Overthunk! Your Brain is Chatting Sh*t to You
For the emotionally aware but still bloody frustrated.

You've done the therapy. You understand your triggers. You can name your emotions in three languages. So why does your brain still sound like an anxious sports commentator at 3am?
This isn't another mindfulness manual or gentle self-help guide. This is for people who know what's wrong but can't stop their brain from making everything worse.

What's Inside
Chapter 1: You Can't Be Everyone's Cup of Tea - Why your comfort zone isn't actually comfortable and how fear and excitement are basically the same thing wearing different outfits. Learn to be more dog, less human.

Chapter 2: Thoughts Aren't Things - Your brain is brilliant but barmy. Discover why overthinking is a very modern problem and how to give your mental chatter a timeout with the SPAR formula.

Chapter 3: Giving Your Brain a Rest - The art of proper sleep when your brain won't shut up. From sleep hygiene (not about bedsheets) to the tongue technique that actually works.

Chapter 4: The Way We See The World - How your mental filters create your reality and why the "Ladder of Inference" is really just a "Tower of Shit." Learn to challenge the stories your brain tells you.

Chapter 5: How We See, Hear, and Feel Differently - The great sensory divide explained. Whether you're a "Show Me" visual type, "Tell Me" auditory, or "Let Me Do It" kinesthetic person—and what happens when worlds collide.

Chapter 6: Believing is Seeing - Why your beliefs are just self-hypnosis in disguise and how to spot the difference between helpful and unhelpful thought patterns.

Chapter 7: The Tale of the Hungry Tiger - Understanding your values and why spoken values often differ from real values. The three pillars of emotional response and how to cultivate curiosity instead of judgment.

Chapter 8: Moving Towards What You Want - The two paths in life: towards what you want or away from what you don't. Goal setting with the POSSEE method and the art of reframing your story.

Chapter 9: Please Yourself - How to be happy by saying no more often. Escaping the people-pleasing trap, setting boundaries, and avoiding the drama triangle that keeps you stuck.

Chapter 10: It's About Time - How we experience time differently. Through-timers vs In-timers and what happens when temporal worlds collide in relationships and work.

Chapter 11: Putting It All Together - Practical applications for everything you've learned, when to use what, and why acceptance might be the ultimate meta-program.

About the Author
Alan Johnson is an award-winning trainer and speaker with 20 years of experience helping people stop getting in their own way. A former mental health nurse trained in Psychotherapy, Hypnotherapy, NLP, and more, Alan's approach is refreshingly direct: practical sessions that empower people and drive real change.
Alan's journey into this field wasn't academic—it was personal. His own mental health struggles showed him what actually works in the real world versus what sounds good in theory. Based in North Yorkshire but working globally, he specialises in corporate training, keynote speaking, and team development for organisations tired of fluffy workshops that don't deliver results.
Alan doesn't do therapy speak or endless processing. His philosophy is simple: give people the tools they need and get them back to living their lives. He's worked with everyone from individual clients to major corporations and veterans' charities, always with the same no-nonsense approach.
"I don't just teach tools—I show you how to use them when it matters."

What You'll Get

- Why your brain treats deadlines like dinosaur attacks
- How to stop your inner narrator being such a drama queen
- Real tools that actually work (not just "breathe deeply")
- Permission to tell your overthinking brain to shut up
- Practical techniques you can use immediately
- A new relationship with your thoughts that doesn't involve years of therapy

Perfect for: Overthinkers, chronic worriers, people whose brains have no chill, anyone tired of self-help books that make them feel worse about feeling bad, professionals who need practical mental tools, and humans who want to stop feeling like they're failing at being human.

Not perfect for: People looking for gentle validation, 47 ways to practice gratitude, or anyone who thinks positive thinking alone will solve everything.

Your brain's been running the show for too long. Time to take back control.

For corporate training and speaking enquiries about Alan's work, visit changeworking.co.uk or contact alan@changeworking.co.uk