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Lorwen C Nagle, PhD

@LORWEN108

Oct 11 • 12 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X

The most dangerous, oddly glorified, yet overlooked problem in the world:

Overthinking and underacting.

It's why you're stressed, depressed and your immune system is always in chaos.

Here's Eckhart Tolle's way to escape the prison of overthinking: 🧵

Most people don't realize that unnecessary negative mind activity generates a significant part of their unhappiness.

Overthinking isn't just annoying - it's physically damaging your body...

As Tolle discovered, your body can't distinguish between an actual threat and your anxious thoughts.

When you think fearful thoughts, your body reacts as if you're in real danger.

Here's what's happening in the mind...

Your mind says "what if I fail?" and your body releases stress hormones.

Do this for years and it depletes your immune system.

Even mainstream medicine now acknowledges this mind-body connection.

The first awakening, is surprisingly simple:

Recognizing there's a voice in your head that never stops commenting on your life.

This realization alone can be transformative.

Most people are completely unaware they're trapped in continuous mental chatter.

Listen to your self-talk patterns:

•"I shouldn't have said that."
•"You really messed up again."
• "Why can't I stop thinking about this?"

That last one? Still overthinking!

For many people, this internal dialogue is predominantly negative and rarely stops.

Here's where it gets fascinating...

Your mind dwells on negative events much longer than positive ones.

You can think about a beautiful sunset for a moment.

But someone who slighted you yesterday? You can ruminate for hours, days, even years.

This creates what Tolle calls a "cluttered mind" where you:

• Identify completely with your thoughts
• Instantly judge everything you encounter
• Live in a near-constant state of mental noise
• Feel compelled to have opinions on everything

Sound familiar?

Tolle approaches this problem differently.

He doesn't just teach mindfulness, he reveals something better.

He points to your true identity which is beyond your thinking mind.

You are the awareness behind your thoughts - unchanging, peaceful, and whole.

The greatest irony Tolle points out:

People believe more thinking will solve their problems.

But all it does it CREATE MORE THINKING.

It's like trying to put out a fire by adding more fuel.

True solutions emerge from the space of awareness. I TEACH THIS
in my ART community.

To get a free taste of releasing overthinking, sign up for my free 5-day journey below...

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Lorwen C Nagle, PhD

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Sep 27

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As a Harvard-trained psychologist, here are 5 reasons why you:

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AND, the secret sauce to break free....🧵

Anxiety isn’t a “disorder.”

It's your imagination turned upside down.

Flip it--and your life becomes unimaginable success.

In our modern society, three core networks run our reality:

* Salience Network (SN)
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When hijacked, they trap you in survival mode 24/7.

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@LORWEN108

Sep 20

You’re not indecisive. You’re not “too nice.”

You’re stuck in a trauma loop of people-pleasing and overthinking.

It’s not your personality.

It’s your nervous system replaying old survival scripts.

Here’s the truth—(most therapists won't tell you) 🧵

Overthinking is thought to be a bad habit.

It’s not.

It’s a survival mechanism.

Same with people-pleasing.

People-pleasing isn't a kind of gracious personality trait.
It's a way you micro-manage your body's reaction to perceived threats.

Both overthinking and people-pleasing are reactions to perceived trauma.

These micro-threats are continuous and come from childhood.

They keep you stuck in survival mode.

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Lorwen C Nagle, PhD

@LORWEN108

Sep 20

This woman heals what therapists can't:

Byron Katie.

She spent years depressed and suicidal until one realization...

Now, with only 4 questions, she has healed millions from anxiety, stress, and overthinking.

Here's her philosophy: 🧵

Before her awakening, Byron Katie's life was a nightmare.

She was clinically depressed, agoraphobic, and addicted to alcohol. For nearly 10 years, she could barely leave her bedroom.

Self-hatred consumed her so completely she slept on the floor, feeling unworthy of a bed.

Then on February 1986, something inexplicable happened.

A cockroach crawled over her foot while lying on the floor of a halfway house.

In that moment, she experienced a profound awakening.

She realized it wasn't the world causing her suffering - it was her thoughts about the world.

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Lorwen C Nagle, PhD

@LORWEN108

Sep 15

How does one page change a life?

I was living in a Tibetan monastery when I wrote a note about wanting to help the Dalai Lama’s people.

That single act set off a chain of events that led me into his presence — and into an experience of grace I’ll never forget.

Here’s my story 🧵

While living in Tushita Monastery, I met a man who told me:

“Write a short note about who you are and why you wish to help.”

I did. I submitted it to the Dalai Lama’s palace headquarters.

To my surprise, the request was granted.

Within days, I was ushered into the Dalai Lama’s private chambers at the palace.

His secretary darted nervously around the room.
The energy was electric and unsettled.

I felt awkward, unworthy, and nervous.

And I wondered: why is even his secretary so anxious?

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@LORWEN108

Sep 13

Alchemy wasn’t about turning lead into gold.
It was about transforming the psyche through images.

And this is the key most people miss about healing anxiety.

Read on if you want an anxiety-free life...🧵

Jung spent 16 years painting visions in The Red Book.

He wasn’t “just” drawing.

He was performing alchemy on his own mind—

turning chaos into order, pain into meaning, fragments into wholeness.

Here's the story of Jung's mandala drawings in 1928...

You see, anxiety is untranslatable when you only use words.

But when you give it form in an image, something shifts.

Listen to Joseph Campbell talking about slaying your dragon and becoming whole.

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Lorwen C Nagle, PhD

@LORWEN108

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Most people think thought creates reality.

It doesn’t.

Joe Dispenza was only HALF RIGHT.

The missing piece? IS IN THIS THREAD 🧵...

High achievers are obsessed with quantum leaps.

But the real leap isn’t thought → reality.

It’s shadow → wholeness.

Your brain runs on 3 neural networks.
Your psyche unfolds through 3 alchemical stages.

Our minds are based in imagination.
My framework for transformation is neuro-alchemy.

This isn’t just shadow integration work.

It’s a live alchemical process that rewires how you perceive, act, and create.

Fuse them—and you don’t just change your brain.
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