FBL - Feb 27, 2026

This Week in The Feel Better Letter 👇
✅ Your intuition is quiet, steady, and grounded — the mind is loud, fast, and fear-driven.
âś… Fear pushes you into overthinking, while intuition pulls you back into clarity.
✅ When you’re in the fear loop, the mind’s stories feel urgent — but urgency is a mind signal, not an intuitive one.
✅ New episodes: The Fear of Aging and Body Image: Why You’re Really Afraid (It’s Not About Looks) and Why Ruminating on the Past Makes OCD & Anxiety Worse
Matt's Message of the Week
Intuition vs. the Mind
One of the biggest challenges in the fear loop is telling the difference between intuition and the mind.
Intuition speaks from a calm place — it feels like a gentle knowing.
The mind speaks from fear — it feels like pressure, urgency, and “What if?”
When you’re in an activated state, the mind gets louder and more convincing.
It tries to “protect” you by analyzing, checking, and searching for certainty.
But the more you feed it, the more tangled and confused you become.
Fear creates noise.
Intuition requires quiet.
This is why clarity doesn’t come from thinking harder — it comes from stepping out of the fear loop so you can hear something deeper than the mind’s stories.
Your job isn’t to figure out the mind.
It’s to stop feeding the fear long enough for intuition to come back online.
(Click below to listen to the full message.)
Helpful Episodes for the Week
The Fear of Aging and Body Image: Why You’re Really Afraid (It’s Not About Looks)
In this episode, we explore how anxiety around aging and body image issues are often rooted in the fear of rejection and the need for approval.
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Why Ruminating on the Past Makes OCD & Anxiety Worse
In this episode, we break down how unresolved emotional experiences from your past can fuel anxiety, OCD, intrusive thoughts, and fear loops.
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How to Quiet Down the Mind: Managing Racing & Intrusive Thoughts
Struggling with racing thoughts or an overactive mind? Learn how to quiet your mind by managing underlying emotions and breaking free from thought loops.
👉 [Watch Episode]
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This Week’s Reminder
The mind shouts.
Intuition whispers.
To hear it, you must first step out of fear.
To your freedom and success,
Matt
