Episode 138: The Catch-22 Of "I Got This"

<span style='font-weight: 400;'>My Monger is always in my ear, saying: You got this. </span> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>And while, to some, “I got this” might sound like empowered thinking, when it’s coming from my Monger, it certainly is not. </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Instead, it’s a clue that I’m on auto-pilot mode. </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Here’s what I mean:</span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Recently, after a full day of work, I was making dinner for my husband and doing a load of laundry at the same time. Telling my husband to plate up, I rushed downstairs to “flip a load,” as I call it. </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>This is when my Monger started chiming in. “Hurry up!” it said. “You told your husband dinner was ready and now you’re downstairs messing with the laundry!”</span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>And it struck me: I’d worked all day, cooked dinner, and now I was doing laundry—and my Monger was STILL going to shame me for not doing it fast enough?!</span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Good grief! </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>But stories like this are common for me. For years, I lived in that message. I call this the catch-22 of “I got this.”</span></p> <p><strong>Listen to the full episode to hear:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style='font-weight: 400;'>3 ways to avoid this endless spiral of “I got this” thinking</span></li> <li><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Why operating on autopilot is harmful—</span><em><span style='font-weight: 400;'>especially</span></em> <span style='font-weight: 400;'>with high functioning anxiety</span></li> <li><span style='font-weight: 400;'>How our Monger distorts our perspective</span></li> <li><span style='font-weight: 400;'>And how that can affect our relationship with ourselves and with others</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <ul> <li style='font-weight: 400;'><a href='https://live-happier.com/work-with-me/coach-in-your-pocket/'><span st