288 // A Surprising Stress Management Technique

The Mindful Kind

Rachael Kable

Mindfulness, Mindful, Health & Fitness, Self-help, Inspiration

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Hello and welcome to episode 288 of The Mindful Kind podcast. In this episode, you'll learn about a helpful stress management technique called "Personal Thinking Time."

Not only do I enjoy using this technique myself, but I often recommend it to my clients, as well.

Here are some tips for implementing Personal Thinking Time:

Minimise distractions
Be open-minded. Some sessions might feel effortless and productive, while some might feel challenging or confronting
Save your "over-active" thoughts for Personal Thinking Time
Remember you can end your session whenever you want

To find out more about working with me one-on-one via Skype, head over to www.rachaelkable.com/podcast/288

Thank you so much for listening and I hope you have a wonderful week, Mindful Kind.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Mindful Kind podcast.
0:06.0	I'm your host, Rachel Cable, author of the Mindfulkind book, Mindfulness Teacher and blogger at RachelCable.com.
0:14.0	Each week this podcast will bring meaningful tips, tools and strategies so you can manage stress and live more mindfully in the modern world.
0:24.4	Hello and welcome to episode 288 of the Mindful Kind podcast. There are two reasons why I decided
0:31.7	to create this episode about a surprisingly important stress management technique called
0:36.7	Personal Thinking Time. The first reason is because I've developed several problems a surprisingly important stress management technique called personal thinking time.
0:38.8	The first reason is because I've developed several personalized stress management plans for my
0:44.0	current clients and personal thinking time is one part of those plans.
0:48.8	So I thought I'd create this episode to offer further guidance and as a helpful refresher.
0:56.4	And the second reason is because I've been using this practice consistently to help manage stress myself and I think lots of people could
1:01.3	benefit from it. So personal thinking time, what is it and how does it work? A few years ago when I was
1:08.9	studying my certificate in guiding and teaching meditation,
1:12.6	I came across the concept of personal thinking time.
1:16.4	It's a very simple idea.
1:18.5	Basically, you set aside time to think without too many distractions or other things to do.
1:24.1	You just think.
1:25.8	Now, I don't know about you, but I'm naturally an overthinker. I always struggled
1:30.8	with formal meditations, and to be honest, I still find them quite difficult because my mind
1:36.3	is just really active. I would sit down to do a meditation and within 10 seconds I'd be thinking
1:42.4	about something completely different.
1:45.1	Sometimes I'd ruminate over mistakes or start planning things out for the future.
1:49.9	Sometimes I'd start having these great ideas and powerful moments of clarity.
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