When Overwhelmed, Slow Down

When you feel overwhelmed, slow down. I know this might feel like the exact opposite thing your system wants to do when you feel overwhelmed. But it's not... What if the feeling we associate with overwhelm is actually a message, sent by our system, asking us to please slow down? And what if the negative outcomes we associate with feeling overwhelmed are actually a result of ignoring that message—of working harder and faster and more frantically instead? I have a saying I throw at my children almost daily: haste makes waste. It's obnoxious, but it's true. Most injuries to our body, to our relationships, to our mental and emotional health, come from rushing. Not from going too fast, but from going faster than we actually want to go. Picture a runner who loves to run. They're running fast and loving it. That is fast, not rushing. Now picture someone who is running faster than they want to run. They're running away. They're not in pace with their own self. Part of them is behind, and part…