110: Are you feeling pulled in countless directions?

Today’s objective is for you to tune into yourself on why you might be feeling pulled in countless directions. You will walk away with thoughts to promote helping find ways to your overall peace. We are going to chat about finding the big rocks in your day to day. 

Do you feel like you should or could be doing something? 

This can be from what you told yourself or someone else. It might be that you wanted to do something for yourself, but something comes up that cannot just wait. It can also be that you just ran out of time in the day or you didn’t place it in your schedule well. Let’s chat about some ways you can take some power over your mind to help limit feeling pulled in so many directions. 

You are awake! How many directions have you already been pulled in today? As I was writing this episode I was feeling pulled to finish the laundry, exercise, complete my journaling for the day, put away the bottles, scroll on my phone, sit in silence and trying to keep my mind focused right here on this episode to give you the best pieces of advice. We all have different parts of life that pull us in a lot of directions, however it is important to notice who you are and why you matter in those moments of being pulled in some many ways. 

Let’s dive into today’s episode and talk briefly about the being pulled into countless directions and how you can find your center. 

This pulled direction can be because of how we are feeling about our brain because our brain is a complex part of our body with intelligences. Our brains are divided into three basic units. We need our brain to work together, and each part has specific responsibilities. This a basic overview of your brain and know it is a powerful tool in understanding why you might feel pulled in countless directions if one piece is interrupted. Being pulled in multiple directions might come from the fact that you have conflicting experiences happening in your mind. 

• Topic 1: The Brain as Our Most Powerful Tool 
  • Techniques for Mental Clarity 
    • Mindfulness Meditation: Engage in regular practices that center your attention on the present moment, allowing you to acknowledge and release distractions. It is being in that state of being mindful on giving yourself clarity. 
    • Journaling: Write down your thoughts to gain insight and identify patterns, transforming abstract worries into tangible reflections that can be addressed.
    • Visualization: Imagine yourself successfully managing multiple tasks, reinforcing a sense of confidence and capability.
• Topic 2: Why your mind might be pulled in different directions 
• Topic 3: Giving your mind a direction 

Call to action: Pause for a moment and see where you are feeling the most pulled in life and look at the why? Join Time Wizardry in the Stacked Intent Course Suite to help you find the importance of your bigger rocks in your time. That will help you give priority to what is important in life to help limit that feeling pulled in different directions. 

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Transcript

amy stackhouse: 0:00

Are you feeling pulled in Welcome to today's episode of are being authentically you. So on this season, we are really focusing on that, rediscovering and discovering your most intentional self. So today we're gonna look at how toolbox and not feeling so in your day to day. Today's objective is for you to tune in to yourself on a why you might be feeling pulled in countless directions. You will walk away with thoughts to your overall peace. We are going to chat about how finding the big rocks in your day to day helps find some clarity. Do you feel like you should or This can be from what you've told yourself or even what you've told someone else, it might be that you want to do something for yourself, but something just came up that just can't wait. It can also be that you just ran out of time in your day, or you didn't place it in your schedule. Well, we're going to chat about take some power over your mind pulled in so many directions. Guess what? You're awake. So how many directions have you that alarm clock went off? Or you were woken up as I wrote I felt pulled to finish the pile Make sure I have completed my exercise today, complete my journaling and my devotional time. Put away the bottles, scroll through my phone you know, waste a couple of hours, sit in silence and try to keep my mind focused right here on this episode. To give you the very best pieces of advice on how to help you not feel so pulled in countless directions. We all have different parts of our life that help us in a lot of directions. However, it is important to notice who you are and why you matter in the moments of being pulled in so many different ways. We're going to dive into today's being pulled in countless on how to find your center. This pulled in directions can be because of how we are feeling about our brains, because our brain is a complex part of our body's intelligence. Our brains are divided up into our brains to work together. And each part has a specific This is a basic overview of your Know that it's a very powerful tool and understanding why you're feeling pulled in countless directions. If one piece is interrupted, directions might come from the experiences that are happening. The brain is the most powerful tool navigating and multitudes of direction. The feeling of being overwhelmed experiences overstimulation, the impact our thoughts and on our experiences. Training your brain to manage you might adopt. This can involve maybe even Some strategies that when you're it might be finding a way that Distinguishing thoughts from facts, or understanding that your brain will always seek evidence for the beliefs that you are holding about your thoughts. Clearing your mind can look like what works best for you and know cultivate over the years, will always seek the evidence about your thoughts. It is essential to cultivate a mindset that challenges and redefines your belief when it's challenging. By consciously choosing to focus thoughts, you are empowering narrative of resilience and This practice not only helps the feeling of being overwhelmed, but it also enhances your ability to navigate life's complexities with some clarity and purpose. What are some techniques that you can use for some mental clarity? Mindful meditation can engage in regularly practice that your attention on your present moment. It may also be allowing you to acknowledge and release distraction. It is being in a state of being mindful on giving yourself some clarity might even look like journaling and writing down those thoughts so you can gain insight into none other than you. It'll help you identify abstract worries into taglines. Reflecting that can be added to add some visualization. Imagine yourself successfully reinforcing a sense of implementing these strategies, mental toolbox that empowers you and foresight, turning your the journey of life. This is because our tools. Of our brain is powerful, but often we are not using our brain to full capacity because we aren't focusing on the right aspects for feeding us correctly. So guess what? It is important to use your powerful tool of your brain to help you find that common center and taking the time to learn new things, accomplish a task or a goal. But often we have to stick into Negative events is where we get This might be that we are Then what wasn't. And this is where some self-talk I don't know about you, but I can definitely get stuck in this cycle. But when I make a list and I am end of the day, I'm able to feel that I set out to at the Am able to really feel like it's So find what tools work for you Topic two looks at why your mind might be pulled in different directions. Why is yours? Mind can be because I want to do want this done. Oh, so it's the directions that It might be that you are torn for things that you want to do, or it might even be something that you've promised somebody else. You can be pulled in other able to be in your own agenda, an outside force. And that can be from your countless other objectives. The other place is that your mind has too much in its imagination, and so it's easy for you to envision more than what's really happening in real life. You might also see what you stop to rest or have fun, so you just This can be that switch of a Topic three looks at giving your What do you want to gain the In looking to make sure that you Looking to give what is enough you meet your expectations. This can be looking through responsibility that can be avoiding the burden of what isn't enough for your imagination or desire to be or do something. Can anyone relate to myself on The important key here is to be over expect from your day. This to me is so much easier It is easier to over expect from disappointed when your day To me, it is easier to accept that when I make the decision of what I can control, but it is harder when it is influenced by other people. This might look like scheduling eighty percent of your day so that you have twenty percent flexibility. So keep in mind that strong boundaries and on track by learning how. How? To lean when a conflict arises. Boundaries can also help you establish what you are expecting of what you are able to accomplish. Learning of yourself and what Looking for where you are. Craving some freedom on your which you have done enough. Be sure that you're giving Be sure that you are looking for the balance of your life between work and play, and building a balance. That's necessary because guess You are in control of finding creeps in to creep in and what So next time you're getting all bogged down in the unrealistic part of expectations, remind yourself that it might be limited in resources and you are the one who can help find your peace. This is definitely a journey, somewhat of an accountability. But you definitely can do it. And I am not talking from The expectations sometimes are unrealistic and so really evaluate what your expectation is on a day so that you can not feel pulled in so many countless directions. My call to action to you today Pause for a moment and see where in life, and look at the why. And if you want to share with Instagram and DM me and share and let's chat about it. Otherwise, you can head over to and join me in Time Wizardry to your big rocks in your time. We will walk through what a big rock is, down to the sand of grain that will help you give priority to what is important in your life, and help limit feeling pulled in so many different directions. Thanks for joining me on another episode of Stacked Intent, and I look forward to seeing you in time, wizardry or in my DMs on Instagram.