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EPISODE · Jun 29, 2026 · 10 MIN

Who Wrote Your Rule Book? — A 10 Minute Exercise for Anxiety, Stress and Overthinking

from Sylvia's Mind Calming Podcast · host sylvia

Send us Fan MailWe all have one.An invisible rule book. A set of rules we carry about how the world should work, how people should behave, how life should go, how we ourselves should be. Rules we never consciously chose, that were handed to us by our upbringing, our experiences, our culture, and that we have been living by ever since without ever stopping to question them.Rules like: people should be considerate. Life should be fair. I should always be productive.What happens when the world fails to follow our rules?Every time a rule is broken, we suffer. We feel frustrated, anxious, angry, hurt, disappointed. Not because something terrible has happened, but because something has failed to match our rule book.In this 10 minute exercise, I guide you to play with your rule book...Please let me know if you enjoyed this session: [email protected] if today's exercise has stirred something in you, a curiosity, a longing, a quiet sense that you are ready for more, I would love to support you further.Visit www.sylviaingle.co.uk to find out how we can work together.

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Send us Fan Mail We all have one. An invisible rule book. A set of rules we carry about how the world should work, how people should behave, how life should go, how we ourselves should be. Rules we never consciously chose, that were handed to us by our upbringing, our experiences, our culture, and that we have been living by ever since without ever stopping to question them. Rules like: people should be considerate. Life should be fair. I should always be productive. What happens when the wor...

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