Summary

Paul Colaianni is a personal empowerment coach, author, and host of the top-rated, award-winning personal growth podcast called The Overwhelmed Brain.

His passion is to empower people so that they can make decisions that are right for them. Stress, anxiety, and negative thoughts are huge obstacles to happiness. One must learn to make healthy decisions and place his/her needs first.

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His book The Overwhelmed Brain provides proven methodologies for smarter, actionable ways to be true to yourself, build positive relationships, overcome stress and anxiety, stop self-sabotage, make smart decisions, and rise above your fears.

In this interview we discuss Paul’s book and he shares insights into overcoming an overwhelmed brain.

Key Take Outs

• The purpose of the journey is the purpose of the journey. The journey of life is more greatly appreciated when it is your own journey. And while that might not make much sense to you at the beginning, know that you will find greater purpose and meaning when you start following your path in life.
• The worst case scenario practice. When your thoughts create future negative assumptions about what’s to come, amplify those thoughts. Fold them out into the absolute worst case. What could happen if I …?
• When you reflect on the worst case against your first thought it may make you laugh and make the fear, doubt of limiting beliefs easier to overcome.
• To heal you must feel that pain and confront the suffering. For whatever your sufferings are if you do not confront them, reflect on them and let them out they will bind you. Society is ideal for finding ways to covering our suffering through short-term and immediate pleasures. This will not heal suffering; they will numb but not heal. To heal you have to reveal. To progress you have to express.
• What’s inside that blocks the happiness. We always look externally to find happiness however if you have blockages within you will always seek to only medicate. This is the practice of covering the source of true happiness. That source is found within. If we remove these blockages we will release our natural positive tendencies that will lead to greater peace and content in life.
• You are not your potential. It’s great to visualise your future. It’s great to dream about all that you can become but do not become disillusioned. Because the reality is your potential is who you become not who you are now.

Do you have any routines and rituals that you believe contribute to your success?

Acting with integrity.

What advice would you give your 20-year-old self?

It’s going to happen so be open to your purpose.

What is the meaning of success?

Know that there is chaos in the world. As you grow and heal you’ll develop the tools to deal with that process and chaos. You are successful when you use those tools.

What is your number one productivity advice?

Find balance in life.

Quick round questions

Favourite Food

Chicken

Favourite Leisure Activity

Classical Guitar

Favourite Book

Eon by Greg Bear

The Structure of Magic, Vol. 1: A Book About Language and Therapy by Richard Bandler and John Grinder

Favourite Quote

“God, let me have the resources I need to so I can help my clients access resources they need to create the life they want.”

Do we all have a why?

Not necessarily! The purpose of the journey is to figure out the purpose of the journey.

What does living with passion and purpose mean?

Being authentic!

How to find Paul Colaianni

Website: TheOverwhelmedBrain.com

If you are interested in finding more freedom, fulfilment and happiness in your life take the opportunity to jump on the Discovery Call. Valued at $250, this is a one on one coaching session to help you define your hidden why and discover the action steps to getting your there.