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Why Overthinking Keeps You Stuck | Liam Naden on Stress, The Story Trap & Clear Decision Making

Conscious Leadership with Alex Podcast · 2026-06-23 · 59 min

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Most people believe their struggles come from difficult situations, lack of clarity, lack of confidence, or not knowing what to do next. But Liam shares a very different perspective. The real problem is often not the situation itself. It is the story the mind creates around it. Together, Alex and Liam unpack what Liam calls “The Story Trap” - the mental pattern where the brain stops responding to reality and starts reacting to imagined futures, fears, uncertainty, and internal narratives about what could go wrong. Once that happens: decisions become harder action feels heavy overthinking increases stress rises even simple situations begin to feel complicated The conversation explores how modern humans have become disconnected from instinctive intelligence and trapped in constant mental analysis, trying to think their way through life instead of responding clearly to what is actually happening.

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