Posts tagged Self

Three Things We All Do

I’m constantly amazed by my interactions with people. It seems the vast majority of us don’t realize that we are so similar to other people. Instead, we think that whatever we’re going through, however we’re thinking and acting… that somehow we’re completely unique in that. We’re not that unique. Human beings, it seems, are very [...]

The World Famous Sailboat Method

A while back I mentioned a meditative technique called The Sailboat Method. There are times when you just want to stop the constant barrage of thoughts in your ever-rushing stream of consciousness. Science shows us that our brains work through a process of seemingly random electro-chemical impulses. It is a process that we do not [...]

The Difference Between Positive Thinking and Positive Focus

I was talking with a friend at lunch yesterday. Her phone buzzed with a text message. The message was one of those “send this on to 10 of your friends or suffer the consequences” sorts of things. I laughed. She did not.
You see, the message had created a death spiral of negative thinking in her. [...]