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"Just because we think it, doesn't make it true. We often over value our thinking and dismiss our feelings to quickly. Exploration of our thoughts as well as our feelings often leads to wiser decisions."
Helping you one skill at at time to improve your thought management.
At LIFE IN PROGRESS taming our thoughts is about learning how to:
-Mange your thoughts, not let them manage you
-Don;t take your thoughts to seriously
-Decision making best case comes from a sense of knowing not from thoughts alone
-Understand that thoughts can be distorted
Thought management is about taking charge of your life not about thinking yourself in or out of things. In reality, thought management is about integrating our thoughts and feelings to a sense of knowing which guides us to our truth not the truth of others.
Our culture values thoughts over feeling.
We believe what we think even though they may not be true.
Many problem solving methods are based in thinking..
Often when we mess something up others will say to us “Use your Head”, implying that are thoughts have the answers that are correct.
Our egos love to convince us that we are right. It places us in a very limited place of options our thoughts.
When we are embroiled in our thoughts we are disconnected from our bodies and hence our feelings which provides much more data than thoughts alone. Thoughts do not contribute the wealth of data the body does thus limiting the information we have readily available for decision making.
Our ability to think and reason can be our greatest ally—or our most relentless adversary. Subsequently the thoughts that move through our minds have the power to liberate us, inspire us, and guide us forward. On the other hand, they can also trap us in fear, self-doubt, and automatic patterns that quietly shape our lives.
Learning to manage our thinking is not simple. Likewise even more challenging is learning not to believe everything we think, or to allow our thoughts to dictate our behavior without conscious choice. Therefore, this is one of the most essential skills of adult life.
The WIZMINs you’ll find here are designed to gently challenge your thinking and strengthen your capacity for metacognition—the ability to think about your thinking. This “second brain” is what we call the observing mind: the part of you that can step back, notice thoughts without becoming entangled in them, and respond from a wiser, more grounded, more adult self. This is sometimes referred to as having dual-awareness.
As this observing mind develops, it becomes an objective and compassionate witness to your inner world—helping you interrupt unhelpful thought patterns, regulate emotional reactions, and choose responses that align with your values rather than your impulses.
Let these skills strengthen your internal thought-management system. Life in Progress is here to support you as you learn, practice, and refine these essential capacities. Explore the titles below to discover skills that are often required in adult life, yet rarely taught—and even more rarely named.
DUAL AWARENESS is the observing part of ourselves that can monitor our thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and those of others in the broadest sense.
An ability to mindfully observe internal and external stimuli while noting the impact on the self without reaction but with the eventual ability to make intentional choices in word and action.
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Negative self-statements are typically not True
Blanketing statements are rarely true.
Probably not a disaster perhaps a mess. As long as no one has died you will figure it out.
Probably not but even if you have doe some some awful things you are most likely not an awful person.
It feels like that in the moment but with time you will realize things could always be worse.
Many things we do get over and grow through becoming better humans for the experience, and there are some experiences that will forever change us and the course of our life for better or worse, The problem is we do not have that answer in that moment.
You are not a mistake. You make mistakes like the rest of us join the club of 7 billion people, but that doesn't make you a literal mistake, you are simply human.
SOMETIMES A+OUR THOUGHTS ARE NOT OUR OWN….Always QUESTION THEM
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Of course not. Although many parents are benevolent and mean will many lack the skills to be good parents. Some people should not have been parents.
Yes. Sharing with a safe person helps healing. A mental health professional can be a good listener and a safe person to share with about your trauma.
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