Most of us don’t think about how we think. Most of us don’t shine a black light on our daily thoughts. We just allow them in and we can drown in them. Sometimes they consume us, control us, making us tense and anxious, keeping us in a panic state.

When this happens, we’re pulled out of the present and start to live in our heads (in the past or in the future).

That is not actually living. It’s just worrying a lot.

Step 1: Awareness—Shine a Black Light on Your Thoughts

Notice your thoughts. Don’t judge them. Just practice noticing them. Also, notice the feeling in your body when you have those thoughts. Notice. Notice. Notice.

Watch your thoughts as if they were drifting in a snow globe.

Step 2: Question Your Thoughts

Many of our thoughts are marked by faulty logic and stem from fear. We dwell on the past and worry about the future. We exaggerate, jump to conclusions, and play back memories through the old lens of who we used to be. We create stories because we are........

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