Letting Thoughts Flow
When we expect thoughts to be perfect, they feel louder When we let go and don’t hold on to them, they pass by faster
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Anxiety isn’t a part of you
A small reminder today: You are not the red dots 🙂They might feel loud sometimes, but they come and go. Beneath the anxious moments is the steady person you are at your core. Even if it doesn’t always feel that way, anxious moments are temporary. And with practice, you can find ways to notice them…
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Noticing when a thought feels sticky
We get thousands of thoughts in a day. Most of them pass by without us noticing. When one starts to feel ‘sticky’, it’s usually because we’ve attached meaning and judgement to it — we start questioning the thought, analysing it, or trying to figure it out. But the more we try to solve it or…
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Letting thoughts be
Intrusive thoughts can feel urgent, with the feeling that, in order to feel okay again, you have to fix them or get certainty about the thought. And when this feeling of urgency comes up, it can be hard to ignore. But the more we try to analyse or figure it, the more it keeps the…
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Staying in the present moment
Being present isn’t about trying to fix intrusive thoughts or expecting them not to show up. Instead, it’s about letting them be there without responding to them, and shifting your attention back to what you were doing — even when the thought feel unfinished or unresolved, and the urge to analyse what ifs about the…
