Welcome guys and gals to the man talks podcast. I'm Connor Beaton, the host and founder of

Man Talks. And on this midweek mini episode, we are going to take a dive into what to do

with ruminating thoughts. Ruminating thoughts. So the thoughts that we can't seem to let go of,

the thoughts that play over and over and over and over and over again in our mind, maybe there are thoughts about something that happened in the past that we're trying to figure

out or maybe they are anxieties or stress about something that's going to happen in the future

and we can't seem to let go of them.

They're plaguing our minds.

So that's what we're going to look at.

And big shout out to all the people that have reached out about this topic.

I'm addressing this topic for a number of reasons, but to all the people that have reached out about this topic. I'm addressing this topic

for a multiple, a number of reasons, but mostly because a few people have reached out through

email, through Instagram, through Facebook, asking that we address this topic. And so I am

Jones to jam on this one because this is something that I struggled with a lot in the past,

especially when I was doing a lot of performance and I was a musician.

My mind would just like, it would be plagued by anxieties and stresses of the future.

And it would play through the same scenarios over and over and over again.

And I couldn't seem to let go of them.

And since then, I have worked tirelessly on being able to let go of some of those

ruminating thoughts that come up tirelessly over and over again. So where do we start?

How do we start to address some of these ruminating thoughts? And what do we do to combat and start to let go of some of these thoughts?

Well, first and foremost, we need to identify the thought or the fear.

So one of the questions that you might want to ask yourself is, what is my biggest fear

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