527. What to Do with Persistent, Unwanted Thoughts
Better Than Happy
Jody Moore
4.8 • 5.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Our brains generate around 70,000 thoughts per day, and we can't control all of them. The random, bizarre, or negative thoughts that pop into our heads are just part of being human.
The real question isn't how to eliminate these thoughts entirely, but rather how to work with them effectively.
Tune in this week as I address persistent, unwanted thoughts today by sharing three practical strategies for handling those stubborn thoughts that seem to have a mind of their own. You'll discover why fighting against unwanted thoughts actually makes them stronger, how to use your brain's natural tendencies to your advantage, and why sometimes the simplest solutions are the most powerful.
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| 0:00.0 | What is different about people who are overall successful, accomplishing the things they want to in their |
| 0:06.3 | lives, and the ones who generally can't or don't or won't? What about people who are, for the most |
| 0:13.1 | part, happy, content, and people who just seem to be dissatisfied and unhappy, what's the |
| 0:19.1 | difference? How about people who are overall confident, |
| 0:23.4 | who feel good about themselves, and people who in general seem to be very insecure and constantly |
| 0:29.6 | nervous or worried about what other people think? What is the difference? Well, there are lots of |
| 0:35.5 | differences, but one thing that all successful happy and confident people |
| 0:41.4 | have that those who are lacking in those things don't have is an attitude or a mindset that leads to |
| 0:48.6 | what they want if you have listened to me for any length of time at all, if you are certainly a client in my program, |
| 0:56.1 | you absolutely know this. And even if you've been following anyone else talking to you about |
| 1:01.0 | self-help and wellness and mental and emotional strength, then you know the power of your |
| 1:07.7 | thinking, of your mindset, of your attitude. But what about when we have those |
| 1:14.4 | negative thoughts that we know aren't serving us, the persistent ones that come up over and over |
| 1:20.8 | again, that don't generate the emotions we want, that we know aren't going to lead to happiness, |
| 1:25.4 | confident success, or any of the other things we want in our lives? What about when they won't go away? That's what we're going to dive into today. |
| 1:33.2 | This is episode 527 of Better Than Happy, what to do with persistent, unwanted thoughts. Let's go. |
| 1:42.5 | Welcome to Better Than Happy, the podcast where we transform our lives by transforming |
| 1:48.3 | ourselves. My name is Jody Moore. In the decade plus, I've been working with clients as a |
| 1:54.8 | master certified coach, I've helped tens of thousands of people to become empowered. And from empowered, the things that seemed |
| 2:02.4 | hard become trivial. And the things that seemed impossible become available. And suddenly a whole |
| 2:09.7 | new world of desire and possibility open up to you. And what do you do with that? Well, that's the question. What will you do? Let's find out. |
| 2:24.3 | Sometimes listening to a podcast is enough, but sometimes you'll feel inspired to go deeper. |
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