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How to Meditate: Meditation 101 for Beginners
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How to Meditate: Meditation 101 for Beginners
10 Science-Backed Benefits of Meditation
What is Meditation?
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Mindfulness 101: A Beginner's Guide
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Hi, welcome to your Daily Mindfulness.
So today I'm going to share with you a
three step process to help you become
free of the habit of overthinking so
that you can unlock your ability to
navigate daily life with more mental
clarity, wisdom, and inner strength.
So the first step is to
recognize unhelpful thought
patterns when they arise.
So there's certain patterns
that are, uh, quite prominent
in this habit of overthinking.
The two of them, are
ruminating and worrying.
So ruminating often
involves replaying the past.
So perhaps it's regrets or
mistakes that have been made.
It might involve really
harsh self-judgment.
So it sounds a little bit like
these kinds of thoughts, you know?
Um, well, I shouldn't have
said that stupid comment today.
I made an idiot of myself.
Or it might sound like, Oh, my
teachers at school always told
me I wouldn't get far in life.
I guess they were right.
Um, or, you know, I can't
believe I left my old job.
That was the dumbest thing I've ever done.
I had one chance to be
happy and I blew it.
So those kinds of thoughts
are rumination thoughts.
And then worrying thoughts involves
the mind casting into the future and
imagining things that could go wrong.
So it often involves these, like what if
scenarios or catastrophizing about the
worst thing that could possibly happen?
It might sound like this kind of thought.
My relationship probably
won't last much longer.
He's going to find someone better or
she's going to find someone better
and I'm going to end up alone.
Or it might be, what if I lose my job?
I don't know if I'm performing that well,
so I might be on the verge of being fired.
I won't be able to pay rent.
What will I do?
Um, or it might be like, you know
what, if my kids aren't there for
me, when I'm old, I'll probably just
end up in a nursing home, miserable.
So.
If any of these sounds familiar,
you know, it's because rumination
and worry are very, very common.
They're also very rarely
constructive or helpful.
They tend to just clutter our minds and
cause a lot of psychological suffering.
So step two, once you recognize that
you've been stuck in rumination or
worry is to ask yourself, is this
actually helping me to solve something
or take empowered action right now?
Right.
And step three is to choose
a more empowering option.
There is a difference between taking
time out to constructively solve a
problem, or make a plan and simply
ruminating or worrying about it.
So constructive problem solving or
planning is where you take time to
just think clearly about the different
options and possibilities and then,
if possible, you make a decision.
After that, you can just leave it.
Rumination and worry is when you're just
tossing around a problem in your head
without any true intention to solve it.
That's painful.
So one empowering way forward
is, could be this constructive
problem solving or planning.
And the other option, if the
problem doesn't actually need to
be solved immediately, you can
just let it go and put your focus
on something more nourishing.
So by letting go of overthinking,
you'll be able to think more
clearly and maintain inner peace.
You can take action on the
things that matter, let go of
the things that don't and be more
present to enjoy your daily life.
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