Thought Work in Real Life: What to do when your mind turns against you

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About This Episode

You are here because you're interested in thought work, you want to learn how to have a better relationship with yourself and others. You want to learn how to use your mind to do the things you want, and you probably want to understand why the hell you keep doing things you don't want. I bet underneath it all, you just want to feel better. I know that's what I'm constantly trying to do. On this show, I promise to share some practical tips, tools with this episode and all episodes. I want to show you how I do thought work daily and how I teach my clients to do the same. In this episode specifically, I want to talk about the thoughts that pop up in our minds and create a lot of negative emotions that stress us out. I want to give you a process for how to deal with them and turn them into something much more empowering. We spend so much of our day thinking, especially about the same things over and over. So what if we could change our thought patterns? What if our own thought work could feel more efficient? Let’s get into it. 

Topics Discussed

• The nature and impact of intrusive thoughts, especially those that trigger negative emotions like fear or anxiety
• A personal reflection on aging and getting older and the questions I asked myself to quell fears and understand where my thoughts come from
• The deeper fear of “running out of time” and its emotional and behavioral consequences
• Mental hygiene and thought work and more on the practice of examining and challenging negative or unhelpful thoughts.
• Self-awareness and metacognition and how to use these tools to analyze thought patterns and consciously choose empowering beliefs

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