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🌀 The Quiet Chaos of Overthinking — And How We Begin to Heal

  • Writer: Mayuri Iyer Living with Lights
    Mayuri Iyer Living with Lights
  • Jun 11
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jun 12

We rarely talk about how tiring thinking can be.


Not the creative kind of thinking. But the kind that loops. Repeats.


Spins at 2 AM when your body wants rest, but your mind refuses to let go.


That, my friend, is overthinking.


And if you're here, maybe you've felt it too.


I work with sensitive, high-functioning people—leaders, caregivers, creatives, empaths—who seem calm outside but carry storm clouds inside.

They come to me not because something is "wrong"…But because something feels too much.


🔹 The mental clutter.

🔹 The pressure to make perfect choices.

🔹 The endless analyzing of feelings they can’t explain.


And so I offer them something simple.

Not advice.Not a diagnosis.Not a magic solution.

Just space.Gentle, honest space.

calming mountains, escape overthinking

Using a method I call CAD—Collate, Alter, Dissolve—we sit together.We gather the thoughts.We look at the patterns.We change the inner script.We let go, gently.

Here's what begins to happen:

✨ When you slow down, your nervous system exhales.✨ When you soften, the inner critic quiets.✨ When you feel, the healing unfolds.

You don’t need to fight your thoughts.

You need to hear them with kindness.Hold them without judgment.And then… choose which ones to carry forward.

That’s the shift—from anxiety to emotional clarity.From control to calm.From “Why am I like this?” to “Ah… now I understand.”

💛 If this speaks to your heart, maybe it’s time to sit with yourself differently.I’d love to hold space for that moment.

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