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How to Stop Overthinking: 3 Steps to Take Back Control of Your Mind

Amy Wienands

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Are you constantly overthinking conversations, decisions, relationships, or everything that could go wrong?

In this episode of The You Are More Podcast, Amy shares a simple three-step framework for breaking the cycle of overthinking and taking back control of your thoughts:

Catch it. Challenge it. Change it.

Just because a thought enters your mind doesn't mean it's true. But when you continually rehearse fear, anxiety, rejection, or worst-case scenarios, those thoughts can begin shaping your emotions, decisions, and ultimately your future.

Amy walks you through how to identify the thoughts keeping you stuck, challenge the assumptions behind them, and replace them with God's truth. She also explains why changing your thinking isn't enough—you have to move.

Sometimes one phone call, one conversation, or one small action step is enough to break the cycle and create new clarity.

In this episode, you'll learn how to recognize negative thought patterns, challenge fear and worst-case thinking, replace anxious thoughts with Biblical truth, stop allowing feelings to dictate your future, speak God's Word over your circumstances, and use action to break out of overthinking.

Remember this:

Don't let a thought that isn't true determine a future that hasn't happened yet.

Catch it. Challenge it. Change it. Move.

Movement creates momentum.

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You can win the battle of your mind.

You truly are more.


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Episode Minute By Minute:

  • 00:00 – Welcome & Join the You Are More Bible Study
  • 00:48 – How to Stop Overthinking
  • 01:20 – Just Because You Think It Doesn't Mean It's True
  • 02:10 – The 3 Cs: Catch It, Challenge It, Change It
  • 02:34 – Step 1: Catch the Thought
  • 03:15 – Step 2: Challenge the Thought
  • 04:18 – You Can't Change What You Don't Identify
  • 05:00 – Step 3: Change It With Truth
  • 05:42 – What to Do When Fear Hits at 2 AM
  • 06:00 – Changing the Thought Is Where Life Changes
  • 07:00 – When Overthinking Pretends to Be Productive
  • 07:42 – Don't Let a False Thought Determine Your Future
  • 08:14 – Take the Action Step
  • 09:10 – Your Mind Believes What You Say
  • 09:32 – The Phone Call I'd Avoided for Two Months
  • 10:00 – Movement Creates Momentum
  • 10:25 – Win the Battle of Your Mind


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