Posted by Ricardo Hidalgo on Tuesday, January 17, 2012,
In :
Well-being
Being a psychotherapist, there is not a day goes by that I don't sit with people who are anxious, including myself. The thing is, if they could find what would reassure them, they would not be seeing me. In other words, anxiety becomes a problem when nothing reassures; and finding nothing that reassures becomes, itself, a source of anxiety, leaving people caught in a downward vicious cycle.Enter a deep-enough understanding of the three principles behind all experience to the rescue. These ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Ricardo Hidalgo on Thursday, May 13, 2010,
In :
Awakenings
- Write down your fears and stressful thoughts and question them, or try to prove them right.
- Write down your reassuring thoughts and try to prove them wrong.
- Shift your attention from what would scare you to what would comfort you.
- Notice when nothing comforts you and wonder why.
- Write down what you hear when you are still, and very quiet, and attentive.
- Use your will to willingly give up your will to the "greater will" (what is happening in the moment).
- When you notice that you are reluctant to gi...
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Posted by Ricardo Hidalgo on Thursday, May 13, 2010,
In :
Awakenings
Byron Katie asks, "Who would you be without your story" (if you did not
believe the stressful thought you were having)
She also asks, "WHAT" would you be without your story
It just occurred to me to ask, "WHERE" would you be without your story
and "HOW" would you be without your story, and "WHY would you be without
your story?
This has a big impact. I invite you to try it, and it may have no
impact at all. Continue reading ...
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