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The Adult Chair Podcast with Michelle Chalfant

405: How to Stop Negative Mind Loops with Barbara Ireland

The Adult Chair Podcast with Michelle Chalfant

Michelle Chalfant

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Hello, beautiful souls! I'm thrilled to welcome you back to "The Adult Chair" where we explore the paths to emotional maturity and healthier relationships. Today, we're diving into a fascinating discussion with the wonderful Barbara Ireland, author of "How to Stop Negative Thoughts: What My Near-Death Experience Taught Me About Mind Loops, Neuroscience, and Happiness."

Listen to discover:

  1. Barbara's Near-Death Experience and Its Impact: Barbara shares her powerful near-death experience that profoundly shifted her perspective on life, emotional health, and the power of our thoughts. This extraordinary event led her to develop techniques to overcome negative mental loops that influence our emotional well-being.

  2. The Concept of Mind Loops: We delve into what mind loops are and how they can trap us in cycles of negative thinking. Barbara explains how these loops not only affect our mental health but can also manifest physically and disrupt our lives.

  3. Strategies to Break Free from Negative Thinking: Barbara introduces her method for breaking free from destructive thought patterns, which includes recognizing and renaming thoughts to detach from their negative impacts. This process helps shift perspective and regain control over one's mental state.

  4. Applying Barbara's Insights in Everyday Life: Practical tips from Barbara's book and methodologies are discussed, giving listeners actionable strategies to apply in their daily lives to improve mental clarity and emotional resilience.

Quotes to Remember:

  1. "We come here with these brains, these minds, but no one teaches us how to use them. And they're so powerful, continually creating our existence." - Barbara

  2. "Everyone says this loosely: We are spiritual beings in human form... But did you really think about that?... I love that you brought that up." - Michelle

  3. "If we get into unconscious negative habits of thinking, we are unconsciously creating negative outcomes." - Barbara

  4. "We need to be looking at what the heck we're thinking. That seems to be the root of everything. That's the taproot to everything else." - Michelle

  5. "Every question [in my life review] was about my thoughts. What does that tell you about the potency of our thoughts?" - Barbara

  6. "Who is God? What is God? I was born and raised Catholic, but it never resonated as deeply as what I felt my whole life already. I felt this deep connection with God, source, universe, whatever you want to call it." - Michelle

  7. "Once you clean your thoughts and you've cleaned your emotions and you don't have to wait till it's all gone, but once that process is up, you're being unblocked there to start creating from a conscious level." - Barbara

 

Connect with Barbara: For those inspired by today's discussion and eager to learn more about managing mind loops, Barbara's insights and techniques can be explored further through her book and at How to Stop Negative Thoughts. Additionally, keep an eye out for her upcoming workshops and group sessions, which promise to be enriching.



LINKS & RESOURCES

Barbara Ireland Website

https://www.howtostopnegativethoughts.com

 

Barbara Ireland Instagram 

https://www.instagram.com/authorbarbaraireland 

 

Barbara Ireland Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/MindLoopsMentor/

 

Barbara Ireland YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/c/barbaraireland

 

MORE ADULT CHAIR

 

The Adult Chair® Website

https://theadultchair.com   

 

Instagram 

https://www.instagram.com/themichellechalfant 

 

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/TheMichelleChalfant/ 

 

The Adult Chair® Facebook Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/theadultchair/ 

 

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/c/Michellechalfant

 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Michelle Shelfont, Psychotherapist, Holistic Life Coach, and Human, just like you, learning to navigate life challenges.

0:11.0

With over 25 years experience, I teach people how to get

0:14.8

healthy using the adult chair model. The adult chair model is where simple

0:19.2

psychology meets grounded spirituality and it teaches us how to become healthy adults.

0:26.2

From anxiety and depression to codependency and relationship issues, you can use the adult

0:30.7

share for just about anything.

0:33.6

Each week I share practical tips, tools, and advice

0:37.6

from myself and a wide range of experts

0:40.1

on how to get unstuck,

0:41.6

how to love authentically, and how to truly love yourself, all while sitting

0:46.5

in your adult chair. Welcome to the adult chair podcast.

0:57.0

Hello everybody and welcome to the adult chair podcast. I am Michelle Shelfunt.

1:00.0

As always, and I really mean this, delighted to be here with you guys today.

1:06.0

It's so fun to be back.

1:08.0

I love being back with all of you.

1:11.0

And something that I really, I mean it hit me so hard while I was away and I think I mentioned it

1:17.0

last week on last week show. I miss you all. I miss interacting and as much as I love the podcast and I do love this

1:24.6

podcast this is a one-way street and it's it's I don't get to connect with you so

1:29.8

wait for it because there are some really exciting new fun things coming down the pipeline.

1:37.0

Because I want to connect with all of you. Just wait for it.

1:41.0

A couple of weeks, you're going to hear about it. Anyway, all right, we have a very

1:46.4

exciting guest on the show today. We have Barbara Ireland on the show. Uh-huh, and you know I'm all about expanding comfort zones, expanding

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