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We dash from running motivation and discomfort tolerance to a viral Kelly Clarkson customer service blow-up, then land on the personality data that explains how we actually operate as a couple. Listener questions take us into Santa, holiday gifting boundaries, and how to make gatherings more accessible and humane after a life-changing injury.

Join us this week to get into:
• restarting running with realistic goals, boredom, and mental fortitude
• the difference between short intense pain and long steady discomfort
• Kelly Clarkson vs Art of Play and what a viral tweet does to a small business
• why doubling down and changing the story makes everything worse
• Kelly Clarkson’s catalogue and the comment section brain rot
• CliftonStrengths StrengthsFinder results and what our top five reveal
• how we prefer to give and receive feedback in marriage
• the word “sanguine” and why it fits one of us
• our seven-gift poem system and why Santa is separate
• Santa as folklore, honesty with kids, and leaving room for belief
• hosting the holidays after a spinal cord injury, communication, and avoiding “parking” someone

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We’re running on no sleep after our kid’s ear infection turns into a ruptured eardrum, and we use the exhaustion to talk honestly about disappointment, pressure and what resilience actually looks like. From creatine and cognitive recovery to tarot themed friendships and jealousy triggers, we keep coming back to one idea: you can’t control outcomes, but you can control your lane.

This week we get into:

• creatine as a tool not an identity
• sleep deprivation and parenting guilt after a medical scare
• existential spirals triggered by money tasks and stalled goals
• building adult community through playful theme parties
• zombie apocalypse “last luxury” picks and what they reveal
• tolerance for discomfort as a predictor of success
• reframing failure as data instead of a personal stain
• influencers versus comedians and the “paying dues” mindset
• telling a sister-in-law about pregnancy with sensitivity and privacy
• navigating a husband’s ex entering your fitness friend group

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We start with family catchphrases and accidental awkwardness and wander into the strange social rules of being online, where a checkmark can be a punishment and everyone assumes everything is an ad. Along the way we dig into a viral political mix-up, money habits, Dancing With the Stars picks, and why our house contains enough wrapping paper to qualify as a gift wrap station.

Join us to get into:
• repeating family phrases in the wild and owning the weird tone
• an Instagram verification “punishment” and what a checkmark signals now
• getting called “cool” by a 20-year-old and living off it all week
• volunteering updates and Pilates soreness that attacks one glute at a time
• the Hawkeyes vs Hawks Senate confusion and why it’s so funny
• California political ad disclosure talk and what actually counts as an ad
• mysterious attic noises and the local critter roster
• “parsimonious” as word of the week and a mini debate on stingy spending
• listener message about federal offices with non-potable water
• Dancing With the Stars predictions and who we want to win
• gift wrapping standards, too much paper, and saving boxes “just in case”

If you've got a thought to share or are looking for a bit of advice on something, leave us a voicemail at the link below!

https://www.speakpipe.com/overthinkingpod

If you'd like to message us you can use the email below or the text link at the top overthinking@theoverbys.com

CONNECT:
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Website: https://jojohnsonoverby.com/