Overthinking Out Loud with Dr. Priyanka Venugopal

240: Welcome to Overthinking Out Loud with Dr. Priyanka Venugopal

In this episode, I'm sharing why I decided to evolve this podcast from Burn Stress Lose Weight into something bigger. Weight loss was the doorway into so much of my own p

239: How to Have Hard Conversations with Sara Bybee Fisk

You may be completely capable of having hard conversations at work, advocating for your clients, or speaking up for someone you love, but when the conversation is about w

Announcement: My TEDx talk on Overthinking is LIVE!

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238: Coming Back to Your Why (and a change is coming)

What happens when the thing that used to motivate you no longer feels quite as powerful? Sometimes we keep pushing, planning, and trying to force ourselves forward when w

237: How to Stop Negotiating on Yourself

You already know what you said you were going to do. So why does your brain suddenly have 47 very convincing reasons not to do it? For overachievers, inconsistency often

236: Transactional Health Goals

What if the scale froze today and never moved again? Would you still want to eat, move, sleep, and take care of yourself the way you are right now? For overachievers, it'

235: Time vs. Reps: Why More Time Won't Get You to Your Health Goal

What if time isn't actually the reason you haven't reached your goal? As high-achieving women, it's easy to believe that we simply need more time, a calmer season, or few

234: Achieving the Impossible Goal (TEDx Story Bonus Episode)

The TEDx talk is officially done. After months of preparing, rehearsing, getting rejected, trying again, and thinking about those 12 minutes on the Red Circle, I expected

233: Overthinking + Nerves the Week Before My TEDx Talk (TEDx Story, 4 of 4)

This is the final chapter of my TEDx story before I step onto the stage, and this time, I'm not telling it from the other side. I'm recording it in real time, just days b

232: How my Weight Loss Journey Prepared me for TEDx Rejections (TedX Story, 3 of 4)

This week, I'm sharing part three of my TEDx journey, and the part that I believe matters most when you're going after a big goal: what happens when you get rejected. A

231: Why We Procrastinate on Goals That Matter (My TEDx Story, 2 of 4)

This episode starts with a surprising realization: making the decision to chase a big dream isn't actually the hardest part. The real challenge begins after the excitemen

230: I Landed a TEDx Talk and how almost talked myself out of it (TEDx Story, 1 of 4)

A few years ago, I had a dream that felt way too big, and I almost talked myself out of it before I ever took the first step. In this episode, I'm sharing a milestone I'v

229: The What If Loop and How Craving Certainty Keeps Overachievers Stuck (plus what to do instead)!

We're wrapping up the six-part summer series with the mindset pattern I see most often in the smartest women I work with: wanting to feel completely certain and in contro

228: "I'll Decide Later" is Sabotaging Your Health Goal (and what to do about it)

If you've ever made a plan on Sunday and thought, "But what if I don't feel like eating that way by Thursday?" and then quietly made no plan at all, this one is for you,

227: Win Now by Doing the Hard Thing First

If you're the kind of woman who gets a little hit of satisfaction every time you cross something off your list, this one's for you, friend. Because here's what I've notic

226: How Overworking is Sabotaging Your Weight Loss Wins

If you're the kind of woman who scans the room to make sure everyone else is comfortable before you even think about yourself, this one is for you. Somewhere along the wa

225: Why Choosing Inconvenience Will Create Your Next Weight Loss Win

Most overachievers don't fall short of their goals because they lack a plan. They fall short because they're running their life on autopilot — and a goal, by definition,

224: Double Your Weight Loss Results This Summer by Letting Go of All-or-Nothing Thinking (mindset series)

If you've ever caught yourself thinking, "If I can't do it perfectly, why even bother?" — this one's for you, friend. Welcome to the very first episode of a brand-new s

223: Coaching vs. Therapy, Self-Worth, and Raising Emotionally Aware Kids with Dr. Shivana Naidoo

If you've ever gotten the A+, the promotion, the passed board exam... and felt good for maybe two days before sprinting toward the next thing, this episode is for you.

222: How to Lock In on your Health Goal

If you've ever told yourself "I'll get serious about this after summer… after the holidays… in January," this one's for you. There's a quiet thought error running underne