How to Stop Worrying About Something That Doesn't Matter: 10 Evidence-Based Coaching Practices

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Practices that may help

1. Practice letting unsolvable worries be
   For worries you cannot act on, build the skill of acknowledging and releasing rather than rehearsing.
   Worry Postponement, Made Practical
2. Contain worry with a scheduled worry period
   Assign worry a 20-minute daily window — and redirect it there the rest of the day.
   Accepting Uncertainty: The Core Skill in CBT for GAD
3. Practice letting go of hypothetical worries
   For what-if worries you cannot act on, acknowledge them and gently redirect attention.
   The Worry Tree
4. Scheduling the Worry Window
   Set a fixed daily 15–30 minute period for worry, and let yourself worry freely only during that time.
   Worry Time: Containing Anxiety With Scheduled Worry
5. Contain worry in a designated worry period
   Defer non-urgent worry to a fixed 20-minute window later in the day.
   The Worry Tree
6. Postpone the thought — do not suppress it
   Schedule worry to a fixed window later; until then, watch the urge to engage without acting on it.
   Detached Mindfulness, Made Practical
7. Worry stimulus control: confine worry to a designated time
   Schedule a 20-minute daily "worry period" and postpone all worry outside it.
   Worry Exposure, Made Practical
8. Notice and challenge meta-worry: the fear of worry itself
   Examine the belief that worry is uncontrollable or will cause harm — the worry about worrying.
   Worry Exposure, Made Practical
9. Separate solvable worries from unsolvable ones
   Triage each worry into "act on it" or "let it go," and treat each kind differently.
   Worry Postponement, Made Practical
10. Notice what you believe about your thoughts
    Examine the beliefs that tell you worrying is useful or necessary — not just the worries themselves.
    Detached Mindfulness, Made Practical

Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• There are things I rehearse over and over that I simply cannot do anything about, and I keep treating "let it go" like a switch I should be able to flip once and get frustrated when the worry comes right back→
• The worrying never clocks out→
• I’m gnawing on a what-if I clearly can’t do a single thing about, and when I try to force myself to just stop thinking about it, it only comes back louder→
• I keep trying to just stop thinking about things and it backfires→
• A worry pops up in the middle of something I’m trying to do and I feel like I have to deal with it right this second or I’ll lose it forever→

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