Mark J. Silverman is an executive coach as well as the bestselling author of Only 10s 2.0: Confront Your To-Do List and Transform Your Life. He is a speaker and the host of Mastering Overwhelm, a podcast that helps listeners thrive in their businesses, relationships, and personal well-being. Mark graduated from National Louis University with a bachelor’s degree in Business and Applied Science and holds a certification from the Foundation for Holistic Life Coaching in Holistic Health & Transformational Coaching.

Mark joins me today to discuss overwhelm and where it comes from. He describes what can happen when we don’t let emotions flow and explains what the “allostatic load” is. He talks about why we should list all the sabertooth in our lives. Mark also shares his experiences with overwhelm and underscores how an internal transformation helped him grow his coaching practice into a thriving business.

“If you don’t allow emotions to flow, they get stuck somewhere else. Slow down enough and let them catch up to you.” - Mark J. Silverman

This week on the Trauma Hiders Club Podcast:

• Negative self-talk and my experience with overwhelm
• Mark’s experiences with overwhelm and how our greatest fear can become strength
• What led Mark to talk and write about boundaries and overwhelm
• What happens when we spend life in overwhelm
• Fear-driven discourse and the meaning of allostatic load
• Steve Chandler on overwhelm and the value of welcoming emotions
• The difference between coping skills and coping mechanisms
• Listing down all the sabertooth of our lives and actions steps in mastering overwhelm
• How fear has kept humanity alive
• What the Enneagram test is
• Mark’s coaching practice and how it has evolved into a successful business over the years
• The importance of internal shifts

Resources Mentioned:

• Book: Relax Into Wealth: How to Get More by Doing Less by Alan Cohen

Related Content:

• Podcast: Owning Your Brokenness & Embracing Freedom with Mark J. Silverman

Connect with Mark Silverman:

• Mark J. Silverman Website
• Podcast: Mastering Overwhelm
• Book: Only 10s 2.0: Confront Your To-Do List and Transform Your Life
• Mark J. Silverman & Associates on LinkedIn
• Mark Silverman on LinkedIn
• Mark Silverman on Instagram
• Mark Silverman on Facebook
• Mark Silverman on Twitter

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