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EPISODE · Sep 19, 2022 · 31 MIN

You Are Not Your Thoughts...So Who Are You Then? (Part 1)

from In Our Nature · host Siobhán Friel

Do you take your thoughts seriously? Do you think you create them? Do you think your thoughts are advising you of important information about you, the future, the past or what other people think of you?Yep. All part of being human. What a riot, huh?But we're told through influences, culture and messaging that our thoughts ARE important and we DO need to pay attention.But your thoughts are nothing to do with you. Come and explore:  Why - of course! -  we think our thoughts are important, personal and to be paid attention toHow this simply can't be true if you poke at it a bitThe impact that seeing through this illusion can have on our relationship with anxiety, overthinking, insecurity and all the thingsAnd if we aren't our thoughts and our thoughts aren't ours....well....who the hell ARE WE then? Actually, that last bit will be in part two, coming next week. But I'll leave it in anywayAnd: Gasp! No Anxious Alice this week. I missed herThe next hangout is on 28th September! Coming? Pop your name onto my friends' list at siobhanfriel.com/subscribe or get the details from https://siobhanfriel.com/hangout/Can't make the hangout but you have a question? DM me on Instagram or email me. Question, comment, idea, aaaaaaanything else? Contact me here.

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Do you take your thoughts seriously? Do you think you create them? Do you think your thoughts are advising you of important information about you, the future, the past or what other people think of you? Yep. All part of being human. What a riot, huh? But we're told through influences, culture and messaging that our thoughts ARE important and we DO need to pay attention. But your thoughts are nothing to do with you. Come and explore: Why - of course! - we think our thoughts ...

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