How To Shift Your Thoughts

<p>Thoughts are what make your world yours. We love to have thoughts and share thoughts about what our thoughts are thought to mean. Our thoughts are fascinating when you step back and look at them. Especially when you can step back and see when a person is lost in their thought loops.</p> <p>A thought is nothing more than what we think. Was that the audience saying " Duh!"?</p> <p>YOu would think that it is a universal truth. Yet when you look at all the Karens in the world getting upset at everyone else for not thinking as they do. When you see someone who is just having an emotional meltdown, you step back and marvel at the whole scene and understand that their thoughts are at the root of their meltdown</p> <p>We talk about common sense but that actually means common thoughts. That is where we get ourselves into trouble. Our thoughts are <strong>our</strong> thoughts. Nobody else's thoughts whatsoever. Yet we want to <a href= "https://www.relaxedmale.com/the-power-of-positive-thinking-i-am/">think that our thoughts have no power</a> and they do. They create our emotions.</p> <h2>Leaves in a stream Method</h2> <p>This is where you take your worrisome <a href= "https://www.mindfulnessmuse.com/acceptance-and-commitment-therapy/leaves-on-a-stream-cognitive-defusion-exercise" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">thoughts and you imagine you placing them on a stream</a>. You then let them go. It is supposed to help you disengage with the thought as being something real and more of nothing but a thought</p> <h2>The Thought Download</h2> <p>This allows you to get your thoughts out in front of you so that you are able to see what exactly you are thinking. You are then able to see what is actually important and what is not. You can look at a thought and decide if it is important to you or if it is something you want to change.</p> <h2>The Model</h2> <p><a href= "https://www.relaxedmale.com/the-model-for-a-better-life/" data-type="post" data-id="16821">The Model</a> is at the heart of my coaching. It shows people ho