Struggling to find and keep a healthy relationship? If you're constantly overthinking your texts, over-explaining your intentions, and still ending up single, this video is for you. In this episode of the Broken to Brave Podcast, Donna Barnes dives deep into the hidden ways overthinking and over-explaining sabotage dating success and connection. Learn why your need to be understood might be pushing love away, how anxiety and abandonment issues fuel mental spirals, and how to finally break the cycle of self-sabotage. If you're tired of being alone and replaying every date in your head, this is the mindset shift you’ve been needing.Sign up for Virtual Coaching with me: https://www.nydatingcoach.com/#DatingAdvice #Overthinking #relationshipstruggles Chapters:00:00 Intro: Do You Feel Heard?01:28 What is Overthinking?02:14 Overthinking Your Dates02:25 How You Break Your Own Heart03:06 How Overthinking Hurts Us03:57 Communication04:38 The Downside05:02 Fantasies05:40 The Power of Now05:48 Struggling to Get Over Your Ex06:06 Why We Overthink06:27 Actions to Take06:43 Story: How I Overthink07:22 Someone Important to You07:41 Miscommunicating08:55 The Key Steps10:00 Talk to Someone10:32 Over-Explaining10:54 Coaching Story11:47 The Receiver's POV 12:07 How to Get a Quick Response12:42 If You Don't Get Replies13:26 Funny Childhood Story13:53 I'm a Talker14:41 The Takeaway14:57 What it Comes Down To15:28 Breaking Your Own HeartDonna Barnes is an New York University Certified Love Coach, Breakup Specialist, Podcast Host, and Author of Giving Up Junk-Food Relationships: Recipes for Healthy Choices. https://amzn.to/3gFykPSThe TRUTH About Healing Your Broken Heart: My Online Course to virtually hold your hand and help you get over your ex: https://www.breakuprecoveryplan.com10+ HOURS of COACHING VIDEOS, QUIZZES, CHECKLISTS, & MORE