Directions: Apply liberally to troublesome thoughts that stick, ooze, and batter. Most effective when used with self-compassion and a good night’s sleep.
- Acknowledge the thought, let it go, come back to the breath, meditation style
- Do that again, as many times as you can bear
- Go for a walk, give the thought space
- Go talk to someone, get it out of your body and out of power
- Read a book, listen to a podcast, watch TV, crowd your mind with anything else
- Write it down, write the opposite, write your way into it, memorialize it or rip it to pieces
- Say it out loud: “I am not my thoughts.”
- Remember the first thought is a reaction, the second thought is who you are, so make it count
- Drink a glass of water and another
- Sink into the thought if you must, let it spiral itself right out, hold yourself through it and after it
With Love,
Natalie