How Innocent Little Words Contribute to Big, Prickly Thought-Stories

Today we're poking at the power of teeny, innocent-seeming words in creating enormous, perilous towers of thought stories. Join me to meander through:My research project on inner peace and how it led to a little tangent on the power of wordsHow seeing the creation of Big Collective Thought releases you from taking your personal, individual thought too seriouslyExploring how casual historical labels can shape our modern thinkingNoticing how the recency bias in historical narratives has implications on societal values and norms in the present day (including around productivity, anxiety and progress)Links between this and our individual experiences of inadequacy, stress, worry and overwhelm.The freedom that comes with recognising how thought patterns are shaped beyond your control - and how seeing your innocence in this can unclip you from your own inadequacies Several questionable analogies 'Nothingburger' is used on the show for the first timeAnxious Alice is in a sulk Mentioned:Episosde: We’ve Made up What Mental Illness Is (And Who Decides What’s Normal Anyway?)Episosde: Expanding the Conversation to Meet These Extraordinarily Precarious TimesEpisosde: How That Anxious, Restless, Unsettled Feeling Is Originally Created (Clue: It’s Nothing to Do with You)Email me with  questions, comments,  ideas or if you need support. Pop your name on my Friends List here for a monthly email with updates, news and suchlike.Thanks for listening. You're my favourite.