71 // How to Accept Challenging Thoughts
The Mindful Kind
Rachael Kable
4.6 • 636 Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2017
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I answer a listener's question about how to let go of challenging thoughts and re-focus on the good things in life.
Discover more about thoughts, including Freud's theory of the unconscious mind.
Practise accepting a thought for what it is- simply a narrator constructed by your complex mind in an attempt to keep you safe.
A podcast to help you learn more: All About the Mind
Take comfort in remembering that thoughts aren't necessarily true or helpful. It's normal to experience the unexpected and you're allowed to question yourself!
Don't forget to speak with a therapist if you are struggling with particularly challenging thoughts.
I hope you have a wonderful, mindful week!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody and welcome to the mindful kind. |
| 0:07.5 | I'm your host, Rachel Cable, and I'm here to share insights into my mindfulness journey |
| 0:12.2 | and inspire you to create your own. |
| 0:14.8 | Each week, this podcast will bring fresh and exciting news about mindfulness, |
| 0:19.6 | from my personal experiences to useful tools and different |
| 0:23.5 | mindful techniques. |
| 0:31.5 | Hello and welcome to episode 71 of the Mindful Kind podcast. |
| 0:37.3 | I really hope you're having a wonderful, mindful week and you've |
| 0:40.8 | had some time for meaningful self-care and also some time for yourself. I've really been |
| 0:47.2 | enjoying my self-care practices lately and I've tried to be consistent with them. I'm still |
| 0:53.1 | journaling most days, going to yin yoga a few times a week, |
| 0:57.2 | taking my dog to play at the park, using all my little mindfulness practices during the day |
| 1:02.4 | and enjoying my mindful coffee in the mornings. Some of these practices are quick, some take a little |
| 1:08.8 | bit longer, but they really do add up to help me create a more |
| 1:12.7 | fulfilling, fun and meaningful life in general. Anyway, a few weeks ago, I received a lovely and |
| 1:20.0 | thoughtful email from one of my listeners and she would like to know more about how to let go |
| 1:24.8 | of challenging thoughts and refocus on the good things happening in her life. |
| 1:30.6 | I think this is such an important topic and something I'd like to explore a little more on this |
| 1:36.0 | episode of the podcast. So first of all, let's have a chat about thoughts. They can be friendly, |
| 1:43.3 | happy narrators telling us awesome things about ourselves |
| 1:47.0 | and focusing on the good in life and what we have to be grateful for. They can also be nasty or |
| 1:55.1 | challenging or frightened narrators, highlighting everything we and others are doing wrong, telling us we're not |
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