Podcast July 13, 2026 2 min read

How I Talk Myself Out of a Spiral

When a loss knocks you into a spiral, your brain starts insisting nothing is working and nothing ever will. In those moments, you assume the problem is you. In this episode, I give you the one tool...

Duration: 08:30

Welcome to The Achievers Podcast.

I'm your host, Amber Deibert, Performance Coach. I help enterprise sellers unlock their full potential by aligning their work with how they workout and cleaning up mindset trash, so they can sell more, stress less, and take back control of their time and success.

When a loss knocks you into a spiral, your brain starts insisting nothing is working and nothing ever will. In those moments, you assume the problem is you.

In this episode, I give you the one tool I use on myself and every client to climb out of that spiral. We get into why your brain is wired to fixate on what's going wrong, why your feelings keep lying to you about how bad things really are, and the single phrase that pulls me back every time.

🎯 In this episode, I riff on:

  • Why a single loss can make the whole season feel like a wash

  • The negativity bias, and why your brain is wired to stare at the burning tree

  • Why uncertainty might be the most uncomfortable feeling there is

  • The phrase I give every client: "I have a 100% track record of always figuring it out"

  • Why your brain quietly discounts every time things actually worked

  • The data check that exposes the lie your feelings are telling you

  • The two-hand body cue I use to talk myself off the ledge

 

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