Recognizing your Thought Cycles and Showing Compassion for your Thinking

Send a textIn this mindfulness podcast, Sarah and Jacob discuss how to identify common thought patterns and why these types of thinking often lead to stress. Patterns include overthinking, rumination, worry and cognitive elaboration. They also explain how to use re-direction and self-compassion to bring yourself out of this type of thinking. A self-compassion practice is one of the most effective ways to minimize overthinking and other distracting thought cycles. Ending these cycles is important because research shows they can lead to stress and burnout.This episode is a meditation for beginners, and mindfulness for beginners resource. Intermediate and advanced meditators will also benefit. The Aware Mind always produces content that supports stress reduction, anxiety relief, better concentration and focus, and trauma healing.Download the Mindfulness of Thought Cycles and Self-Compassion worksheet from our blog to support your practice. Go to http://www.tsdmind.org/blog .  A transcript is also available on our blog. The Aware Mind is produced by TSD Mindfulness, a virtual meditation center, offering mindfulness classes, certifications and private coaching. Find out more at http://www.tsdmind.org ,  http://www.sarahvallely.com , http://www.jacobderossett.com and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/aware_mind_podcast/