Overview Healing happens as you learn skills to feel safe – regardless of circumstances. Navigating challenges is basic to staying alive. Why get upset when they arise? The bigger the stress, the greater the opportunity to practice your skills. Deal with it head-on instead of feeling sorry for yourself. … Read More
Overview Thoughts and viruses are inert and only active when they connect to live entities. Unwanted thoughts link up physiologically because we fight them. They become our identity (cognitive fusion), and we can’t differentiate unwanted thoughts from physical threats. Skills are required to separate you from your repetitive unwanted thoughts … Read More
Overview Professionals in any arena focus on learning and repetition to attain the highest skill level. Why not focus this level of energy for developing life skills – processing stress and nurturing joy? Efficienting overcoming challenges is critical to for success. Yet we often are upset by adversity. Embrace adversity … Read More
Overview Anxiety and anger are powerful physiological reactions to stress that compromise rational thinking. RUTs are driven by threat physiology, and it must be calmed down to meaningfully lower unwanted thoughts. As you calm your nervous system and feel safe, you’ll “wake up” and go from reaCtive to Creative. As … Read More
Overview Repetitive Unwanted Thoughts (RUTs) are a source of much misery. The harder you fight them, the stronger they become. Learn four aspects of solving them, and go on to thrive. RUTs are solvable by allowing your body to heal. I did not quit practicing spine surgery to manage chronic … Read More
KEY POINTS Our survival reactions and ongoing negative programming cause us to feel guilty and inadequate. The ego is dependent on others’ opinions, so it is incredibly fragile. We create our own “stories” about ourselves to feel better – it can’t and doesn’t work. As ego becomes more set in … Read More
Objectives Thoughts interpret our physiology and are driven by it. Stress physiology creates unpleasant thoughts. Modern self-help processess are ineffective because thoughts cannot be controlled or reasoned with. By calming down and nurturing safety physiology, your body heals on its own. Quit fighting your thoughts, and nurture joy. Like … Read More