Feb 26, 2026

57. Not Broken. Equipped: How to Stop Overthinking and Start Healing from Anxiety Symptoms and PTSD

If you live with anxiety symptoms, PTSD, seasonal depression, loneliness, isolation, guilt, or chronic stress, your thoughts can often feel overwhelming and convincing. In this episode of the Not Broken. Equipped. series, we explore the character strength of Judgment, or critical thinking, and how it helps you separate fear from fact.

Grounded in research from VIA Institute on Character and positive psychology pioneer Martin Seligman, judgment is not self-criticism. It is the strength that helps you pause, regulate your nervous system, and see clearly when trauma, anxiety, or depression distort your perspective.

You’ll learn how judgment helps interrupt overthinking, reduce emotional overwhelm, and restore clarity so you can move out of survival mode and begin trusting yourself again.

Your strength isn’t gone. It’s ready to support your healing.

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45. Not Broken. Equipped: Character Strengths for Seasonal Depression, Anxiety Symptoms, and Loneliness
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/45-not-broken-equipped-character-strengths-for-seasonal/id1835492018?i=1000745276942

49. Not Broken. Equipped: how Creativity Finds New Ways Through PTSD and Anxiety Symptoms
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/49-not-broken-equipped-how-creativity-finds-new-ways/id1835492018?i=1000747165493

53. Not Broken. Equipped: How Curiosity Helps Calm PTSD and Anxiety Symptoms
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/53-not-broken-equipped-how-curiosity-helps-calm-ptsd/id1835492018?i=1000749419988

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Keywords: anxiety symptoms, PTSD recovery, trauma healing, seasonal depression, depression help, chronic stress, overthinking, rumination, trauma-informed care, nervous system regulation, character strengths, positive psychology, emotional healing, isolation, loneliness, guilt, mental health podcast, critical thinking, judgment strength

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