Overthinking The Awesome
You've tried meditation. You've tried breathing exercises. You've been told to "just relax" or "stop worrying so much."
And yet here you are—3 AM, wide awake, racing thoughts on repeat, your brain running worst-case scenarios about something that happened years ago or might never happen at all.
Your brain isn't broken. It's brilliant and bored.
Overthinking the Awesome is a podcast for anyone drowning in anxiety, rumination, self-doubt, and the mental spirals that steal your sleep and hijack your peace. Instead of trying to silence your restless mind—spoiler: it doesn't work—you'll learn to redirect all that mental horsepower into clarity, confidence, and calm.
In this series, you'll discover how to catch "the click"—the split-second before anxious thoughts spiral into full-blown catastrophic thinking. You'll learn why your inner critic won't shut up and how to finally fire your negative narrator. You'll retrain your mental algorithm so it stops feeding you worst-case scenarios and worry on a loop. You'll understand why compliments feel suspicious, why imposter syndrome kicks in the moment things go right, and how to let positive things actually be true about you. And you'll get real strategies for quieting a racing mind—without toxic positivity or empty affirmations.
Season 1 laid the foundation. Season 2 goes deeper.
This is a self-help podcast for overthinkers, chronic worriers, perfectionists, and anyone whose brain treats 2 AM like prime problem-solving time. If analysis paralysis has ever frozen you in place—or you've wished you could just turn your mind off for five minutes—start here.
Topics covered include: overthinking, anxiety, self-doubt, spiraling, rumination, racing thoughts, inner critic, negative thinking, worry, anxious thoughts, catastrophic thinking, perfectionism, imposter syndrome, analysis paralysis, intrusive thoughts, cognitive reframing, mental wellness, and building real confidence.
Based on the book Overthinking the Awesome: How to Turn Anxiety, Spiraling, and Self-Doubt Into Clarity and Confidence by David Cosgrove, available on Amazon (Kindle + Paperback) and Audible.
Overthinking The Awesome
Latest Episodes
Episode 10: Overthinking Creative Work (Bonus Episode)
The paralysis before you start. The perfectionism while you're working. The comparison trap after you ship. Creative block hits overthinkers uniquely hard because there's no objectively right answer—and that uncertainty is torture for a brain t...
Episode 9: Using the Tools Together (Season Finale)
Real life doesn't come in neat categories—sometimes you're overthinking three things at once. In this season finale, David demonstrates how the four core cognitive tools work as an integrated system: The Click (catching the spiral early), The N...
Episode 8: When Good News Feels Dangerous
You got the job, the yes, the win—and instead of celebrating, you're spiraling. Success anxiety is real: when good things happen, the stakes suddenly feel higher and the fear of losing everything kicks in. This episode explores why achievement ...
Episode 7: The 3AM Brain
The lights go out and your brain wakes up. Suddenly that email you sent, that thing you said three years ago, your finances, your future—everything demands attention at the worst possible time. Insomnia and racing thoughts at night aren't rando...
Episode 6: Overthinking Health and Body Signals
Your heart skips a beat and suddenly you're deep in a symptom-searching spiral, convinced something is seriously wrong. Health anxiety turns normal body sensations into alarm bells, and your pattern-seeking brain starts treating every twinge as...