Do you suffer from FOBO (Fear of Better Options)?

CLEANING UP YOUR MENTAL MESS with Dr. Caroline Leaf

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Are FOBO (Fear of Better Options) and FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) running your life? The constant chase for the “best” choice can leave you mentally drained, stuck in decision paralysis, and dissatisfied—even when you do decide. In this episode, we break down Barry Schwartz’s Paradox of Choice and uncover the hidden mental costs of overchoice. Learn four powerful strategies—including pre-deciding, setting digital boundaries, and using the Neurocycle—to clear the chaos, simplify decisions, and take back control of your mind. Tune in and start thinking deeply, living intentionally, and hacking your brain for a better life!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm your host, Dr. Caroline Leaf and welcome to my podcast, cleaning up the mental mess.
0:09.5	We've all heard of FOMO, but have you heard of Fobo?
0:13.4	I hadn't heard of it.
0:14.8	So FOMO is the fear of missing out, but Fobo is the fear of better, missing, the fear of, I can't even say it,
0:22.1	phobo is the fear of better options.
0:25.5	I tell you, these are too sneaky but powerful forces that can mess with our mind and
0:30.2	thoughts and we need help in a hurry for these.
0:33.4	I'd tell you that Fobo one really got my, really got my attention.
0:36.8	But just before we start and we dive into those and what we can do about them, I am beyond
0:41.3	thrilled to share with you something that is very close and dear to me and super exciting.
0:45.7	And it's my latest book.
0:46.8	It's book number 19 and it's coming out in August and it's called Help in a Hurry.
0:52.7	I wrote it for me, I think.
0:54.2	I'm sure I wrote it for me because I need help in a hurry. I wrote it for me, I think. I'm sure I wrote it for me because I need help in a hurry.
0:56.5	You know those moments where things just happen and you catch yourself overreacting or feeling out of control or feeling you're just swamped by life.
1:06.7	And you just need something in that moment to help you out of it while this book is filled
1:11.6	with all of that kind of information.
1:14.0	Science back, simple, simply written, great techniques on how to get help in a hurry.
1:19.6	This is in response to lots of questions that I get from you guys, from my patients I've had over
1:24.3	the years and as I said from myself.
1:27.0	And I'm really, really excited.
1:28.5	This book will help you break free from exhausting overthinking.
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