When the Mind Is Noisy, the Body Can’t Lead: The Energy Behind Mental Overload

You’re thinking, re-thinking, looping.
Running through scenarios. Trying to decide.
Your mind is full—but nothing is actually clear.

This isn’t a mindset issue.
It’s an energy issue.

Because when the mind gets loud, it’s often compensating for something deeper:
A disconnection from the body.

❍ Why the Body Holds the Truth

We’ve been taught that clarity comes from figuring things out.
But clarity doesn’t start in the brain.
It starts in the body.

Your body is your first responder.
It feels shifts before your mind can label them.
It senses misalignment before your thoughts catch up.

This isn’t just spiritual—it’s biological.
The body’s interoceptive system (how we sense our inner state) plays a major role in decision-making, emotional regulation, and clarity .
And research in somatic psychology shows that unprocessed emotional energy in the body leads to overthinking and mental looping .

In other words:
The louder your mind gets, the more likely your body has something it’s trying to say.

❍ Energy + Emotion = Motion

Emotion is self-created energy.
And energy, when stuck, becomes mental static.

When your nervous system is dysregulated, or your energetic field is carrying unprocessed emotion, your mind will try to make sense of the noise—often by running loops that lead nowhere.

This is why you can’t “fix” overthinking with more thinking.
You can only shift it by changing the energetic state underneath.

❍ Signs You’re In a Mental Loop (Not True Clarity)

• You can’t stop reviewing the same thought or worry

• Every option feels equally wrong (or risky)

• Your body feels tense, buzzy, or locked up

• You crave control but feel emotionally reactive

• Intuition feels far away
  

These are all signs that your energy—not your logic—needs clearing.

❍ Science-Backed Insights

• Overthinking and anxiety are linked to heightened brain activity in the default mode network (DMN)—a part of the brain involved in rumination and self-referential thinking
  → Practices like mindfulness, breathwork, and grounding have been shown to quiet this network and restore clarity.

• The vagus nerve, which connects brain and body, plays a key role in regulating emotional states. Breathwork and somatic practices stimulate this nerve and promote calm clarity .

• Heart-brain coherence, researched by the HeartMath Institute, shows that when emotional energy is balanced in the heart center, the brain shifts into more creative, coherent states .
  

❍ How to Reconnect With the Body and Clear the Noise

Disclaimer: This is for informational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider before adding or removing anything from your daily routine.

1. Notice where you feel the thought in your body.
   Is it in your chest? Gut? Shoulders?

2. Breathe into that place with curiosity.
   Don’t try to change it—just breathe.

3. Ask: “Is this mine? Or something I’ve been carrying?”
   The body will soften when it’s been heard.

4. Let movement guide the release.
   Shake your hands. Walk. Stretch. Exhale sound.

5. Say: “I don’t need to figure this out right now. I trust clarity will return.”
   And give yourself space to feel.

✨ True clarity doesn’t come through force.
It rises when the noise clears.

❍ Q&A: Common Questions on Mindset Clearing

Q: Isn’t mindset work important?
A: Yes—when done in alignment. But mindset alone won’t shift energy. Thoughts often arise from deeper emotional or energetic imprints. True clarity includes the mind and the body.

Q: How can I tell if my energy is causing my mental fog?
A: If you’re stuck in indecision or looping thoughts despite logic, your system may be overloaded. That’s when it’s time to clear, not control.

Q: Can I use affirmations to break the loop?
A: Only if they’re embodied. Without energy to back them up, affirmations can fall flat. But paired with somatic clearing, they become powerful.

❍ This Is the Work Janell Does

When clients are mentally stuck, emotionally drained, or spiritually unclear, Janell helps them come back into alignment—not by adding more strategy, but by listening to what the body and energy are already saying.

She helps you:

• Release the energy underneath the mental noise

• Reset the nervous system and reconnect with your intuition

• Move forward with clarity that feels right—not just sounds right
  

Because when your body leads, your mind doesn’t have to work so hard.

Ready to move out of the loop and into aligned clarity?
Let’s work together

🔗 Sources:

1. Craig, A.D. (2002). How do you feel? Interoception: the sense of the physiological condition of the body.

2. Levine, P.A. (1997). Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma – The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences.

3. Raichle, M.E. (2015). The brain’s default mode network.

4. Porges, S.W. (2011). The Polyvagal Theory.

5. McCraty, R., & Zayas, M.A. (2014). Heart rhythm coherence and the impact of emotional self-regulation.