Hey, welcome to the Therapy Thoughts podcast. This is Tiffany Rowe. I'm a licensed clinical mental health

counselor and psychology teacher. I own mindful counseling in ORM, Utah, and I'm on a mission to

break down mental health stigma. Therapy Thoughts is a podcast all about helping you love yourself

and make peace with your mind, body, and food. I'll share some education, tips, interviews, and tools from my

clinical experience so you can improve your mental health. Stay tuned as we change the mental

health game and talk all about therapy.

What's up? My friends? This is episode seven of Therapy Thoughts, the podcast. I'm Tiffany Rowe, your host,

and we're going to jump into the topic of mindfulness today. You know, mindfulness is one of the very top mental health skills that I recommend for anyone who comes to counseling.

So I want to tell you about mindfulness and how to implement it kind of bust up some of the myths you may think about mindfulness.

So, first of all, mindfulness means you are paying attention to the present moment without judgment. So this is something that takes a lot of practice and consistency. It's building awareness.

It's paying attention. It's trying to do all of that without judgment, but I mean, we are hardwired

to judge. Every thought that comes through our mind, every interpretation and perception we have,

I mean, that's part of our brain working. Us having rapid fire thoughts and judgments means, you know, that organ is doing exactly what it's

supposed to do. It's supposed to think and analyze and keep us safe. So, you know, there's

nothing wrong with thinking. But mindfulness gives our brain a break from this constant analysis

and what most of us end up doing, which is future tripping,

living in the future, which breeds anxiety. And some of us are tripping about the past,

living in a place of rumination and depression. So mindfulness aims to keep us right here right now.

The present moment is the magic. It's a place of peace where nothing wrong is happening.

When we are living right here right now and paying attention to just this very instant and this instant and this

instant it's very hard to go down this rabbit hole of pain and suffering because we're just living

in the present moment where nothing's wrong when we eliminate judgment and analysis and things are good,

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