & Wisdom_ Practical skills for starting, stopping and re-entering tasks with ADHD ## [Stop Calling It "Modern Stress" When It's Actually Domesticated Survival Mode](https://pollyrusyn.substack.com/p/the-domestication-of-survival-mode) _2026-05-28 · Polly Rusyn 🪩 Emotional Wealth · EMOTIONAL WEALTH_ On overwhelm, the subconscious patterns keeping you stuck, and the F-Words. ## [Gathering Threads: The Mind That Keeps Scanning](https://anitagoraya.substack.com/p/gathering-threads-the-mind-that-keeps) _2026-05-22 · Dr Anita, CBT/ADHD therapist · ADHD Wellness & Wisdom_ On threat, novelty, and the smallest possible movement toward soothing ## [Most People Don’t Have the Stamina to Change Their Lives](https://pollyrusyn.substack.com/p/most-people-dont-have-the-stamina) _2026-05-21 · Polly Rusyn 🪩 Emotional Wealth · EMOTIONAL WEALTH_ On the brutality of healing, the phases of real change, and why the "oh f\*ck" zone is the place to be. ## [The day my laptop made me cry (and why it wasn't about the laptop)](https://stacybraiuca.substack.com/p/the-day-my-laptop-made-me-cry-and) _2026-05-20 · Stacy Braiuca · 🚪Threshold Crossing™ 🐿️_ Why your tech overwhelm is actually a nervous system response. ## [You Are Not Who You Think You Are](https://pollyrusyn.substack.com/p/you-are-not-who-you-think-you-are) _2026-05-14 · Polly Rusyn 🪩 Emotional Wealth · EMOTIONAL WEALTH_ On identity, your personal algorithm, and the state you're making decisions from. ## [I Almost Hurt Someone With a Brilliantly Composed Hypnosis Script. Here’s What Saved Them.](https://stacybraiuca.substack.com/p/i-almost-hurt-someone-with-a-brilliantly) _2026-05-13 · Stacy Braiuca · 🚪Threshold Crossing™ 🐿️_ What happened when I was mid-session, mid-script, and realized the AI-generated words in front of me were not quite right for the situation unfolding in front of me. ## [How to Slow Down When it Feels Impossible](https://pollyrusyn.substack.com/p/the-fastest-way-forward-is-to-stop) _2026-05-07 · EMOTIONAL WEALTH_ On the overwhelm of being overwhelmed, subconscious blueprints, and your Inner Kids. ## [You're Not Lazy. Your Calmware™ Just Needs an Update.](https://stacybraiuca.substack.com/p/youre-not-lazy-your-calmware-just) _2026-05-06 · Stacy Braiuca · 🚪Threshold Crossing™ 🐿️_ What I learned from Jen Carpenter about why my habits keep falling apart. ## [The Hidden Labour of Moving Between Tasks](https://anitagoraya.substack.com/p/the-hidden-labour-of-moving-between) _2026-05-04 · Dr Anita, CBT/ADHD therapist · ADHD Wellness & Wisdom_ Why task transitions can quietly drain ADHD energy and what you can do about it ## [The Normalised Overwhelm of the Modern Human](https://pollyrusyn.substack.com/p/the-normalised-overwhelm-of-the-modern) _2026-04-30 · Polly Rusyn 🪩 Emotional Wealth · EMOTIONAL WEALTH_ On stress, Caveman OS, and the campfire your nervous system is waiting for. ## [There's No Such Thing As a Negative Emotion](https://pollyrusyn.substack.com/p/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-negative) _2026-04-22 · Polly Rusyn 🪩 Emotional Wealth · EMOTIONAL WEALTH_ On emotions you've imprisoned, the healing they're blocking, and the table where everyone gets a seat. ## [When Everything in your Planner Still Feel Like a Top Priority](https://anitagoraya.substack.com/p/when-everything-in-your-planner-still) _2026-04-17 · Dr Anita, CBT/ADHD therapist · ADHD Wellness & Wisdom_ ... why the plan sometimes doesn’t fit — and how to tell what kind of problem it is