Limitless Dragon Newsletter #13
Greetings beautiful soul,
Welcome to my newsletter... a weekly exploration of what's alive for me, what topics I am working through, with tools to navigate the times we are in and overall some food for thought.
Overwhelm & Why It's a "Lazy Narrative"
What if overwhelm isn't the problem? What if it's just a symptom—your mind's way of avoiding something it doesn't want to feel?
You know the feeling: flooded with information and emotions, unable to focus or prioritize. Everything feels urgent, nothing feels fulfilling. Your brain has 20+ tabs open at once. You can't rest, but you can't get anything done either. Thoughts loop endlessly, going nowhere. You're close to tears, but crying brings no relief.
We define overwhelm as "being flooded"—with too much information, too intense an emotion, too many tasks. But here's the problem: calling it "overwhelm" doesn't actually help us. In fact, it blocks what's really going on underneath.
We use "overwhelm" to avoid feeling what's actually present.
It's a lazy narrative because it lets us off the hook. It's vague, all-encompassing, and requires nothing of us except to stay stuck. On some level, we don't feel safe enough to be present with what is. So we collapse everything into one big, nameless flood.
Maybe you're not overwhelmed by your to-do list—you're actually terrified of failing at something that matters. Maybe you're not overwhelmed by emotions—you're grieving a loss you haven't let yourself name. We're trying not to feel something specific—fear, grief, helplessness, or even just the rawness of being fully here.
The Invitation:
So what do we do instead? We stop treating overwhelm as the final diagnosis and start treating it as a symptom—a signal pointing us toward something real.
Try this:
Take a breath and focus on the single task of feeling air in your nostrils. Bring safety and grounding into your body—a few deep breaths, attention to your feet, slowly scanning your surroundings. Anchor in what's around you right now.
Now notice: what emotion is underneath the overwhelm?
Find it and feel it in your body. Let it move gently, just 1% at a time. Come back to the present moment and repeat.
Finally, ask yourself: what is the one thing that wants to happen in this very moment?
What if the path out of overwhelm isn't through doing more? — it's through feeling more precisely.
How do you come back to yourself? What's your favourite way to ground?
Get in touch if you want more support navigating what actually matters to you!!!
With love & gratitude
Lucie
PS:
I would also love to invite you to a retreat I am co-facilitating next July in Portugal. A week of meditation, movement and sisterhood.
Limited spots - early bird available now!
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