Monday mornings are typically a tough time for most people. The weekend is over and now it’s back to work – whatever your work may be. For me it’s the switch between having my husband home to share in the child minding duties and keep me company to being alone with my kids taking care of them, taking care of the house, taking care of our finances etc. etc. ad infinitum. All of it is incredibly overwhelming. Of course to someone not going through a depression it’s probably not that big a deal but to me it feels as if the weight of the world is on my shoulders and I am just not up to the task of carrying it.

Luckily, Rick Wilkes and Carol Look just released a fr*ee new podcast on their Tap Talk Radio website on the topic of overwhelm and it is excellent. You may download it here: Overwhelm Podcast Audio . It brought down my overwhelm enough for me to be able to write this post. I definitely have more tapping to do to bring it down to a zero.

So I created a script for overwhelm that I want to share:

Even though everything seems so overwhelming and I don’t even know where to start, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.

Even though  I feel like everyone else copes with life just fine but I am weak and can’t seem to cope with what needs doing in my life, I choose to be calm and accept what I’m feeling.

Even though I resent having so much to do. My work is never done. It never stops. I never get it done. And I just don’t have the energy to deal with it all, I choose to be calm, confident and peaceful.

Even though I’m failing as a human being and that means that I don’t deserve love or abundance or anything good to happen in my life, I deeply and profoundly love and accept myself.

Eyebrow: I am so overwhelmed

Side of eye: I have too much to do

Under eye: and I don’t feel like doing any of it

Under nose: I am so overwhelmed!

Chin: Why do I have to do all this?

Collarbone: I am soooo overwhelmed!

Under arm: I can’t imagine how I’m going to get it all done

Top of head: I’m useless. I can’t get anything done.

Positive Round:

Eyebrow: I feel so overwhelmed

Side of eye: but it’s Ok

Under eye: What’s the worse that can happen?

Under nose: I won’t be put in jail for not doing the dishes or vacuuming the carpet

Chin: I can take my time. It doesn’t all have to be done right this second

Collarbone: I can be kind to myself and allow myself some time to get my bearings

Under arm: And then nothing will seem so overwhelming

Top of head: I am quite capable of getting everything done and I find easy and fun ways to get it all done. I am alright.