Living Inside Your Head: The Invisible Cage We Build for Ourselves

Are you ready to break free?

I’ve always been a thinker. Well, not just a thinker—an overthinker.

The hamster wheel in my brain could spark a fire with how fast it was moving at any given moment. I didn’t know any other way to be.

I was always the kind of person who analyzes every decision, replays past conversations like a broken record, and envisions every possible outcome before making a move. Living inside my head felt safe—until I realized it was a prison of my own making.

For years, I thought my overthinking was just part of who I was. I used it as a shield to protect me from any possible threat, and I wore it like a badge of honor. While other people didn’t think things through enough, I’d think things through two times over and then some.

I did the thinking for everyone.

For me, safety meant always being in control and always staying two steps ahead. It was fucking exhausting.

I kept telling myself that the voice in my head—the one that constantly criticized, second-guessed, and predicted failure—was just me being realistic. But the truth? That voice wasn’t my intuition or wisdom. It was my Gremlin—the inner critic that made me doubt my worth, hesitate on my dreams, and keep myself small.

And my Gremlin wasn’t working alone. Oh no, it was part of a gang, and they’d jump my ass in the alley of my mind whenever they had a chance.

My Gremlin would taunt me with all of the assumptions that I was unconsciously carrying:
”Everyone who loves me, leaves.”
“People don’t really care what I have to say."
"Opportunities like that aren’t meant for me."

These thoughts weren’t facts. They were walls I had unknowingly built around myself based on prior experiences.

Then came the interpretations—the stories I told myself about what others were thinking. These were the sneakiest of the bunch.

If someone didn’t text back, I assumed I had done something wrong. If I wasn’t chosen for an opportunity, I assumed I wasn’t good enough. If I was having a hard time, I assumed I was a failure.

My mind was creating a narrative that kept me in a cycle of self-doubt.

Where was all of this coming from?

My limiting beliefs—deep-rooted, unquestioned truths that dictated what I believed was possible for me. This is like the mob boss who you rarely ever see.

These limiting beliefs sounded like:
"Maybe I’m hard to love."
"I'm not the kind of person who takes risks."
"I have to work twice as hard to be worthy."

The day I realized these blocks weren’t real—just conditioned patterns—I felt something shift. I wasn’t broken. I wasn’t unworthy. I was just operating from outdated programming, and my Spirit was begging to be freed from that cage in my mind.

So I started to wonder: What if I could break out of this mental jail and rewrite the script?

If you’ve found yourself wondering the same thing, then I’m excited to share my upcoming free webinar Breaking Through the Blocks: Overcoming Your Four Inner Villains—a space to break free from the mental traps that keep us stuck.

In this one-hour session, I’ll guide you through each of these blocks, help you recognize them in your own life, and give you the tools to shift them.

If you’ve ever felt trapped in your own head, if you’ve ever questioned your worth, if you’re ready to release the thoughts that hold you back—this is for you.

Join me live this Sunday at 11 am PST or get instant access to the replay. Plus, I have a special gift for those who show up live 👀

I don’t know about you, but if I’m about to get jumped, I’m going out swinging like a motherfucker.

Let’s rumble.

Xo