When Your Mind Won’t Stop Spinning | Face the Fear, Find the Freedom Series | Ep 360

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Face the Fear, Find the Freedom: When Your Mind Won’t Stop Spinning

Ever find yourself stuck in a loop of indecision? You research, you plan, you pray for clarity—but you never quite act. That’s not because you’re broken. It’s because fear has hijacked your brain.

God designed your head brain to be a brilliant logic center for planning, vision, and strategy. But when fear takes over, it activates a fight, flight, or freeze response—and suddenly your thoughts start spinning like a Tilt-a-Whirl.

Let’s break down how the three fear responses affect your Head Brain:

🛑 Fight: The Over-Controller

You believe, “If I don’t fix it, everything will fall apart.”
👉 Bible Example: Martha (Luke 10:38–42)
Truth: Control ≠ peace. Ask before acting.

Let peace—not panic—lead.

🏃‍♀️ Flight: The Over-Processor

You think, “I just need more info before I act.”
👉 Bible Example: Gideon (Judges 6–7)
Truth: Clarity comes after courage. Set a timer, make the decision, and move.

🧊 Freeze: The Mental Shutdown

You tell yourself, “I’ll do it later.” But later never comes.
👉 Bible Example: Elijah (1 Kings 19)
Truth: You’re not stuck. You’re in safe mode. Name it, then take one small step.

“For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power, love, and discipline.”
—2 Timothy 1:7 NASB

Fear is not your boss. Father is.

Let His truth renew your mind, rewire your thoughts, and move you into action.

Courageous Action
Interrupt your pattern. Based on your fear response:

  • Fight? Pause. Ask Holy Spirit what to do. Act from peace.

  • Flight? Set a timer and make the decision. Let good enough be enough.

  • Freeze? Name it out loud. Take one doable step forward.

You’ve got this, my friend—and Father’s got you.

Show Notes

Summary

Are your thoughts running the show—and running you into the ground? In this episode, I share how fear hijacks your head brain and pulls you into overthinking, over-controlling, and shutting down. You’ll learn how to renew your mind, interrupt fear’s grip, and move from spinning to spirit-led. If your brain’s been buzzing and your peace has peaced out… this one’s for you.

Takeaways

  • Your head brain is the logic and vision center—but fear can hijack it.

  • Fear often shows up as fight (control), flight (overthinking), or freeze (shutdown).

  • Martha tried to control dinner and missed the moment with Jesus.

  • Gideon needed sign after sign—proof before progress.

  • Elijah called fire from heaven, then collapsed in a cave from fear.

  • Business overthinking shows up as endless planning and delayed launches.

  • Freeze can look like procrastination or ghosting opportunities.

  • Truth shift: Clarity comes after courageous action, not before.

  • God's design includes sound thinking and Spirit-led movement.

  • You can interrupt your fear loop and step into peace, one small move at a time.

Sound Bites

"Clarity doesn’t create courage. Courage actually creates clarity."

"Your head brain is a brilliant strategist—until fear hijacks it."

"Control doesn’t equal peace. Trust is where your rest is found."

"You’re not stuck. Your head’s just in safe mode."

Courageous Action

Pick your dominant fear response and interrupt it:

  • Fight: Ask Holy Spirit before acting. Act from peace, not pressure.

  • Flight: Set a timer and decide. Progress over perfection.

  • Freeze: Name it out loud. Then take one small step.

Chapters

00:00 When Your Mind Won’t Stop Spinning

03:04 Head Brain—your brilliant center for logic, vision, and strategy

04:25 I'm an overthinker stuck in freeze with a pinch of flight mode

15:54 When Fear Hacks Your Head Brain

17:53 Fight – The Overcontroller

22:23 Flight – The Overprocessor

29:26 Freeze – The Mental Shutdown

34:20 Recap How Fight, Flight & Freeze responds in your Head

35:29 Courageous Action – Interrupt the Pattern

38:20 The Wrap Up

Who am I?

Heather Bunch – The Courageous Coach 

I’m a certified life and Enneagram coach, speaker and author who helps women Christian women entrepreneurs go from feeling stuck, not-enough and fearful to taking focused, confident and courageous action. We’re growing ourselves so we can grow our businesses and fulfill our God-given assignment.

I also use her ninja writing skills to help other coaches, speakers, and authors get their ideas out of their heads into their signature systems, coaching programs and books to create the income and impact they dream of. 

📖 Hello, Courageous! The Gal’s Guide to Delight, Discover, and Direct Your Divine Life is available at: https://hellocourageous.com

🔗 Or get it on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CP3BZ7ZP

🆓 Grab my free Beat Procrastination cheat sheet if you need to get busy on the right thing lickety-slit: https://www.heatherbunch.com/beatit

🌐 You can find me at https://www.heatherbunch.com. 

📧 Email me at hello@heatherbunch.com