#32 Why Do We Overthink? — Are We Looking for Answers or Certainty?

You know the situation – you have a key meeting with someone, maybe it was a date or a job interview, and afterwards you keep replaying it over and over in your head.Overthinking it!Why? You can’t change anything now! Yes, maybe you can learn from it, but that’s not going to give you any sort of closure over this situation.Or you are imagining a future scenario and playing different possibilities over and over in your head. Is it helpful – or are you just overthinking it?In this episode of ‘Life Happens*’ Michelle, a self-confessed over-thinker, and Nick discuss how overthinking gives us the illusion of control.And listen for when Michelle comes up with a novel concept – how to ‘wait faster’!Check it out now for a really fun quiz which will tell you what kind of overthinker you are.Here’s the link:https://undercoverofthewrite.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/what-kind-of-overthinker-are-you-quiz/Listen now to ‘Life Happens*’ and find out what overthinking is and whether it’s a good thing. Don’t think about it – do it now!You will find everything about Life Happens* here:https://linktr.ee/lifehappens.podcast