How to Reframe Overwhelm and Become a Magnet for Abundance
Overwhelm is a word we all know too well. As visionaries, entrepreneurs and parents, there are often countless hats to wear and endless balls to keep in the air. I know the feeling first-hand. I built one of my biggest businesses when my children were still babies. Two under two, in nursery, while I was still running another company. It was a juggle of epic proportions.
Later I discovered that my ADHD wiring played its part in how I experience overwhelm, sometimes tipping me into paralysis where the list feels so long that I do not know where to begin. If you have ever stopped in the middle of your day, looked around at all the unfinished tasks and thought, “Which way do I even go first?” you will know exactly what I mean.
The truth is, overwhelm is not caused by the number of things we have to do. It comes from having too many unscheduled things hanging in the air. A to-do list without a plan is chaos. Yet once those same tasks are structured into your diary, order appears, and calm returns.
Of course, we are human, not machines. Filling every white space with tasks leaves no room to breathe. That is when overwhelm turns into a constant sense of failure. Positive psychology tells us that a sense of accomplishment is one of the key pillars of wellbeing, and yet when we set ourselves impossible standards, we deny ourselves that feeling.
One of my favourite practical methods is the Do, Ditch, Delegate approach. Ask yourself:
What really needs to be done now?
What can be ditched entirely?
What can be delegated, whether to a team member, a service, or even your children?
Once the true priorities are scheduled, the load instantly feels lighter. But here is where it gets deeper.
If you consistently overload yourself, ask why. Do you believe you have to work harder to deserve success? Do you equate rest with laziness? Many of us carry subconscious conditioning that whispers “do more, prove more, earn more” before we are worthy of receiving. Yet abundance does not arrive through exhaustion. It flows when we are open, trusting, and in ease.
The powerful reframe is this: the load may not get smaller, but the weight gets lighter. When we shift our thoughts, we change how we feel. When we change how we feel, we raise our energy. And from that higher state we not only achieve more, we also receive more.
You do not need to wait for everything to be ticked off before you allow yourself to feel peace. That moment may never come, because life is always in motion. Instead, choose to embrace the journey now. Harmony comes from walking with the load, not battling against it.
So next time you feel overwhelmed, try the practical steps. But also ask yourself what beliefs sit beneath the overload. Choose to reframe, lighten the weight, and step into a higher vibration. That is when you become a magnet for abundance.
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