Kati Morton

We often get so overwhelmed by the sheer scale of what we want

that we get scared.

Again, going back to our earlier conversation about fear and what am I afraid of?

I think a lot of us get afraid of what if I fail, right?

What if it doesn't work out?

But if we move our eyes away from the horizon onto Mount Kilimanjaro and we look back down at our own feet and we're like, hey, you know what I could do though?

I could take two steps in that direction.

And that actually is not so overwhelming.

Maybe I sit down and think about it for a little bit.

Maybe I catch my breath and keep going.

It's those little steps, but we get so overwhelmed with the big picture thinking we have to make these drastic changes.

That's the interesting thing when you learn about the nervous system, that when we try to make drastic changes, it's like New Year's resolutions, why they always fail is they're too intense.

And our nervous system is wired to constantly be seeking solutions.

Looking at our environment for any threat to our nervous system, right?

Is it a threat physically?

Is there a threat emotionally?

When something's too scary, too overwhelming, guess what?

We want to shut down.

We want to freeze.

We want to revert back.