Let’s talk about that low-key fear that shapes your day more than you realize.

In this episode, I’m walking you through a simple mindset tool I used almost every day during a trip abroad last year — and how it helped me make clearer, more confident choices instead of letting fear or resistance decide for me.

Plus, it's one of the most critical questions you can ask when making a big ("scary") life choice - as long as you answer it!

“What’s the worst that could happen?”

You're going to start using this question as an honest prompt to interrupt low-to-high-level fear and take intentional action (even if the action is not doing the thing).

You’ll learn:

• Why “little” resistance shapes big outcomes

• How to catch fear before it closes doors on your behalf

• A practical metaphor for expanding your options instead of unconsciously shrinking them

• What real-life fear fluency sounds like (with client stories & examples)

This is a must-listen if you want to waste less time in your head and feel more in charge of your choices—without needing to be fearless.

LINKS!

• ✨ Ready for more tools to stop spiraling and overthinking? The Stop the Spiral workshop happens July 11, 2025 — or grab the replay anytime: kirstenparker.com/spiral
• 🎧 Catch Ariell's Client Interview about Fear (Ep #18) or our Coaching Session about "saiting for the other shoe to drop" (Ep #19)
• 🎯 Let’s make decisions easier and less mentally exhausting

Feeling overwhelmed? All the small tasks you keep putting off might be contributing (more than you think)!

This week’s episode is your permission slip to hit pause on everything else and reclaim your peace — with a Bottom-of-the-List Day.

Here's where we go:
✅ Why those “not urgent, not important” tasks mega-drain your energy
✅ How unfinished tasks create open loops and quiet anxiety
✅ A simple, satisfying way to restore capacity, build self-trust, and clear mental clutter

You don’t need to “catch up” on everything — just close a few loops and feel the relief.

✨ Ready for more tools to stop spiraling and overthinking? The Stop the Spiral workshop happens July 11, 2025 — or grab the replay anytime: kirstenparker.com/spiral

LINKS!

• Stop the Spiral *Workshop*: A Decision-Making Method for High-Functioning Overthinkers
• What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
• Need to say NO? Here's your 11-minute Crash Course on Saying NO Guilt-Free.
• Find out how Decision Coaching will make your whole life easier

This week, we’re throwing it back to one of my favorite episodes from 2023: the Midyear Reflect & Reset.

It includes a free downloadable worksheet to help you do a simple, powerful reset no matter when you're listening.

You'll walk away with:

• A guided framework for taking stock of your year so far

• Prompts to celebrate wins, honor hard stuff, and course-correct with clarity

• One crucial question to shape your next season on purpose

Also in this episode:
👉 A quick personal life update
👉 A heads-up that Stop the Spiral is now happening in July (more time to grab your ticket!)
👉 A sneak peek at the ultimate decision-making program I’m building behind the scenes

LINKS!

🎟 Stop the Spiral: A Decision-Making Method for High-Functioning Overthinkers

📄Free Mid-Year Reset Worksheet

Are you actually overthinking… or just being thorough?

And how do you tell the difference?

In this quick episode, we’re digging into one of the biggest mindset traps I see with clients — and giving you super actionable ways to take your decision-making process off auto-pilot (without forcing yourself to "just go faster").

We’ll cover:
✅ How to tell if your decision process is a problem — or just your style
✅ The energy driving your decision-making (and why this matters more than how long a choice takes)
✅ How to stop defaulting to unhelpful patterns (hint: this has to do with the "Overthinker" label)
✅ Questions to check in on your relationship with your decision process — so you can change what’s not working!

Bottom line: It isn't "overthinking" every time you take a week to make a choice. Learning the distinction will help you own your decisions with confidence — and take control when your process starts to spin out.

🚨 Stop the Spiral Workshop!

Join me live to learn the exact method I teach clients to interrupt overthinking, simplify hard decisions, and create faster, calmer clarity — on the spot.
🎟️ Get your ticket (or the replay) now!: https://kirstenparker.com/spiral

LINKS!

• Stop the Spiral *Workshop*: A Decision-Making Method for High-Functioning Overthinkers
• What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
• Need to say NO? Here's your 11-minute Crash Course on Saying NO Guilt-Free.
• Find out how Decision Coaching will make your whole life easier

This week, we’re tackling one of the sneakiest habits high-functioning overthinkers fall into: making everything harder than it needs to be.

From your day-to-day to your biggest goals, overcomplicating your plans might be costing you time, energy, and results — and today, I’m showing you how to stop.

I’m walking you through two real-life examples (one goal-oriented, one daily-life related), and giving you the two HQQs (high-quality questions) I use with clients to simplify any decision or plan.

Because yes: you can want high-quality results AND things to be easier at the same time!

Here's where we go:

• Why smart, capable people default to making things harder
• The hidden cost of overcomplicated plans
• How to spot when you’re spiraling in decision-making
• Two questions to simplify any plan
• A whole lot of permission to do it the easier way

🚨 Stop the Spiral Workshop – happening June 26!

Join me live to learn the exact method I teach clients to interrupt overthinking, simplify hard decisions, and create faster, calmer clarity — on the spot.
💸 Early bird: $20 off through June 9, 2025
🎟️ Get your ticket now!: https://kirstenparker.com/spiral

LINKS!

• Stop the Spiral *Workshop*: A Decision-Making Method for High-Functioning Overthinkers
• What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
• Need to say NO? Here's your 11-minute Crash Course on Saying NO Guilt-Free.
• Find out how Decision Coaching will make your whole life easier

What happens when a former anxious overthinker goes to London with no plan?

This week, I’m walking you through the real-life experiment I ran last month: a 4-day solo trip to London with one plan (see the Harry Potter show) and zero itinerary. My goal? To enjoy myself without burning brain energy on constant second-guessing or planning every minute of the day.

In this episode, I’m sharing the decision-making strategies I used before, during, and after the trip to:

• Avoid regret

• Reduce friction

• Feel present

• Make quick, clear choices (even when I wasn’t sure what I wanted)

But this isn’t just for travel: If you’re someone who struggles with overthinking daily decisions or wants to stop wasting mental energy on what-if spirals, this episode will help you rethink how you make choices — and how to support yourself better while doing it.

We talk about:

• Why clarifying your intentions before any big decision helps everything feel easier

• How to set parameters and use "decisions in advance" to avoid getting stuck

• What happens when you affirm your choices once you make them

• What to do when you genuinely don’t know what you want

• How to limit your options in a way that actually feels freeing

Cheerio!

LINKS!
-- What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz! https://kirstenparker.com/quiz
-- Need to say NO? Here's your 11-minute Crash Course on Saying NO Guilt-Free: https://kirstenparker.com/sayno
-- Find out how Decision Coaching will change your life: https://kirstenparker.com/coaching

Ok so you're an expert second-guesser. I've gotchyoo.

And I've got a super simple solution for you too: You just need to change where your attention goes after you make a decision.

This episode is about one of the most common friction points I help clients with: the habit of second-guessing. It’s not about perfection or not caring about mistakes — it’s about interrupting the spiral of post-decision doubt that keeps you mentally stuck and emotionally drained.

Here’s where we go:

• Why second-guessing has little to do with making the “right / best” choice

• How your post-decision attention makes the difference in your confidence

• What standing by your choices (even imperfect ones) really looks like

If you're constantly revisiting your choices and wondering if you did the “right” thing, this episode is your next decision reset.

LINKS!

• What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
• Need to say NO? Here's your 11-minute Crash Course on Saying NO Guilt-Free.
• There are limited spots open for Private Coaching right now! Book your free no-strings consultation or submit an Inquiry Form to explore what we can do together.

You don’t need to become a ruthless, self-centered robot to start owning what you want.

You do need to stop writing your entire life around other people’s possible reactions.

This episode is a mix of personal reflection (it’s my birthday!🥳), decision coaching gold, and some truth bombs that might hit close to home. Especially if you’ve been unknowingly structuring your choices around approval, avoidance, or keeping the peace.

Here’s where we go:

• The exact spotlight shifts you need to make, to own your decisions

• What “clarity guilt” is — and how to stop letting it drive your choices

• Real-life examples of what it looks like to own what you want (and stop apologizing for it)

If you're tired of mentally managing everyone else's opinions before you even check in with yourself, this one's for you.

LINKS!

• What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
• Need to say NO? Here's your 11-minute Crash Course on Saying NO Guilt-Free.
• There are limited spots open for Private Coaching right now! Book your free no-strings consultation or submit an Inquiry Form to explore what we can do together.