Hello and welcome back to a new way of being. Thank you very much for joining me. I am just back from a

book speaking tour in the US, which was fantastic, not at least because the weather was amazing and it's currently raining.

But also, it really reminded me of a subject that's worth touching on that I think is just

so powerful and relevant.

Numerous times during the Q&A sessions, people spoke about struggling with their thoughts

and battling their thoughts and feeling like their mind was on a treadmill, that kind of thing.

And that's why I think this bite-size episode is so valuable, because again, it comes comes back to recognizing that we do have more

freedom with our thoughts and as a result our feelings than many of us recognize but it's not

about trying to change them or battle them or resist them. It's more nuanced and subtle and really

skillful than that. And so this episode is all about noticing how we notice our thoughts and then

playing with our attention a little bit to really allow us to play in the now, as Jenna explains.

I'm totally with you. It's just that recognition that you can step back from your thoughts,

which just gives you an unbelievable amount of perspective, I guess, power as well.

Like not power to control, but just power to choose.

You know, that great Victor Frankel quote.

But yeah, I think until you, and you kind of sound a little bit crazy when you first start

talking about it. And I'm always, you know, careful with how I introduce a little bit crazy when you first start talking about it.

And I'm always, you know, careful with how I introduce it to clients because

it does sound a bit like, okay, you've got two minds and one can watch the, you know, it's a strange

concept. But once you get a head around it, it's just, yeah, absolute game changer.

In your experience, how familiar are people with it?

It depends, but on the whole, say, not very.

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